Topic: American Pain Society

Spouse's Reaction May Affect Pain Management

Print E-mail Chronic pain can hinder communication between spouses, which, in turn, can impair the affected partner's ability to cope with the ...
Changes in the levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine may explain brain gray matter reductions experienced by patients with fibromyalgia, a new study suggests.. Significant reductions in gray matter were found in the fibromyalgia patients, confirming previous findings.. The new study, published in ...
Men and women who've had limb amputations report similar levels of pain severity, but there are major gender differences in overall pain outcomes, such as emotional health and pain-coping responses, new research has found.. The study, published in the January issue ...

Orthopedics E-news - 382010

Confirm your Subscription | Having trouble viewing this e-mail click here | To unsubscribe click here. September 10, 2010 Between 2002 and 2007, the use of bone morphogenetic protein rose steeply, and the majority of procedures using bone morphogenetic protein were for off-label applications ...
The quality of pain, not its intensity, should be a key assessment tool for doctors, a new study on carpal tunnel syndrome contends.. The University of Washington team found that specific pain qualities (sharp, sensitive, deep, surface, etc. The findings highlights the ...

Pain Has Feelings, Too

So we know you have pain, and the pain is unpleasant . A new study from the American Pain Society, published in the August issue of Pain Journal for the first time* looked at pain qualities and their effect on the really important ...

Government Comes Up Short in Funding

The article reports on a study by the American Pain Society in Glenview, Illinois which revealed that federal funding for pain research has declined more than nine percent a year since 2003 in the U.S. Federal funding for pain research has ...

Journal Review

The article presents abstracts on chiropractics, which include " A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society"; "Nonpharmacologic Therapies for Acute and Chronic Low-Back Pain: A Review of the Evidence for an American Pain Society ...

Gulf War Vets More Susceptible

The article reports the results of a study which revealed that U.S. veterans deployed in the first Gulf War have a higher incidence of chronic pain and poorer overall health status than veterans not deployed in combat. Researchers say chronic widespread ...
Today, the American Pain Society tried to make it clear to the FDA that while reducing/eliminating deaths related to narcotic pain medication is a noble goal, they are very concerned that in all practicality, this effort will result in increased pain ...