(HealthDay News) — Most general anesthetics — used to put patients to sleep during surgery — can increase the discomfort patients feel when they wake up, according to Georgetown University Medical Center researchers. Read the rest of this entry »
TUESDAY, June 24 (HealthDay News) — Oral cannabis (a form of medical marijuana) was ineffective in treating certain types of acute pain and actually increased sensitivity to some other kinds of discomfort, say researchers at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria. Read the rest of this entry »
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ANNOUNCER: It’s estimated that over fifty million Americans suffer from chronic pain. Experts define chronic pain as pain lasting more than three months or past the normal healing time for an injury or illness. Read the rest of this entry »
Everyone is aware that smoking is not good for your health, but many do not realize that smoking is also closely linked to chronic pain. Read the rest of this entry »
Many people suffer from chronic back pain, but one doctor says he’s been able to cure plenty of people — and their problems have nothing to do with their backs. Read the rest of this entry »
Obese people who underwent surgery that reduced the amount of food they could ingest not only lost weight, they also lost some of their lower back pain, according to a new report. Read the rest of this entry »
Q: My back and sciatic pain is getting worse. I’ve been told that I can get an epidural and it will help with the pain. Will it?
A: A recent review found that this procedure has little or no lasting benefit beyond a two to six week period following treatment. This study caught my attention as I also have bouts of significant of “sciatica” (pain in the lower back that radiates down the leg). Read the rest of this entry »
Hypnosis, biofeedback or other counseling reduce pain, studies show. Read the rest of this entry »
Millions of Americans suffer chronic back pain. For some spinal fusion is the only hope. Up to now methods have been very painful or come with unwanted side effects. Now there’s a high tech alternative. Read the rest of this entry »
Radiologists are using a new minimally invasive procedure to treat tendonitis in the shoulder. Ultrasound-guided non-surgical therapy significantly reduces pain from calcific tendonitis of the rotator cuff and restores mobility, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Read the rest of this entry »
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