Ruixin Zhang, Ph.D. Anesthesiology. 2014 Feb; 120(2): 482–503. Abstract In the last decade, preclinical investigations of electroacupuncture mechanisms on persistent tissue-injury (inflammatory), nerve-injury (neuropathic), cancer, and visceral pain have increased. These studies show that electroacupuncture activates the nervous system differently in health than in pain conditions, alleviates both sensory and affective inflammatory pain, and inhibits […]
Elizabeth Renter Infowars.com January 30, 2014 Full Story Journal Reference If you are a practitioner of meditation, the results of a new study published in Psychoneuroendocrinology will likely come as no surprise. But for some scientists, the revelation that meditating can actually trigger molecular changes is groundbreaking. The researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Institute of […]
Pauline Anderson January 21, 2014 Full Story In the latest response to the call from the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation for recommendations on the most overused interventions, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) has issued its list of top 5 tests and therapies that are of questionable usefulness in the field of […]
JAMA Intern Med 2014 Jan 06;[EPub Ahead of Print], M Goyal, S Singh, EM Sibinga, NF Gould, A Rowland-Seymour, R Sharma, Z Berger, D Sleicher, DD Maron, HM Shihab, PD Ranasinghe, S Linn, S Saha, EB Bass, JA Haythornthwaite Research · January 22, 2014 Full Story Journal Reference TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This review of 47 RCTs enrolling […]
Paulina J.M. The Journal of Pain Volume 14, Issue 11 , Pages 1460-1474, November 2013 Abstract Our understanding of proprioceptive deficits in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and its potential contribution to impaired motor function is still limited. To gain more insight into these issues, we evaluated accuracy and precision of joint position sense over […]
CMP is associated with an increased risk of CVD and the association is stronger in older adults.
Gregory A. Baker, DC Ronald J. Farabaugh, DC Thomas J. Augat, DC, MS, CCSP, FASA Cheryl Hawk, DC, PhD, CHES Topics in Integrative Health Care 2012, Vol. 3(4) ID: 3.4007 Abstract The complexity of clinical documentation and case management for health care providers has increased along with the rise of managed care. Keeping up with […]
Citation: Rodriguez-Raecke R, Niemeier A, Ihle K, Ruether W, May A (2013) Structural Brain Changes in Chronic Pain Reflect Probably Neither Damage Nor Atrophy. PLoS ONE 8(2): e54475. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054475 Abstract Chronic pain appears to be associated with brain gray matter reduction in areas ascribable to the transmission of pain. The morphological processes underlying these structural […]
A Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial in Comparison With Diclofenac and Placebo von Heymann, Wolfgang J. Dr. Med Spine: 01 April 2013 – Volume 38 – Issue 7 – p 540–548 Abstract Study Design. A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, parallel trial with 3 arms. Objective. To investigate in acute nonspecific low back pain (LBP) the effectiveness of […]
Vinay Kumar Gupta Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research Year : 2013 | Month : 07 | Volume : 7 | Issue : 7 | Page : 1347 – 1351 Full Text Journal Reference Abstract Objective: To evaluate whether the concomitant consumption of Cod liver oil can reduce the daily dose of Diclofenac Sodium and […]
Published: May 13, 2013 By Elizabeth DeVita Raeburn , Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Asking three simple questions of patients with non-inflammatory musculoskeletal pain improved primary care physicians’ ability to predict which patients would still be in pain 6 months later, a study found. Note that the three relevant prognostic indicators were duration of […]
Am J Emerg Med. 2013 Jun;31(6):998.e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.02.002. Epub 2013 Mar 6. Isolated thigh pain in myocardial infarction. Senthilkumaran S, Meenakshisundaram R, Michaels AD, Thirumalaikolundusubramanian P. Abstract The referred pain of angina to upper half of the body is well known. However, isolated pain in the thigh as a presenting symptom in myocardial infarction is […]
Think Depression When Chronic Pain Worsens News March 01, 2013 IMNG Medical Media, 2013 Mar 01, MA Otto LAS VEGAS (IMNG) – Treating comorbid depression gives “you the biggest bang for the buck” in the overall care and rehabilitation of patients with chronic pain, according to Dr. Michael Clark, director of Johns Hopkins University’s Chronic […]
Diagnosis and Treatment Francesca Magrinelli; Giampietro Zanette; Stefano Tamburin Pract Neurol. 2013;13(5):292-307. Abstract Neuropathic pain (NP) develops as a consequence of a lesion or disease affecting the somatosensory pathways in the peripheral or central nervous system, and occurs in many neurological diseases (eg, peripheral neuropathy, radiculopathy, spinal cord injury, stroke and multiple sclerosis). It affects […]