Researchers are conducting this study to learn more about the side effects of bone marrow-derived stem cells when injected into the facet joints for the treatment of painful lumbar facet joint arthropathies. Read the details.
According to a review paper from McGill University published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience, most pain research remains overwhelmingly based on the study of male rodents, continuing to test hypotheses derived from earlier experiments on males. [...]
The Evidence-based Practice Center Program at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has posted the draft report for the systematic review on Management of Primary Headaches in Pregnancy. Read more.
AAPM member Tim Furnish, MD discusses preliminary findings that indicate that psychedelics, alone or as part of multi-pronged treatment, can produce significant, meaningful and lasting reductions of chronic pain conditions such as cluster headache, complex [...]
The American Academy of Pain Medicine condemns racism and acknowledges its heavy toll on public health. Racial and ethnic disparities in pain treatment and pain treatment outcomes have been widely documented. AAPM is committed to [...]
This morning AAPM Past President Steven Stanos, DO participated in an AMA COVID-19 UPDATE podcast to discuss how the pandemic has impacted the nation's opioid epidemic. Dr. Stanos also serves as AAPM's representative on the AMA Opioid Task [...]
AAPM 2021: Effective Pain Care is Multimodal The AAPM Annual Meeting is the must-attend meeting of the year for the entire pain care team. It brings together specialists of varying modalities and disciplines to address [...]
Public and private insurers have taken steps to increase telehealth services during the public health emergency due to COVID-19. CMS is expanding its Virtual Services benefits on a temporary and emergency basis. The expanded benefit is [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing substantial disruptions to daily life around the world and pain practitioners across the globe are affected by these disruptions while care for their patients with chronic pain. Slowly social distancing [...]
AAPM contributed to a multispecialty, international working group that recently published consensus practice guidelines on interventions for lumbar facet joint pain in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine (RAPM), the official publication of the American Society [...]
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