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Prevalence of Anxiety, Depression Explored in Youth With Chronic Pain
MONDAY, Sept. 16, 2024 – Among youth with chronic pain, a number of individuals are diagnosed with anxiety and depression when compared with their peers without chronic pain, according to a study...
Acupuncture Interventions Effective for Chronic Neck Pain
TUESDAY, Sept. 3, 2024 – Acupuncture interventions using high- or low-sensitivity acupoints (HSA and LSA) are more effective for reducing chronic neck pain (CNP) than sham acupuncture (SA) or...
'Mindful Breathing' Might Ease Cancer-Related Pain, Anxiety
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 21, 2024 – A meditation technique called mindful breathing can help cancer patients manage their pain and anxiety, a new study finds. Cancer patients who engaged in 20 minutes of...
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,...
Problematic Pharmaceutical Opioid Use Common in Noncancer Pain
THURSDAY, Aug. 15, 2024 – For individuals with chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) treated with opioid analgesics, problematic pharmaceutical opioid use (POU) is common, according to a study published...
Pain Diagnoses Seen for Most Patients With Cerebral Palsy
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 14, 2024 – Most patients (89.0 percent) with cerebral palsy (CP) have one or more documented pain diagnoses, according to a research letter published online Aug. 5 in JAMA Neurology....
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...
Painkiller Misuse Common Among People Battling Chronic Pain
THURSDAY, Aug. 8, 2024 – Nearly 1 in every 10 chronic pain patients treated with prescription opioids winds up addicted to the painkillers at some point, a new review finds. Further, nearly 1 in 3...
COVID-19 Won't Raise Odds for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Study
WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 – COVID-19 doesn’t raise a person’s risk of developing chronic fatigue syndrome more than any other infectious disease, a new study finds. The rate of chronic fatigue syn...
Behavioral Pain Self-Management Intervention Effective for Chronic Pain With HIV
WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 – A behavioral pain self-management intervention is effective for chronic pain in people living with HIV, according to a study published online July 15 in JAMA Internal ...
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,...
Women in Military More Likely to Suffer Chronic Pain During Wartime
MONDAY, July 8, 2024 – Wartime appears to increase the risk of chronic pain for military women, a new study suggests. Active-duty servicewomen who served between 2006 and 2013 – a period of h...
New Form of Psychotherapy Might Help Ease Chronic Pain
FRIDAY, June 14, 2024 – A new form of psychotherapy appears to work even better at treating chronic pain in older adults than gold-standard cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a new study finds....
Exercise + Pain Education No Boost for Chronic Pain After Knee Replacement
WEDNESDAY, May 29, 2024 – Neuromuscular exercise and pain neuroscience education do not provide superior pain and function outcomes versus pain neuroscience education alone in patients with chronic...
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