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Neuropathic Pain Etiology Leads to Variable Health-Related Quality of Life Measures
Case Report: Pain Med Dose Linked to Patient’s Sleepwalking
Outcomes of Teleneurology Implementation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Oral COVID-19 Vaccine Being Tested
NIH Starts Trial Looking at Rare Allergic Reactions to COVID-19 Vaccines
Despite Pandemic’s Toll, Many Older Adults Do Not Have Living Wills
COVID-19 Cases Climb in the Midwest as British Variant Takes Hold in US
Intravenous Magnesium May Improve Postoperative Pain and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Text Message Monitoring of Pain, Opioid Use After Surgery Suggests Patients Over Prescribed
Ankle Sprain Treatment in the ED: Pain Med Trends Examined
Why Racial and Ethnic Disparities Exist in Kidney Disease Care
COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Program Announced by White House
Opinion Poll Shows Public Lost Trust in CDC During COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy May Protect Infant
Latest Features
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Opioids and IBD: Current Challenges
Initiation of opioid use during a flare of symptoms can eventually lead to chronic opioid use (COU), which can have detrimental effects on a patient’s IBD, as well as their overall clinical health. -
World Health Organization Guidelines for Managing Chronic Pain in Pediatric Patients
The Guideline Development Group of the WHO agreed that its recommendations on managing chronic pain in children would be based on the principles that access to pain management is a fundamental human right and children have a right to the highest possible standard of health. -
America’s Access to Care Crisis: Telemedicine Provides the Solution
For telemedicine to thrive in a postpandemic era, temporary rules regarding reimbursement and providers’ ability to fully care for the patient in any setting must be made permanent. -
Calls for More Support as Physicians Face Online Harassment
The researchers conducted 1103 surveys, encompassing 464 US physicians. -
A Conversation About Racial Disparities in Health Care With Dr Scharles Konadu
Clinical Pain Advisor met with Scharles Konadu, MD, a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology Specialty Board, to discuss how deeply racial inequity is woven into our health care system.
The Impact of Obesity on Knee Osteoarthritis Symptoms and Surgical Outcomes
Weight loss is associated with reduced pain, improved function, and better quality of life in patients with knee OA who are overweight or obese.
Review: Pain of Radiation Therapy Increases With Frequency of Its Use
The authors of this review present key epidemiologic data about cancer patients vulnerable for each pain syndrome along with evidence for the management for each condition.
Moral Judgments and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
Whatever strategy you employ to encourage vaccinations, it is important to be respectful and empathize with your patient’s concerns and perspectives.
Controversy: Protecting People Who Use Drugs During COVID-19
Anna Lembke, MD, discusses how patients who use drugs are affected by the convergence of 2 public health emergencies – increasing overdose rates, and the COVID-19 pandemic – and addresses controversial solutions proposed by other investigators.
Expert Perspective: The Opioid Crisis and COVID-19
To learn more about the overlapping crises of the opioid epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic, Psychiatry Advisor interviewed pain specialist Paul J. Christo, MD, MBA, the Director of the Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
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