Pain
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Mobile App Shows Promise in Managing Fibromyalgia Symptoms
“The results found in the study are essential for professionals who care for patients with fibromyalgia as they present a new viable treatment...
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One in Ten Chronic Pain Patients May Develop Opioid Use Disorder
Clinicians need to gauge the true extent of the problem, change prescribing guidance if necessary, and develop and implement effective...
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Is SNRI Treatment of Fibromyalgia Working? Look at Sleep Patterns
Patients with minimal pain relief from a serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor had more sleep problems and tougher mornings than those...
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Light Therapy, Phototherapy, Photobiomodulation: New Ways to Heal With Light
New research is finding that different colors and wavelengths of light can treat conditions like chronic pain and vision loss.
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Early Knee Osteoarthritis: Exercise Therapy’s Golden Window
Patients with knee osteoarthritis symptoms for less than 1 year benefit more from exercise therapy than do those with longer symptom duration.
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Buprenorphine One of Many Options For Pain Relief In Oldest Adults
Buprenorphine is better at treating chronic pain than other opioids that carry a higher addiction risk and often cause constipation in elderly...
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Benefit of Massage Therapy for Pain Unclear
A recent systematic review found only moderate-certainty evidence that massage therapy may alleviate pain.
From the Journals
A New Psychotherapeutic ‘Gold Standard’ for Chronic Pain?
The study is one of only a few to directly compare emotional awareness and expression therapy with cognitive-behavioral therapy.
Commentary
DEA Training Mandate: 8 Hours of My Life I’d Like Back
Dr. Walton-Shirley describes changes needed to renew DEA licenses so that others who prescribe very few narcotics do not have to spend so much...
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Chronotherapy: Why Timing Drugs to Our Body Clocks May Work
More research showed circadian medicine — timing drug-taking to one’s body clock — could reduce side effects and improve the effectiveness of a...
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No Increased Risk for Fractures Seen With Frequent Steroid Injections for Musculoskeletal Conditions
Fracture risk was not associated with the cumulative dose of injected corticosteroids in patients receiving the shots for musculoskeletal pain,...