Category : Pain Management

Roots of arthritis: Protection against frostbite

Arthritis causes pain and suffering for millions of people around the world, but it’s also the byproduct of an evolutionary mutation that allowed early humans to make the move from Africa to colder climates tens of thousands of years ago. Researchers at Stanford University have discovered that a genetic variation made humans shorter and more ..
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Judge says arthritis may qualify woman for euthanasia

A 77-year-old Canadian woman suffering from incurable erosive osteoarthritis is one step closer to legally taking her own life after a judge in Toronto ruled she met a key criteria of Canada’s 2016 medically assisted death law. The CBC reports that Superior Court Justice Paul Perrell ruled last Monday that the woman’s "natural death is ..
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Eating your way toward migraine relief

For the 38 million Americans suffering from the effects of debilitating, recurring migraines, it may come as a surprise that relief could be hiding in the pantry. Between 30-40 percent of migraine sufferers may actually be susceptible to food triggers, meaning keeping a food diary and making lifestyle changes could result in much-needed relief. Stephanie ..
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High hopes ride on marijuana painkillers amid opioid crisis

A handful of drugmakers are taking their first steps toward developing marijuana-based painkillers, alternatives to opioids that have led to widespread abuse and caused the U.S. health regulator to ask for a withdrawal of a popular drug this month. The cannabis plant has been used for decades to manage pain and there are increasingly sophisticated ..
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New Jersey’s new opioid law raises concerns among doctors

One week before New Jersey implements one of the nation’s toughest regulations of prescription opioids, doctors are raising concerns it could go too far. The law limits initial opioid prescriptions for acute pain to a five-day supply, though it allows doctors to renew it for another 25 days if a patient remains in pain. But ..
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FDA further restricts pain medication use in kids

U.S. regulators are strengthening warnings about the dangers of two types of powerful opioid painkillers, codeine and tramadol, due to risks of slowed breathing and death. The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it is requiring makers of the pain medicines to change the products’ labels to warn against giving them to children under age ..
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Opioid use common even after minor surgery

The risk that surgery patients will become chronic opioid users may be similar after minor procedures or major operations, a U.S. study suggests. Three to six months after surgery, new chronic opioid use was about 5.9 percent with minor operations and 6.5 percent with major surgery, the study found. The rate was just 0.4 percent ..
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Opioids after surgery: Which patients don’t stop when they should

The first time many patients in the United States take prescription opioid painkillers is following surgery. But not everyone puts away the pills: In a new study, researchers found that 6 percent of patients continued to use the drugs for at least three months after surgery. The researchers wanted to know more about why some ..
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Woman Mistakes Cancer For Hangover

Cancer cells. (iStock) After a night out with friends, a British woman began suffering from a headache she attributed to a hangover. Over a week later, she went to the doctor and was eventually diagnosed with cancer. Hope Stringer, 24, of Essex, had chronic pain in her left temple, tiredness and blurred vision. Her doctor ..
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Hallucinating 911 Caller Falsely Reports Plane Crash

medical bottle and pills on background ( ) A 911 call allegedly made from a survivor of a plane crash turned out to be an actual nightmare. The 75-year-old caller, who has not been identified, had taken Ambien earlier in the night before dialing 911 on May 12, Komo News reported. The disoriented man called ..
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Binge-eating Disorder Can Be Treated With Talk Therapy Or Drugs

People with recurring episodes of binge-eating can be helped with talk therapy or medication, according to a new review of previous studies. People with binge-eating disorder have brief, psychologically distressing binge-eating episodes multiple times a week for at least three months. The disorder is linked to mental health problems, chronic pain, obesity and diabetes, the ..
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