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UBE Microdiscectomy Beneficial for Lumbar Disc Herniation
TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 – For adults with symptomatic lumbar disc herniation, unilateral biportal endoscopic (UBE) microdiscectomy is associated with longer operating times and with lower pain...
Are Antidepressants Being Overused to Treat Seniors' Pain?
FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 2024 – Doctors sometimes turn to antidepressants as a means of easing older people's physical pain, but a new expert review finds there's little evidence to support the practice....
Mindfulness-Based Interventions Via Telehealth Beneficial for Chronic Pain
TUESDAY, Aug. 20, 2024 – For veterans with chronic pain, scalable, telehealth mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are beneficial for improving pain-related function compared with usual care,...
Women Get Worse Pain Management, From Both Male and Female Health Workers
TUESDAY, Aug. 13, 2024 – Female patients are consistently less likely to receive painkillers than men with similar complaints, a new study finds. An analysis of more than 21,000 patient records...
Most Studies of Massage for Pain Show Low Certainty of Evidence
THURSDAY, July 18, 2024 – Most reviews of the use of massage therapy for painful adult health conditions report low- or very low-certainty evidence, according to a review published online July 15...
Low Quantity of Opioids Used After ED Discharge for Acute Pain
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 – For patients presenting with acute pain, the quantity of opioids consumed during two weeks after emergency department discharge is low and varies across pain conditions,...
Walking, Education Intervention Prevents Recurrence of Low Back Pain
FRIDAY, June 28, 2024 – An individualized, progressive walking and education intervention is beneficial for prevention of recurrence of low back pain, according to a study published online June 19...
Walking May Do Wonders for Back Pain, Study Finds
THURSDAY, June 20, 2024 – If you've recovered from lower back pain, try walking away from a recurrence. New research out of Australia shows that folks who started a walking regimen kept recurrent...
'Drug Take Back Day' is Saturday: Check for Leftover Opioids in Your Home
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 – Each year, thousands of Americans head home after a surgery clutching prescription opioids to help ease post-surgical pain. Trouble is, most won't use all those pills, and...
Physician Empathy Inversely Linked to Patients' Back Pain Intensity, HRQOL
MONDAY, April 15, 2024 – For patients with chronic low back pain, physician empathy is inversely associated with pain intensity, back-related disability, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL)...
Elimination of Extended-Release Opioids Can Improve Outcomes After TKR
MONDAY, March 11, 2024 – Elimination of extended-release (ER) opioids in the multimodal medication regimen of total knee replacement (TKR) patients can improve outcomes, including reducing...
Yoga Can Effectively Treat Chronic Low Back Pain
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28, 2024 – Tele-yoga asana might have a positive impact on pain intensity in women with chronic low back pain (LBP), according to a study published online Feb. 21 in the Journal of ...
Exercise Can Be a Painkiller for Cancer Patients
MONDAY, Feb. 12, 2024 – Being active may help ease ongoing cancer pain. That's the key takeaway from a study of more 10,600 people with a history of cancer and over 51,000 without the disease. A...
2002 to 2022 Saw Increased Use of Complementary Health by U.S. Adults
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7, 2024 – Between 2002 and 2022, U.S. adults significantly increased use of complementary health approaches (CHAs), including for pain management, according to a research letter...
Dentists' Group Issues New Pain-Control Guidelines for Teens, Adults
TUESDAY, Feb. 6, 2024 – New guidelines from the American Dental Association (ADA) are cracking down on the use of opioids for tooth pain. The guidelines say that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory...
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