Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a poorly understood painful condition, which typically arises after distal limb trauma; 20% of patients may develop lifelong severe incessant pain with few therapeutic options. In this study, we [...]
Medical cannabis has been touted as a solution to the US opioid overdose crisis since Bachhuber et al. [M. A. Bachhuber, B. Saloner, C. O. Cunningham, C. L. Barry, JAMA Intern. Med. 174, 1668–1673] found [...]
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between gabapentinoids and adverse outcomes related to coordination disturbances (head or body injuries, or both and road traffic incidents or offences), mental health (suicidal behaviour, unintentional overdoses), and criminality.Read the [...]
Abstract: Orofacial pain may have a variety of causes and offers a significant clinical challenge for its diagnosis and management. Objective: To assess the headache disorders presenting in a tertiary multidisciplinary orofacial pain clinic, after [...]
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Primary care clinicians write 45% of all opioid prescriptions in the United States, but little is known about the characteristics of patients who receive them and the clinicians who prescribe opioids in primary [...]
Study Description: Brief Summary: The present prospective trial is designed to evaluate the efficacy of CyMedica Orthopedics e-vive™ system, a multifunctional electrotherapy device providing neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) for reducing pain and accelerating functional recovery [...]
Study Description: Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and credibility of a mindfulness-based dance/movement therapy(M-DMT)protocol; to assess and improve methodological procedures for conducting a randomized controlled trial (RCT) [...]
Eli Lilly and Company announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Emgality® (galcanezumab-gnlm) injection (300 mg) for the treatment of episodic cluster headache in adults. Full story.
In the world of science and medicine, posters are a huge deal, but one doctoral student says poster sessions are usually a waste of time for all involved. So he has proposed a new poster [...]
The results of a survey presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology highlight the significant impact of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) on mental health and a worrying lack of psychological care.Full story.
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