Pain Neurology
Abstract: Pain is often the initial complaint for which patients seek medical care presenting both a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to the primary care provider. The appreciation of pain is not merely the result of [...]
Remote Surveillance Technologies: Realizing the Aim of Right Patient, Right Data, Right Time
Abstract: The convergence of multiple recent developments in health care information technology and monitoring devices has made possible the creation of remote patient surveillance systems that increase the timeliness and quality of patient care. More [...]
Researchers Bridge the Gap between Animal Studies and New Treatments for Chronic Pain
By comparing results between rodent pain models and human spinal cord tissue, researchers have identified a new molecular mechanism of out-of-control pain signaling that is consistent between rodents and humans.Full story.
AAPM 2020 Call for Poster Abstracts Now Open
Submit your research and work as a scientific poster abstract for the chance to present during AAPM 2020, February 26-March 1, in National Harbor, MD. Up to six abstract winners will be selected to present [...]
25 or 6 to 4 – Sleepless in Cytokines
AAPM Member and MedPage Today Pain Points blog contributor Heath McAnally, MD, discusses how pain clinicians can help their patients combat common contributors to chronic pain, such as poor sleep, exercise deprivation, and unhealthy stress [...]
Behavioral Strategies for Opioid Deprescribing Webinar Recording Now Available
AAPM members Beth Darnall, PhD, and Aram Mardian, MD, presented a webinar last month on navigating the challenges in an era of opioid deprescribing that shared behavioral strategies for patient engagement and success. View the [...]
Using AI to Manage Opioid Use in Hospital ICUs
In an effort to help clinicians provide better, more personalized pain management care, a Harvard-MIT research team announced last week the creation of an AI deep reinforcement learning algorithm for critical care pain management. Full story.
Pain Rescue Team Helps Seriously Ill Kids Cope In Terrible Times
The Benioff Children's Hospital at the University of California, San Francisco integrative pediatric pain and palliative care — or IP3 — team is sort of an emergency response team for pain that combines traditional pharmaceutical [...]
New Research Offers a Minimally Invasive Approach to Deep Brain Stimulation
The development of a less invasive technique to precisely control the activity of neurons nestled deep in the brain could help usher in the next-generation of noninvasive brain stimulation technologies.Full story.
Can I Call Myself a “Pain Specialist?”
Who defines the role of pain specialists? Do you qualify as one, and do the courts agree? Inside the legal requirements. Full story.