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Chronic Pain

CDC Provides General Estimates of US Adults With Chronic Pain

Chronic Cough and Pain Demonstrate Bidirectional Association

Acute Pain

Epidural Anesthesia Associated With Better Pain Control Following Liver Resection

FDA: NSAID Use Should Be Avoided in Pregnancy Even Sooner Than 30 Weeks

Post-Surgical Pain

Preoperative Mental State Associated With Postoperative Pain

Quantitative Sensory Tests May Predict Outcomes After Spine Surgery

Sports and Overuse Injury

Treatments Appear No Better Than Placebo for Tennis Elbow

Gluteal Loading Exercise May Not Improve Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome

Low Back Pain

Risk for Lower Back Pain Seen With Asthma, COPD

Use of Diagnostic Imaging for Low Back Pain Increasing in Primary Care

Neuropathic Pain

Exercise Alleviates Pain Symptoms in Idiopathic Polyneuropathy

Spinal Cord Stimulation May Improve Painful Diabetic Neuropathy

Diabetic Neuropathy

Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: Outcomes With Ranibizumab vs Panretinal Photocoagulation

QUIZ: Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy – an Overview

Postherpetic Neuralgia

Effect of Low-Level Laser Therapy on Incidence of Postherpetic Neuralgia

Is Asthma Linked to Shingles Risk in Adults?

Musculoskeletal Pain

Altered Pain Perception and Sensitivity Observed in Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Recognizing and Diagnosing Avascular Necrosis of the Hip in Primary Care

Pain Comorbidities

Depression Comorbidity Associated With Greater Healthcare Expenditures in Back Pain

Observational Tools May Lack Sensitivity for Evaluating Pain Intensity in Advanced Dementia

Diabetes

Prediabetes Knowledge Gaps Found With Survey of PCPs

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Does Not Benefit Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Chemical Dependency

Benzodiazepine Dependence: Treatment Options

Cocaine Use Up in the United States

Mental Illness

Improving Medication Adherence to Mitigate Adverse Effects of Cannabis on Psychosis Relapse

Suicide Prevention and Intervention: Considering Cultural Differences

Abdominal and Pelvis Pain

Usual Care vs Restrictive Strategy to Reduce Abdominal Pain in Patients With Gallstones

Implementation of Psychological Screening Program in Children With Abdominal Pain Successful

Cancer Pain

Prolonged Postoperative Opioid Use Noted in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Genetic Polymorphisms: Understanding Their Relationship With Cancer Pain

Migraine and Headache

NDA Submitted for Novel Intranasal DHE for Migraine

Comparative Efficacy of Erenumab and Topiramate for Chronic Migraine Prevention

Geriatric Pain Management

Experts Offer Tips on Integrating Medical Marijuana Into Geriatric Practice

Fall Risk Increased With Poor Sleep Quality and Daytime Sleepiness

Pediatric Pain Management

Default Mode Network Desegregation, Prefrontal Cortex Associated With Increasing Pain in Adolescents

Functional Constipation and IBS More Common in Pediatric Celiac Disease

Practice Management

Wrong-Patient Order Entry Errors Reduced With Patient Photos

FDA Identifies Most Needed Meds to Address Urgent Medical Conditions

Oral and Maxillofacial Pain

Cloves for Oral Cavity Pain

Podcast: What You Need To Know About Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction

Treatments

Vaginal Moisturizer, Estradiol Tablet No Better Than Placebo

Naldemedine Safe, Effective for Opioid-Induced Constipation