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Mobile clinics really got rolling in the pandemic. A new law will help them cast a wider safety net.

Nearly 12 years ago, a nonprofit centered on substance abuse prevention in Lyon County, Nevada, broadened its services to dental care.

20 Mar 2023

Gut microbiomes and mental health: how do they interact?

A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine reviewed recent literature on the link between gut microbiota, the brain, and neurological disorders.

19 Mar 2023

Ipsilateral vaccination improves response to second dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Researchers examine whether the involvement of the ipsilateral or contralateral lymph nodes affected the immune response during sequential vaccination.

16 Mar 2023

Preterm infants do not get used to repeated pain, study finds

Preterm infants do not get used to repeated pain in the way that full-term infants, children and adults do habituate to pain, finds a study led by UCL (University College London) researchers.

16 Mar 2023

Is there an association between COVID-19 and an increased incidence of temporomandibular disorders?

Researchers assessed the association between COVID-19-related stress, depression, anxiety, and temporomandibular disorders from childhood to adulthood.

16 Mar 2023

Multivariate brain-wide associated studies can be replicable with substantially smaller sample sizes

Since the development of functional magnetic resonance imaging in the 1990s, the reliance on neuroimaging has skyrocketed as researchers investigate how fMRI data from the brain at rest, and anatomical brain structure itself, can be used to predict individual traits, such as depression, cognitive decline, and brain disorders.

16 Mar 2023

Maternal opioid treatment after delivery not associated with adverse infant outcomes

Infants born to mothers prescribed opioids after delivery, mostly after a cesarean, are at no greater risk of harm shortly after birth than infants of mothers not prescribed opioids, finds a large study from Canada published by The BMJ today.

16 Mar 2023

Listen to ‘Tradeoffs’: Medical debt delivers ‘a shocking amount of misery’

The numbers that tell the story of medical debt in the U.S. are staggering: Around 100 million Americans have health care debt, and together they owe at least $140 billion.

16 Mar 2023

The US remains a grim leader in preterm births. Why? And can we fix it?

Tamara Etienne's second pregnancy was freighted with risk and worry from its earliest days — exacerbated by a first pregnancy that had ended in miscarriage.

16 Mar 2023

Short sleep duration at night associated with increased risk of peripheral artery disease

Sleeping less than five hours a night is associated with a 74% raised likelihood of developing peripheral artery disease (PAD) compared with seven to eight hours.

16 Mar 2023

Study offers valuable insights about how young people understand chronic pain

Whether it’s headaches, abdominal pain, or unrelenting joint soreness, up to a third of young people in Australia experience chronic pain.

16 Mar 2023

PBD Biotech’s new lyophilized PCR reaction bead offers easy ambient shipping, extends global reach of active TB test

Tuberculosis testing and treatment needs to happen close to the point of infection. PBD Biotech has developed a lyophilized PCR reaction bead for its Actiphage® blood test for active TB.

16 Mar 2023

Customized insole with integrated sensors can measure sole pressure directly in the shoe

Researchers at ETH Zurich, Empa and EPFL are developing a 3D-printed insole with integrated sensors that allows the pressure of the sole to be measured in the shoe and thus during any activity.

15 Mar 2023

People with chronic low back pain may benefit from equine-facilitated therapy

Patients with chronic low back pain may benefit from equine-facilitated therapy (EFT), a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows.

15 Mar 2023

Point-of-care test identifies patients who may benefit from hypnosis interventions for pain treatment

Hypnosis is an effective treatment for pain for many individuals but determining which patients will benefit most can be challenging. Hypnotizability testing requires special training and in-person evaluation rarely available in the clinical setting.

15 Mar 2023

New CDC opioid guidelines: Too little, too late for chronic pain patients?

Jessica Layman estimates she has called more than 150 doctors in the past few years in her search for someone to prescribe opioids for her chronic pain.

15 Mar 2023

Course of childbirth influenced by pregnant women's attitudes and mindsets

Pregnant women's attitudes and mindsets can influence the course of childbirth. This is what psychologists at the University of Bonn established in a longitudinal study with around 300 participants.

14 Mar 2023

Overview of the causes, diagnosis and management of endometriosis

Endometriosis is a painful, complex condition affecting about 1 in 10 women of reproductive age, but it is poorly understood.

14 Mar 2023

Do the symptom profiles among children with SARS-CoV-2 infection differ by variant type?

Researchers performed a comparative analysis of symptoms related to SARS-CoV-2 variants in children.

14 Mar 2023

Oral host responses to SARS-CoV-2 predict progression of COVID-19

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers at the University of North Carolina and the National Institutes of Health determined the associations between oral severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), oral antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) symptoms.

14 Mar 2023

Pain News and Research

Latest Pain News and Research

Mobile clinics really got rolling in the pandemic. A new law will help them cast a wider safety net.

Gut microbiomes and mental health: how do they interact?

Ipsilateral vaccination improves response to second dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Preterm infants do not get used to repeated pain, study finds

Is there an association between COVID-19 and an increased incidence of temporomandibular disorders?

Multivariate brain-wide associated studies can be replicable with substantially smaller sample sizes

Maternal opioid treatment after delivery not associated with adverse infant outcomes

Listen to ‘Tradeoffs’: Medical debt delivers ‘a shocking amount of misery’

The US remains a grim leader in preterm births. Why? And can we fix it?

Short sleep duration at night associated with increased risk of peripheral artery disease

Study offers valuable insights about how young people understand chronic pain

PBD Biotech’s new lyophilized PCR reaction bead offers easy ambient shipping, extends global reach of active TB test

Customized insole with integrated sensors can measure sole pressure directly in the shoe

People with chronic low back pain may benefit from equine-facilitated therapy

Point-of-care test identifies patients who may benefit from hypnosis interventions for pain treatment

New CDC opioid guidelines: Too little, too late for chronic pain patients?

Course of childbirth influenced by pregnant women's attitudes and mindsets

Overview of the causes, diagnosis and management of endometriosis

Do the symptom profiles among children with SARS-CoV-2 infection differ by variant type?

Oral host responses to SARS-CoV-2 predict progression of COVID-19

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