Patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) who are insured in the USA through Medicaid have systematically worse baseline patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) across almost all domains as compared to those with commercial insurance and...
My journey into what would become debilitating pain began at age 19, when my neck was injured in a head-on collision caused by a drunk driver. Being a backseat passenger in an older car...
A systematic review and meta-analysis found that subcutaneous injections of botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) effectively decreased peripheral neuropathic pain. These findings were published in the European Journal of Pain.
Pain conditions are leading contributors to disability worldwide. Despite this, treatments vary in efficacy between individuals, and some carry a high potential for misuse. Personalized pain medicine is an emerging field that aims to...
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s recent evidence-based practice center review has poked holes in integrative and comprehensive pain management models. But is the criticism legit?
Adequate pain management is critical for patient health and well-being. Here we use a laboratory-based experiment and an analysis of archival data over 7 y from Israeli and US hospitals to test the effects...
A new Duquesne University study using a nanomedicine that targets neuropathic pain at its source found that while males and females develop pain-like behavior to the same degree, the nanomedicine provided less relief for...