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Pain + Depressive Symptoms Increase Risk for Cognitive Decline

MONDAY, Dec. 2, 2024 – The coexistence of moderate-to-intense pain and depressive symptoms is a risk factor for the decline of global cognition and memory, according to a study recently published in...

Virtual Yoga Classes Aid Chronic Low Back Pain

TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2024 – Virtual yoga classes may be a feasible, safe, and effective treatment option for chronic low back pain (CLBP), according to a study published online Nov. 1 in JAMA Network ...

Mindfulness Meditation Could Have Direct Effect in Reducing Pain

MONDAY, Nov. 4, 2024 – Many people turn to mindfulness meditation to help them manage their chronic pain, a practice that’s been used for centuries. However, it’s been an open question whether med...

Online Yoga Classes Can Ease Lower Back Pain

FRIDAY, Nov. 1, 2024 – Yoga can help ease chronic low back pain, even if the classes are conducted online, a new study shows. Guidelines recommend using physical therapy or yoga to treat lower back...

Will Injury Pain Become Chronic? Brain Scans Might Tell

FRIDAY, Oct. 25, 2024 – Brain scans can provide early warning of who will develop chronic pain following a whiplash injury, a new study finds. Higher levels of “cross talk” between two specific bra...

Acupuncture Reduces Pain With Chronic Sciatica From Herniated Disk

MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 – Acupuncture results in less pain and better function for patients with chronic sciatica from a herniated disk, according to a study published online Oct. 14 in JAMA Internal ...

Trauma at Life's Beginning Can Mar Its End, Study Finds

FRIDAY, Oct. 4, 2024 – Whether abusive parents, drug addiction or gun violence are to blame, the fallout from childhood traumas can reverberate until a person's final days of life, new research...

Sitting Less Helps Prevent Back Pain From Getting Worse

THURSDAY, Oct. 3, 2024 – Avoiding couches and chairs might be a good way of keeping your back pain from getting worse, new research suggests. Finnish researchers found that when people with back...

Guideline Developed for Opioid Prescribing in Children With Acute Pain

MONDAY, Sept. 30, 2024 – In a clinical practice guideline issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics and published online Sept. 30 in Pediatrics, recommendations are presented for opioid...

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,...

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