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Osteoarthritis patients with greater disease severity may have higher risk of depression

Two measures of disease severity cumulatively contribute to depressive symptom onset; physical performance and structural severity

14 Jun 2018

Etiologies of growing pains

If you are a parent who has been awakened from slumber with a child crying in pain, you can understand my distress at watching my son wake up in pain night after night.

14 Jun 2018

Music therapy shows promise for improving lives of people with sickle cell disease

A new study published in the Journal of Music Therapy reveals promising findings for the application of improvisational music therapy in assuaging the multidimensional acute pain of adult patients with sickle cell disease.

14 Jun 2018

New study takes researchers one step closer to understanding consciousness

Consciousness is everything people experience -- from the taste of chocolate to the pain of a migraine, the disappointment of failing an exam to the thrill of holding a newborn baby.

14 Jun 2018

NSAIDs use may increase cardiovascular risk associated with osteoarthritis

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are the cornerstone of pain management in patients with osteoarthritis

13 Jun 2018

How America got hooked on a deadly drug

Purdue Pharma left almost nothing to chance in its whirlwind marketing of its new painkiller OxyContin.

13 Jun 2018

Study: Early, intensive treatment of rheumatoid arthritis has long-term benefits

The results of a 23-year, follow-up study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology suggest early, intensive treatment of rheumatoid arthritis has long-term benefits including the normalisation of mortality to levels consistent with the general population.

13 Jun 2018

Medicare takes aim at boomerang hospitalizations of nursing home patients

"Oh my God, we dropped her!" Sandra Snipes said she heard the nursing home aides yell as she fell to the floor. She landed on her right side where her hip had recently been replaced.

13 Jun 2018

Researchers explore how postoperative patients can be protected from opioid addiction

Greater coordination is needed between surgeons and physicians about the prescription of pain-relieving opioid drugs following surgery to help identify patients who are at risk of becoming opioid addicts.

13 Jun 2018

People with higher empathy process music differently in their brain, shows research

People with higher empathy differ from others in the way their brains process music, according to a study by researchers at Southern Methodist University, Dallas and UCLA

13 Jun 2018

Scientists develop artificial intelligence platform to diagnose many diseases

A platform that can diagnose several diseases with a high degree of precision using metabolic markers found in patients' blood has been developed by scientists at the University of Campinas in Brazil

13 Jun 2018

Prescription drugs that could raise risk of depression

Researchers are working towards understanding how use of certain regularly used prescription drugs could be raising the risk of getting depression. The study was published yesterday in the latest issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

13 Jun 2018

Kessler Foundation scientists receive four grants to expand scope of research in spinal cord injury

The New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Injury Research has awarded four grants to scientists at Kessler Foundation.

12 Jun 2018

On-site pathology testing benefits remote Australians and helps save millions

On-site pathology testing is allowing remote Australians to receive effective emergency medical treatment close to home, while saving millions according to researchers.

12 Jun 2018

New FDA-approved therapy provides better quality of life for patients with midgut neuroendocrine tumors

Midgut neuroendocrine tumors are a rare type of cancer that develops in the small intestine and colon. Roughly 12,000 people are diagnosed with this disease each year. In January, the United Stated Food and Drug Administration approved Lutathera, a first-of-its-kind peptide receptor radionuclide therapy.

12 Jun 2018

Riverview Medical Center now offers full and partial robotic knee replacement surgery

Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center located in Red Bank, now offers full and partial robotic knee replacement surgery thanks to the addition of the Mako System, a robotic-arm that allows surgeons to personalize the surgical experience, tailoring it to patients' needs and anatomy.

12 Jun 2018

Our brains perceive wrinkles around the eyes as more sincere emotions, shows research

Researchers at Western University have shown that our brains are pre-wired to perceive wrinkles around the eyes as conveying more intense and more sincere emotions.

12 Jun 2018

Study shows modest link between mother’s attitude towards baby during pregnancy and later interactions

Mothers who 'connect' with their baby during pregnancy are more likely to interact in a more positive way with their infant after it is born, according to a study carried out at the University of Cambridge. Interaction is important for helping infants learn and develop.

12 Jun 2018

Hydrogel releases nerve-protecting agent to restore breathing in animal models

One of the most severe outcomes of spinal cord injury from car accidents, sports impacts, or other neck trauma, is losing the ability to control breathing, with patients often requiring artificial ventilation for the rest of their lives.

12 Jun 2018

High-sensitive troponin T detects more cardiac infarctions than conventional ones, shows study

Five percent more cardiac infarctions detected and 11 percent fewer patients suffering a relapse. That is the result of a study of more than 80,000 patients in which two cardiac damage markers were compared with each other.

8 Jun 2018

Pain News and Research

Latest Pain News and Research

Osteoarthritis patients with greater disease severity may have higher risk of depression

Etiologies of growing pains

Music therapy shows promise for improving lives of people with sickle cell disease

New study takes researchers one step closer to understanding consciousness

NSAIDs use may increase cardiovascular risk associated with osteoarthritis

How America got hooked on a deadly drug

Study: Early, intensive treatment of rheumatoid arthritis has long-term benefits

Medicare takes aim at boomerang hospitalizations of nursing home patients

Researchers explore how postoperative patients can be protected from opioid addiction

People with higher empathy process music differently in their brain, shows research

Scientists develop artificial intelligence platform to diagnose many diseases

Prescription drugs that could raise risk of depression

Kessler Foundation scientists receive four grants to expand scope of research in spinal cord injury

On-site pathology testing benefits remote Australians and helps save millions

New FDA-approved therapy provides better quality of life for patients with midgut neuroendocrine tumors

Riverview Medical Center now offers full and partial robotic knee replacement surgery

Our brains perceive wrinkles around the eyes as more sincere emotions, shows research

Study shows modest link between mother’s attitude towards baby during pregnancy and later interactions

Hydrogel releases nerve-protecting agent to restore breathing in animal models

High-sensitive troponin T detects more cardiac infarctions than conventional ones, shows study

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