Feature Channels: Pain

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Piercings can be a fun way for people to enhance their personal style. While people may get piercings on different parts of the body, some piercings, like earlobe piercings, are more common and can be less risky. However, all body piercings can cause complications if not cared for safely.

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Doctors of chiropractic nationwide will celebrate National Chiropractic Health Month this October with the theme “Relieve, Restore, Resume,” bringing attention to chronic pain and the benefits of non-drug pain management.

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The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) testified today before the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health and urged Congress to block a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Nursing Services’ proposal to remove physician anesthesiologists from the surgical care of Veterans. The nurses’ proposal would lower the standard of care for Veterans by dismantling the team-based model of anesthesia care and move VA to a rarely used nurse-only model.

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Heavy alcohol consumption is associated with acute and repeated episodes of pancreatitis, an inflammatory condition that can cause severe abdominal pain and death.

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Jonah J. Stulberg, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS, a member of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Patient Education Committee and vice chair of research for the department of surgery at UTHealth Houston, offers these three tips for safely and effectively managing pain after surgery.

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An essential protein that acts as a gatekeeper for calcium entering cells promotes the growth of oral cancer and generates pain, according to a new study published in Science Signaling led by researchers at NYU College of Dentistry.

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Musculoskeletal injuries – like low back and knee pain – account for the most lost duty days in the military and are one the main reasons service members and veterans seek medical care.

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Today, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), announced that Brian Reilly has been chosen as the organization’s next Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Reilly who serves as ASA’s Chief Operating Officer, will succeed ASA’s current CEO, Paul Pomerantz, FACHE, who will retire at the end of 2023, after 11 years of distinguished leadership at the Society.

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You’re eating or drinking something frozen, like a snow cone, ice cream, or ice pops – probably a bit too eagerly – and you get one of those sudden-onset, painful headaches known as “brain freeze.” Man, does it hurt, but usually not for long, and it’s not harmful, according to an expert at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

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When Catherine Harvey mentioned her chronic pain to a friend, they recommended she go to Kit Lee, MD, a family medicine physician at Loyola Medicine.

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Founder and director of the Fibromyalgia and Centralized Pain Exploration (FACE) Lab, Dr. Andrea Chadwick is to receive the 2023 Presidential Scholar Award this November.

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David Julius, PhD, who received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2021, has been selected to receive ASRA Pain Medicine’s 2023 John J. Bonica Award. He will present the annual lecture on Saturday, November 11, in conjunction with the 22nd Annual Pain Medicine Meeting in New Orleans, LA.

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People with chronic pain who take opioids have trouble finding multimodal pain care; insurance and provider education changes are needed, experts say.

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We’ve all heard of the Incredible Hulk, the green-skinned, muscular superhero with limitless strength. So, imagine what you could do if you could assume his persona and power?

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