Pain
News
‘Infuriating’ prescription denial leaves patient without antiemetics
The patient was experiencing severe side effects from standard chemoradiation with weekly cisplatin.
Commentary
What’s new in brain health?
A new study shows that nonmedical treatment is effective in people with frequent episodic and chronic tension-type headache.
Commentary
The X-waiver is dead
When Erin Schanning lost her brother to an overdose, she wanted to know what could have been done to have helped him.
News
Black patients less likely to receive opioids for advanced cancer
Black patients were more likely to undergo urine drug screening despite being less likely to receive any opioids for pain management.
News
‘Very doable’ low-dose workout enough to treat knee OA
Exercise helps patients with knee osteoarthritis, but more isn’t necessarily better, a new study found.
News
Long COVID comes into focus, showing older patients fare worse
The findings of new research help define long COVID, according to the investigators.
News
Chronic pain patients swapping opioids for medical cannabis
Using cannabis also led to decreased use of physical therapy among more than a third of respondents to a survey.
News
Two exercise interventions may ease acute, subacute spine pain
Compared to usual primary care, both interventions reduced pain-related disability at 3 months and these changes were sustained.
Conference Coverage
NSAIDs for knee osteoarthritis may worsen pain over time
Researchers find no long-term benefit and worse inflammation and cartilage quality over 4 years.
News
Recommending exercise for migraine: Just do it
Both strength training and high-intensity aerobics beat top-line migraine medications.