London: Reading a book may not only be captivating but may also help people suffering with chronic pain, a study shows. Chronic pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.
Category: Chronic Pain
Poor and less-educated older Americans more likely to suffer from chronic pain, research shows
… Grol-Prokopczyk. “In part, this study should be a reminder that many people are legitimately suffering from pain. Health care providers shouldn’t assume that someone who shows up in their office complaining of pain is just trying to get an opioid …
Guidelines for prescribing painkillers are silent on acute-pain treatment
… painkillers do not address treating patients with acute pain – the place where opioid addiction often begins – after Health Canada rejected a request to expand the scope. Canada has little hope of reversing its deadly opioid epidemic if it does not …
This Little Biotech Could Have a Big Winner on Its Hands
Perhaps investor awareness of the potential of the company’s pain drug in phase 2 and 3 trials is simply growing. What evidence do investors have that Cara’s approach will succeed? As it turns out, plenty.
Study finds acupuncture to be more effective in treating pain than morphine
… other medical conditions. Today researchers are slowly unraveling what benefits acupuncture can have on our overall health. According to new research , published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine , acupuncture may be more efficient in …
Study finds acupuncture to be more effective in treating pain than morphine
… other medical conditions. Today researchers are slowly unraveling what benefits acupuncture can have on our overall health. According to new research , published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine , acupuncture may be more efficient in …
OTC medical device receives CE Mark approval to treat pain linked to fibromyalgia
… approximately 15 to 9 (11 is used for clinical assessment). Study details are published on the National Institutes of Health – ClinicalTrials.gov website.