Feature Channels: Pain

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As National Palliative Care Week (19–25 May 2024) approaches, a new study from the University of South A...

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Two summers ago, Terry Carroll’s lower back pain and sciatica—pain radiating down the leg—had become so severe that his walk had become a shuffle and merely getting out of his car felt debilitating.

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Chronic pain—or pain that lasts at least three months—is closely intertwined with depression. Individuals living with pain’s persistent symptoms may be up to four times more likely to experience depression, research shows.

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Two HSS studies received awards from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. One looked at the prevalence of CBD use in patients scheduled for sports medicine surgery. The other compared the need for opioid medication after robotic, computer-assisted or manual hip replacement.

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HSS researchers used AI to identify two pain archetypes in patients who had a knee replacement and the most significant predictive factors for severe pain after surgery. Risk factors included younger age, greater physical/mental impairment, higher BMI, and preoperative opioid or gabapentinoid use.

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Researchers from UC San Diego found that Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) can help rewire the brain’s response to natural healthy pleasure, leading to reduced opioid cravings. The findings suggest that MORE could be a promising tool in the fight against opioid use disorder.

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The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) today announced Heron Therapeutics (Nasdaq: HRTX) has rejoined ASA’s Industry Supporter Program for a seventh consecutive year, supporting the Society’s more than 59,000 anesthesiologist members to improve patient care for the treatment of pain following surgery and postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV).

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Each year, more than 11 million people worldwide suffer serious life-changing burns, affecting both adults and children. The largest-ever project of its kind — the Priorities in Global Burns Research partnership, led by the University of Bristol — has identified the top 10 priorities in burns care research from 88 countries.

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Children's Hospital Los Angeles is launching the first sleep registry in the country for children using Apple Watch as well as a new data collection app called WISE-HARE, or Wearable Intelligent Sensor Enhancement Home Apnea Risk Evaluation.

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One shoulder has four separate joints, packed with muscles, that allow movement of the arm in eight different major ways, giving the most degrees of freedom of any joint in the body. But the same complexity that allows such motion also presents opportunities for pain when something goes wrong.

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Research supports the effectiveness of a kinesiology-based method to treat lower back pain, say study authors working in collaboration with the National Research Council of Italy, and scientists at the Sbarro Health Research Organization under the leadership of its Founder and President, Antonio Giordano, M.D., Ph.D., Professor at Temple University.

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The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the largest neurosurgical society in the world, proudly announces its return to the birthplace of neurosurgery — Boston — for the 2025 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, taking place April 25–28 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.

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Some medications are seen as a "fix-all" solution, not addressing the root problem

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Research from the University of Portsmouth suggests that bras offering excessive bounce reduction may come with hidden consequences for spinal health.

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A clinical research study led by Roswell Park experts outlines a new way to measure pain in cancer patients and treat it effectively without opioids. The new study advances the goal of better managing cancer pain by incorporating both non-invasive brain imaging technology and virtual reality (VR).

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Keck Medicine of USC will open a four-story, 100,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art medical office building located at 590 S. Fair Oaks Ave. in Pasadena in fall 2025.

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Twenty-five years ago, Associate Professor of Oboe James Brody launched the Musicians’ Wellness Initiative—now the Musicians’ Wellness Program (MWP)—at the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Music.

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A new study, led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine, highlights the latest statistics on gastrointestinal cancers, hospital admissions, liver transplants, and research funding.