The New York Times Sunday November 9th edition featured several articles on Chronic Pain. One article in particular features AAPM Board Member Beth Darnall, PhD, the director of the Stanford Pain Relief Innovations Lab. As [...]
The past 2 decades have witnessed a surge in the use of cervical spine joint procedures including joint injections, and nerve blocks and radiofrequency ablation to treat chronic neck pain, yet many aspects of the [...]
We had an incredible Inaugural Scholars Program in Rochester, MN. Thank you to everyone who participated and our faculty for making this such a great weekend. Here are some of the highlights from the event. [...]
The past two decades have witnessed a surge in the use of cervical spine joint procedures including joint injections, nerve blocks and radiofrequency ablation to treat chronic neck pain, yet many aspects of the procedures [...]
Ovarian cysts are fluid-filled sacs that can form in or around your ovaries. They're actually very common and most often form naturally around the time of ovulation. Most simple ovarian cysts go away without treatment. [...]
Chronic pain is a condition in the nervous system where a light switch seemingly got turned on and never got turned off. Patients initially experience pain because of some type of injury that has occurred [...]
A new study presented at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, shows that after three months of treatment with oral methotrexate, adults with primary knee osteoarthritis (OA) with inflammation had significant improvements [...]
Researchers from the Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research identified a new group of nerve cells, or neurons that carry a protein called neurokinin-1 receptor, or NK1R, which appear to be selectively involved in causing itchiness, [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented major challenges to pain care, as pain clinicians face severe restrictions in their ability to provide usual in-person assessments and treatments. COVID-19 has also exposed prepandemic problems in providing comprehensive [...]
The long-term goal of this two-phase project is to reduce chronic pain and co-morbid conditions among veterans, through scalable, non-pharmacologic evidence-based strategies that are "veteran-centric," designed to optimize engagement, adherence and sustainability, and are deliverable [...]
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