Pain
Conference Coverage
Lidocaine Nerve Block Effective for Severe, Refractory Migraine in Children
“This is the first randomized controlled trial that shows lidocaine injections can be significantly more effective than a placebo for these...
Conference Coverage
IV Ketamine Promising for Severe Refractory Headache in Children
Overall, the treatment was “safe and well tolerated.”
Conference Coverage
Tension, Other Headache Types Robustly Linked to Attempted, Completed Suicide
The results underscore the need for psychiatric evaluations in patients with a headache disorder.
From the Journals
Chronic Pain Linked to Accelerated Brain Aging
The acceleration in brain aging was largely driven by the hippocampus and predicted memory decline and incident dementia during follow-up.
From the Journals
Virtual Reality Brings Relief to Hospitalized Patients With Cancer
Patients were randomized to receive either 10 minutes of immersive VR distraction therapy or 10 minutes of two-dimensional guided imagery...
Feature
Should Opioids Be Used for Chronic Cancer Pain?
Prescribing strategies are partly driven by peer pressure, new research suggests.
Latest News
Erenumab Linked to Better Migraine Prevention
In patients with resistant episodic migraine, erenumab prevented migraines better than nonspecific oral migraine preventive medications.
Latest News
This Could Be a Strong Weapon for Cancer Pain (or Any Pain)
Patients with cancer who experience pain can find relief with exercise for more than 30 minutes on most days, study finds.
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Utility of NSAID Response Called Into Question for Longstanding AxSpA
New study finds no difference in long-term back pain from axSpA treated with NSAIDs and non-axSpA back pain.
Commentary
How to Motivate Pain Patients to Try Nondrug Options
Offer an interdisciplinary, integrative approach: acupuncture, acupressure, mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, yoga, or tai chi may help...
From the Journals
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia: A Single Disease Entity?
“The sum of these results does not support the hypothesis that ME/CFS and ME/CFS+FM are distinct entities, as currently defined.”