Scientists Share Nobel Prize for Discoveries That Changed Pain Research
Latest Chronic Pain News MONDAY, Oct. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) Two American researchers have been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that could help ease chronic and acute pain. The prize was given jointly on Monday to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, the New York Times reported. Julius, […]
Could Electrode ‘Pulses’ Cut Back, Leg Pain Without Drugs? – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Chronic Pain News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 26, 2021 A new approach to spinal cord stimulation may drastically reduce chronic back pain, a small pilot study suggests. The study, of 20 patients with stubborn low back pain, tested the effects of implanting electrodes near the spinal cord to stimulate […]
Could Electrode ‘Pulses’ Cut Back, Leg Pain Without Drugs? – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Chronic Pain News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 26, 2021 A new approach to spinal cord stimulation may drastically reduce chronic back pain, a small pilot study suggests. The study, of 20 patients with stubborn low back pain, tested the effects of implanting electrodes near the spinal cord to stimulate […]
New Data on Opioids for Chronic Pain: Less Than Meets the Eye?
“Prescription Opioid Use Among Adults With Chronic Pain: United States, 2019,” the government report’s title reads. Inside, based on responses from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) that year, it says, “22.1% of U.S. adults with chronic pain used a prescription opioid in the past 3 months.” Given that there might be no hotter topic […]
‘Where does it hurt?’ predicts chronic pain outcomes, study shows
Pain distribution as reported on a body map, on its own, can be used to assign patients to distinct subgroups that are associated with differences in pain intensity, pain quality, pain impact and clinically-relevant three-month outcomes, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Benedict Alter of University […]
Busted Ankle? What’s Better, a Cast or Brace?
Latest Chronic Pain News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) Modern, flexible boots may be just as good as old-school plaster casts when it comes to treating broken ankles, new research suggests. Often related to sports, traffic accidents or falls, broken ankles can be simple breaks in one […]
No Evidence Muscle Relaxants Can Ease Low Back Pain
Latest Chronic Pain News By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) Although tens of millions of Americans turn to muscle relaxants for lower back pain relief, a new Australian review finds little evidence that such drugs actually work. That’s the conclusion of a deep-dive into 31 prior investigations, which […]
CBD Products Gain Following Among Fibromyalgia Patients
Latest Chronic Pain News By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) Could the answer to easing the tough-to-treat chronic pain and fatigue of fibromyalgia be found in edibles and other products containing CBD? A new study from Michigan Medicine examined whether people using potentially addictive painkillers like opioids could […]