Pain Management

For clinics with computerized medical records, a pharmacist-led intervention significantly reduces the risk of medical errors and is likely to be cost-effective.

For patients with severe chronic plantar fasciitis refractory to traditional non-operative management, treatment with platelet-rich plasma injection is significantly more effective than cortisone, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, held from Feb. 7 to 11 in San Francisco.

More effective management of rheumatoid arthritis with medication may be contributing to a decline in the need for joint surgery in patients with the condition, Mayo Clinic researchers have found.

Doctors may be halting use of anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) medications too early in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who are set to undergo surgery, researchers at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City have found.

Allowing patients to listen to music with noise-cancelling headphones during a prostate biopsy may reduce their pain perception and anxiety, according to researchers at the Duke University Medical Center.

A majority of practitioners in the United Kingdom advise patients suffering from chronic lower back pain to take a break from work to recuperate, even though guidelines call for patients to remain active and continue working.

Based on a 12-year longitudinal study, researchers have found that 63% of women over 50 report persistent, incident, or intermittent knee pain.

Magnetic resonance imaging does not improve outcomes for patients with sciatica who are candidates for epidural steroid injection and has only a minor effect on decision making regarding treatment for these patients, researchers have found.

Chronic low back pain patients have a significantly increased comorbidity and health care cost burden, a new study finds.

Knee pain associated with osteoarthritis has increased dramatically over the last few decades independent of age and body mass index, though radiographic osteoarthritis has not increased, a new study finds.

Physicians with a financial interest in medical imaging equipment appear to be more likely to refer patients for unnecessary lower back imaging exams, a new study finds.

Being overweight, obese, or tall increases one’s likelihood of experiencing low back pain, a new study finds.

Regular yoga classes can help reduce disability for those suffering from chronic or recurrent lower back pain, a study by researchers in the UK finds.

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According to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the death rates caused by overdoses of prescription painkillers has more than tripled in the past decade, surpassing the total number of deaths caused by heroin and cocaine combined.

The price to buy Colchicine is going through the roof, causing much concern from the hundreds of thousands of people taking the medication each year.

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Regular exercise worked as well as medication and guided relaxation as a therapy to reduce migraine frequency in a Swedish trial.