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Salon.com
October 2, 2000
Lynn O'Dell |
Pain in the brain The good news? The hurt is all in your mind. The bad news? The hurt is all in your mind...   |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2001 |
Pain Relief After Surgery How will my pain be managed?...How are pain medicines given after surgery?... What should I do to make sure I receive the best possible pain relief?... |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2001
Karl E. Miller |
Challenges in Pain Management at the End of Life Effective pain management in the terminally ill patient requires an understanding of pain control strategies. Ongoing assessment of pain is crucial and can be accomplished using various forms and scales... |
American Journal of Nursing
April 2010
Mary Curry Narayan |
Culture's Effects on Pain Assessment and Management When patients belong to a culture or speak a language that's different from that of their health care provider, the provider faces additional challenges in successfully assessing and managing the patients' pain. |
Salon.com
November 26, 2001
Suzy Hansen |
When being holy hurts An historian talks about the modern face of "sacred pain," which religions use it the most and how self-cutters carry on the tradition... |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2000 |
Breast Pain in Women What causes breast pain?... How can my doctor find the cause of my breast pain?... |
AskMen.com
September 2, 2002
Joshua Levine |
Preventing Kidney Stones There is a long list of life experiences that young men hope to avoid; divorce, impotence, senility, and retirement community living. These are certainly some frightening possibilities, but they do not strike fear into the hearts of men the way the words "kidney stone" do. |
American Family Physician
August 2001
Saud Suleiman & David E. Johnston |
The Abdominal Wall: An Overlooked Source of Pain When abdominal pain is chronic and unremitting, with minimal or no relationship to eating or bowel function but often a relationship to posture (i.e., lying, sitting, standing), the abdominal wall should be suspected as the source of pain... |
Health
June 2007
Melanie Haiken |
The Best New Pain Cures?... For Women New research shows that pain can often be prevented if women use the right treatment. Here's what you should know. |
American Family Physician
August 15, 2002 |
Vertebroplasty for Spine Fracture Pain How are spinal fractures treated?... What is percutaneous vertebroplasty?... What is the recovery like?... Is the procedure safe?... How do I know if vertebroplasty is right for me?... How successful is vertebroplasty?... etc. |
Nursing
October 2009
Yvonne D'Arcy |
Overturning barriers to pain relief in older adults This article will describe how to lower the barriers to effective pain control in older patients and provide practical tips for helping them receive the full benefit from pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies. |
American Journal of Nursing
June 2008
Ellen Flaherty |
How to Try This: Using Pain-Rating Scales with Older Adults Pain is often undertreated and underdiagnosed in older adults. Regular use of short, simple, reliable pain-rating scales provides nurses and physicians with measurable information to establish and modify a pain management plan. |
BusinessWeek
January 17, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
No Pain, Some Gain The 50 million Americans suffering from chronic pain got a little bit of good news in December. The Food & Drug Administration greenlighted two new medications that attack pain in completely novel ways. |
American Journal of Nursing
July 2008
Horgas & Miller |
Pain Assessment in People with Dementia The Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD) scale has been designed to assess pain in this population by looking at five specific indicators. |
AskMen.com
Jeff Bayer |
8 Body Pains You Mustn't Ignore These are body pains you mustn't ignore while you're at the gym to help to ensure that you can maintain your workouts and stay injury free. |
Outside
August 2007
Eric Hansen |
The Wimp Gene At the Human Pain Research Laboratory at Stanford University, Pain Labbers routinely subject themselves to all manner of torture, all in the name of science. Are you tough enough? |
American Journal of Nursing
April 2009 |
Understanding and Managing Burn Pain: Part 1 Despite advances in topical wound care and pharmacology, and a growing emphasis on palliative care, wound care is the main source of the pain associated with burn injury. |
Wired
February 2005
Steve Silberman |
The Painful Truth The Iraq war is a new kind of hell, with more survivors - but more maimed, shattered limbs - than ever. A revolution in battlefield medicine is helping them conquer the pain. |
Nursing
June 2008
Yvonne D'arcy |
Nursing2008 Pain Management Survey Report See how your responses to this survey compare with those of nursing colleagues across the country and beyond. |
Health
May 2007
Melanie Haiken |
Smart Ways to Banish Pain Women are not small men when it comes to pain treatment. Here are better options for women: Antidepressants... Neuropathic pain relievers... etc. |
Nursing
September 2008
Susan Simmons Holcomb |
Acute Abdomen: What a Pain! So many things - some life-threatening - can cause abdominal pain. Here's how to capture the clues quickly and accurately. |
American Journal of Nursing
December 2010
Baldridge & Andrasek |
Pain Assessment in People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities Nurses in all settings need to be knowledgeable about alternate pain assessment methods. |
American Journal of Nursing
March 2011
Jablonski et al. |
The Use of Algorithms in Assessing and Managing Persistent Pain in Older Adults This article introduces readers to the use of algorithms in guiding the assessment and management of persistent pain in older adults, and provides an illustrative case study. |
