Training Robots to Relieve Chronic Pain
Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, have developed a collaborative robot system to automatically treat back, neck, and head pain caused by soft tissue injury. Full story.
Upcoming Free CME Webinar: Navigating the Challenges in an Era of Opioid Deprescribing: Behavioral Strategies for Patient Engagement and Success
AAPM will host a free CME webinar on Friday, July 12, 2-3 pm CT. Presenters include AAPM members Beth Darnall, PhD, and Aram Mardian, MD. View course description and instructions on how to register here. [...]
16 Key Findings about Arachnoiditis
AAPM Member Forest Tennant, MD, presents a short report on his interim finding of the "Arachnoiditis Research Project" that began about 6 months ago. Full story.
Vitaly Gordin, MD Recognized for Exceptional Moments in Teaching
AAPM Vice President for Scientific Affairs Vitaly Gordin, MD, chief of the Chronic Pain Management Center at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, is featured in the "Exceptional Moments in Teaching" program. He [...]
FDA MedWatch Safety Alert: RXQ Compounding, LLC Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of All Sterile Products
RXQ Compounding, LLC ("RXQ") is voluntarily recalling all sterile human and animal products within expiry to the user level due to lack of sterility process assurance associated with the production of the Company's sterile products.Full [...]
ICD-11: What It Means for Your Practice
The World Health Organization (WHO) adopted the eleventh revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11) at its World Health Assembly meeting in May 2019. It addition to other major [...]
AAPM 2020 Call for Sessions Now Live
The AAPM 2020 Annual Meeting Program Committee is now accepting educational session proposals through July 15, 5 pm CT. The AAPM Annual Meeting is the must-attend meeting of the year for clinicians treating patients in [...]
June is National Migraine & Headache Awareness Month
Bring awareness and recognition of headache disorder as a legitimate neurobiological disease and help make individuals with headache disorder know that there are new treatments available. Read about the AAPM Foundation's Migraine Consensus Guideline project [...]
How Pain Psychology Treatments Work
Five fundamental treatment goals of a pain psychologist are reviewed in the Psychology Today blog post.Full story.
rTMS Brain Stimulation Therapy May Ease Chronic Pelvic Pain, Study Says
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), a non-invasive brain stimulation technique, may be a viable therapy for women with endometriosis experiencing chronic pelvic pain for whom other treatments have failed, a study suggests.Full story.