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In what was termed one of 6 “game changer” studies, researchers from Cedars-Sinai reported that the 3 most common procedures for treating heel deformities are not effective in correcting the problem. The study examined 18 3D prints of a patient’s heel to assess the most common treatments for Charcot...
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The nationwide opioid abuse epidemic has directed a lot of attention from the state and federal levels on the primary care provider. The CDC guidelines for the prescribing of opioids for acute pain can do a lot to help a provider to steel himself or herself in the event that there is inquiry into...
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Findings from a new comparative cohort study conducted by researchers from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Health Services Research, Los Angeles, suggests that virtual reality therapy can significantly reduce pain for hospitalized patients, and that it may be an effective adjunctive therapy to...
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A study reported in the American Journal of Orthopedics concludes that music therapy is effective in reducing postoperative pain in patients who underwent spine surgery. The research was conducted by a team from the Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine and the Mount Sinai Department of...
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A research team from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Saini reports new discoveries relating to the molecular causes of heroin addiction that, according to their additional work on rodent models, may point the way to new and promising therapeutic tools for opioid use disorder in humans. The...
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Researchers at University of Utah, in collaboration with colleagues from Duke University and Washington University, St. Louis, have announced a new approach to pain management via modulating genes that reduce inflammation in cells and tissues. The approach used CRISPR (Clustered Regularly...
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Being Aware of Pain, Instead of Being Distracted From It
It may seem counterintuitive, but meditating into pain as opposed to trying to distract from it can be beneficial to people in pain. A former Buddist monk and current Chief Zen Officer explains that focusing on pain, but not judging it, can...
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Conclusions from a preliminary study suggest that a recently developed wireless electrical stimulation device provides relief of pain from migraine that is comparable to that achieved by triptan medications. The device was developed by Theranica, Ltd., an Israeli-based maker of neuromodulation...
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Chronic pain may centralize in the spinal cord and brain leaving the patient with constant, neuropathic pain. The mechanism of this development is microglial activation and neuroinflammation. Successful treatment usually requires a special pharmacologic regimen that includes analgesics, neuropathic...
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There is a group of intractable pain patients who have extensively accessed the pain treatment system only to be unable to find satisfactory pain relief. These patients have sought treatment at multiple academic centers and attempted numerous nonmedical, pharmacologic, and invasive interventions...