Salon.com
August 3, 1999
Nina Shapiro |
Give me drugs! Give me drugs!: What's so feminist about a painful childbirth? |
HHMI Bulletin
February 2012
Marc Wortman |
Where Does It Hurt? Researchers are getting to the molecular details of pain's circuitry to answer the question with real specificity. |
American Journal of Nursing
May 2009
Patricia Connor-Ballard |
Understanding and Managing Burn Pain: Part 2 Despite advances in treatment of burn injuries and their consequent pain, wound care is the main source of the pain associated with burn injury. |
Nurse Practitioner
May 2012
Hammersla & Kapustin |
Peripheral Neuropathy: Evidence-based treatment of a complex disorder Peripheral neuropathy is a common and often progressive condition frequently seen in primary care. The chronic pain associated with PN, or neuropathic pain, can significantly diminish patients' quality of life and be challenging to treat. |
Salon.com
July 9, 1999
Robert Burton |
A second opinion A second opinion: One doctor's enlightenment through pain. |
Salon.com
June 12, 2000
Annie Murphy Paul |
Torture lessons With irresistible detail, a surgeon explores the cultural and scientific universe of the body in pain. "Why We Hurt: The Natural History of Pain" by Frank T. Vertosick Jr., M.D. |
Managed Care
May 2005 |
Microcircuit Devices Deliver Considerable Relief From Chronic Pain Recent advances in pain relief revolve around longer-lasting implantable devices. Can managed care afford not to have a pain management strategy? |
Nurse Practitioner
May 2009
Yvonne D'Arcy |
Is Low Back Pain Getting on Your Nerves? The pain and disability of low back pain are the most common reasons patients seek healthcare. Here are tools for diagnosis and treatment options. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2005
David Nierengarten |
Soothing Results, But Pain for Investors Pain Therapeutics delivers again but its stock barely budged. What gives? |
Salon.com
April 4, 2002
Damien Cave |
No relief The war on drugs is preventing many Americans from getting desperately needed pain medicine... |
Salon.com
October 1, 1999
Pamela Post |
Separated by curtains, united by grief In a recovery room, a woman realizes the loss she has experienced, only after hearing another woman's cries. |
American Family Physician
July 1, 2006 |
Kidney Stones: What You Should Know What you can do to prevent the occurrence or recurrence of kidney stones. |
American Family Physician
April 1, 2001
Andrew J. Portis |
Diagnosis and Initial Management of Kidney Stones The diagnosis and initial management of urolithiasis have undergone considerable evolution in recent years... |
American Family Physician
April 15, 2001 |
Dyspareunia: What it Might Mean for You Dyspareunia is painful sexual intercourse. It can have many causes. It is important to talk to your doctor if you have this problem because there are effective treatments for many of the causes... |
American Family Physician
January 15, 2001 |
Kidney Cysts What are kidney cysts?... How common are kidney cysts?... How are kidney cysts found?... If I have a kidney cyst, what will my doctor want to do?... Will I need surgery to remove a kidney cyst?... etc. |
AskMen.com
Abigail Ekue-Smith |
Banish Back Pain Bad posture causes back pain and will affect your ability to do back pain relief exercises. Read on to learn how you can banish back pain for good. |
AskMen.com
May 6, 2014
Patrick Roth |
Two Birds, Meet One Stone: Why You Should Be Doing Back Exercises Now Not surprisingly, vanity ends up being a more sustainable motivator than pain reduction. |
Salon.com
October 7, 1999
Stephen G. Bloom |
Busy signal Back pain is no guarantee your doctor will see you, even at the best clinic. |
The Motley Fool
July 6, 2007
Brian Orelli |
Pain-Free Phase 2 Data Anesiva's pain medication is moving up the clinical trial ladder. The Adlea results are very promising, but investors should look at the state of the entire company before investing. |
American Family Physician
December 1, 2000 |
Letters to the Editor Osteopathic Medicine in the Treatment of Low Back Pain... |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2007
Brian Lawler |
Another Free Quarter of Pain If the Remoxy abuse-resistant platform technology produces more positive clinical trial results later in the year, investors should have plenty to cheer about. |
American Family Physician
November 1, 2006
Lyon & Clark |
Diagnosis of Acute Abdominal Pain in Older Patients Acute abdominal pain is a common presenting complaint in older patients, but may be difficult to diagnose. Here are some common causes of abdominal pain in old patients and recommendations for treatment. |
American Family Physician
January 15, 2007 |
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome A patient guide: What are the symptoms of PFPS?... How is it treated?... Will I need surgery?... Will the pain come back?... |
Reason
October 2005
Maia Szalavitz |
In Defense of Happy Pills While psychotherapy validated by research has its place, there is no convincing reason why it should be considered inherently superior to drugs. Pleasure can be just as important for emotional recovery and growth as pain, if not more so. |
Investment Advisor
December 2007
Olivia Mellan |
The Mourning After If you or one of your financial advisory clients is struggling to cope with grief, now or at any other season of the year, the advice that follows may help ease the pain. |
AskMen.com
Anthony Yeung |
Exercise Pain Relief 10 reasons why you're hurting in the gym - and what to do about it |
American Journal of Nursing
May 2008
Jacobson et al. |
Patients' Perspectives on Total Knee Replacement Patients' perspectives on total knee replacement (TKR) surgery have rarely been the topic of research. This study sought to describe their pre- and postoperative experiences. |
