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‘Walking skills’ programme boosts hip replacement recovery

Written by | 16 Mar 2012

World Health Matters – Norway – by Gary Finnegan – Researchers in Norway have shown that physical therapy can have a significant impact on recovery times for patients… read more.

Where pain lives: Managing chronic pain tougher in poor neighborhoods

Written by | 9 Mar 2012

A study led by University of Michigan pain medicine specialist Dr. Carmen R. Green shows young adults who live in poor neighborhoods have tougher time managing chronic pain.

Rest versus exercise: Equally effective on lower back pain

Written by | 9 Mar 2012

Lower back pain due to Modic changes can be hard to treat and the currently recommended therapy of exercise and staying active often does not help alleviate the… read more.

Neuron memory key to taming chronic pain

Written by | 9 Mar 2012

Study suggests erasing neuronal memories may help control persistent pain.

Muscle relaxants and neuromodulators for managing RA pain: Many options, but no clear successes

Written by | 9 Mar 2012

Pain management is a high priority for patients with rheumatoid arthritis, so three researchers in Australia analysed existing study data to see whether two different classes of drugs… read more.

Anti-depressants reduce pain in opioid-dependent patients

Written by | 9 Mar 2012

by Bruce Sylvester – Researchers report that opioid-dependent patients treated with escitalopram achieved meaningful reductions in pain severity and pain interference during the first three months of therapy.

Crowded emergency departments deliver less effective pain relief

Written by | 9 Mar 2012

First study of its kind to focus on children.  Crowding in hospital emergency departments has led to a decrease in the timely and effective use of pain medication… read more.

Cancer patients’ pain can be helped by psychosocial interventions, say researchers

Written by | 9 Mar 2012

Up to one-third of cancer patients experience moderate to severe pain.

IASLC 2011 Report – Management of pancoast tumours

Written by | 18 Jan 2012

by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – In 1838 E. S. Hare published work about tumours involving certain nerves.1 However, Henry Pancoast, a radiologist from Philadelphia described the classical clinical… read more.

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