Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week, September 18-24, 2016
September 16, 2016 [Source: The White House]
FDA MedWatch - Drug Safety Labeling Changes (SLC) Program Now Available in New, Real-Time User-Friendly Format
September 1, 2016 [Source: FDA]
Scientists Report on Safe, Non-addictive Opioid Analgesic in Animal Model
August 29, 2016 [Source: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center]
Acupuncture May Yield Pain Relief for Children Who have Complex Medical Conditions
August 29, 2016 [Source: Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare]
Breakthrough Study Discovers Mechanism of Morphine Tolerance
August 18, 2016 [Source: Georgia State University]
Compound Kills Pain as Well as Morphine but May Lack Overdose Risk
August 17, 2016 [Source: Stanford Medicine]
AAPM Releases New Guideline: Methadone for Pain Management, Improving Clinical Decision Making
August 17, 2016 [Source: AAPM]
Targeting Brain Cells to Alleviate Neuropathic Pain
August 8, 2016 [Source: Rutgers University]
Neurosurgery Makes Pain Management Curricular Breakthroughs
August 2, 2016 [Source: AMA Wire]
Patients Seek Out Alternatives to Opioids in Treatment of Chronic Pain
August 1, 2016 [Source: NPR]
'Pain Paradox' Discovery Provides Route to New Drugs
July 28, 2016 [Source: University of Leeds, U.K.]
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Flare-ups Caused by Straining Muscles and Nerves
July 18, 2016 [Source: University of Alabama, Birmingham]
Stem Cells Engineered to Grow Cartilage, Fight Inflammation
July 18, 2016 [Source: Washington University School of Medicine]
New Research Shows Combining Two Drugs Used to Treat Fibromyalgia Improves Patient Outcomes
July 13, 2016 [Source: Queen's University, UK]
Perspective: Equality Need Not be Painful
July 13, 2016 [Source: Nature]
Cutting Nerves during Breast Cancer Surgery is Associated with Chronic Pain
July 11, 2016 [Source: McMaster University]
New Treatment Gives Hope to Arachnoiditis Patients
July 9, 2016 [Source: Pain Network Newsletter]
A Long, Slow Ouch
June 28, 2016 [Source: University of Florida]
IU Study: 'Smoke Alarm' One of 36 Genes Newly Found to Play Role in Pain Sensation
June 23, 2016 [Source: Indiana University]
Large-Scale Genetic Study Provides New Insight into the Causes of Migraine
June 23, 2016 [Source: University of Helsinki]
Texas A&M College of Dentistry Researcher Uses Revolutionary Technique to Reduce Orofacial Pain
June 22, 2016 [Source: Texas A&M University]
Americans Spent 30.2 Billion Out-Of-Pocket on Complementary Health Approaches
June 22, 2016 [Source: NIH]
Rates of Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use and Opioid Use Disorder Double in 10 Years
June 22, 2016 [Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA]
Researchers Explore Epigenetic Influences of Chronic Pain
June 21, 2016 [Source: Drexel University]
Long-Term Opioids May Not Be Best Pain Management Option for All Sickle Cell Patients
June 20, 2016 [Source: John Hopkins Medicine]
Lecture: Fibromyalgia Integrative Training for Teens (FIT Teens): Development of a Novel Non-Pharmacologic Treatment for Juvenile Fibromyalgia
Held June 6, 2016 [Source: NCCIH Integrative Medicine]
Scientists Discover and Test New Class of Pain Relievers
June 1, 2016 [Source: Duke University]
Neuropathic Pain Unmasks Subliminal Excitation in Pain Processing Circuits
June 1, 2016 [Source: Canadian Association for Neuroscience]