AAPM member Antje Barreveld, M.D., has co-authored an article in the New England Journal of Medicine together with Phillip Coffin, M.D., surrounding the topic of prescription opioid medications for inherited patients in a primary [...]
Whittled down from a field of almost 70 entrants, the 2022 AAPM + MIT Hacking Medicine Innovation Challenge selection committee has identified the 14 finalists vying to win $100,000 of in-kind prizes at this [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
Many of the symptoms experienced by people infected with SARS-CoV-2 involve the nervous system. Patients complain of headaches, muscle and joint pain, fatigue and "brain fog," or loss of taste and smell — all of [...]
Research linking fluctuations in bone marrow lesions with pain fluctuations may suggest that targeting these lesions could successfully reduce osteoarthritis pain, according to a speaker at the 2020 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-West. Read more.
The American Academy of Pain Medicine stands by our colleagues in the AMA to condemn the statements by President Trump referenced in a recent New York Times article, regarding accusations of profit and self-interest in taking [...]
A Canadian researcher has found that the virus that causes COVID-19 can hijack a pain receptor on our cells, using it to get into the cell, but also blocking its ability to signal pain. This [...]
AAPM member Michael S Leong, MD, and his colleague discuss the need to ensure patients have access to appropriate treatment for pain during the COVID-19 pandemic in this MedPage Today Op-Ed. Read more.
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