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May 2007
Josh Garskof |
Could Painkillers be Hurting Your Heart? Heed warning labels on over-the-counter medicines to prevent further damage.   |
American Family Physician
March 1, 2004 |
Chronic Pain Medicines Description of the different types of pain medicines for chronic pain. |
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
August 15, 2006 |
Endometriosis: What You Should Know A patient guide: What is endometriosis?... How do I know if I have endometriosis?... How is it treated?... What do these medicines do?... Can I still get pregnant?... etc. |
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. |
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
September 15, 2005 |
Shingles: Easing the Pain A patient overview of the disease, its causes and treatment options. |
Health
December 2006
Michael Castleman |
Feel Better Naturally Alternative pain relievers: Gum for heartburn... Music for body aches... Hypnotherapy for ... everything?... Chaste tree berry for tender breasts... Good fats for cramps... |
American Family Physician
January 15, 2005 |
Painful Menstrual Periods A patient bulletin on the causes and treatment options for painful menstrual periods. |
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?... |
Health
July 2007
Curt Pesmen |
Surgery to Avoid #5: Lower-Back Surgery Endoscopic or the traditional lumbar-disc repair surgeries relieve lower-back pain in 85 to 90 percent of cases, but there may be easier solutions. |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2003 |
Labor Pain: What to Expect and Ways to Relieve Pain This is my first baby. What will labor feel like?... How can I prepare for the pain of labor?... What is a doula? How might a doula help me?... How does an epidural work? Are there different kinds?... How will epidural pain medicine affect my labor? Are there risks or side effects?... etc. |
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. |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2006 |
Tips for Using Medicines Wisely A patient guide and suggestions for safe medicine use. |
BusinessWeek
May 23, 2005
Carol Marie Cropper |
Counter Intelligence Nonprescription drugs can often be just as strong as prescription drugs; in fact, many of them used to be just that. So, to use over-the-counter drugs safely, educate yourself about dosage, possible interactions, and even ingredients. |
American Family Physician
January 1, 2006 |
Medicines to Prevent Migraine Headaches A patient hand-out on the painful condition, its causes, treatment options and prevention recommendations. |
Health
May 2007
Tracey Minkin |
Supplement Watch: What Works When Workouts Hurt A little glucosamine may restore worn-down connective tissue that cushions bones. |
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 Family Physician
May 15, 2003 |
Low Back Pain What can cause pain in my lower back?... What can I do for pain relief?... Is there relief for ongoing back problems?... What is the best way to sit?... etc. |
American Family Physician
September 1, 2002 |
Tension Headaches What is a tension headache?... What causes tension headaches?... What can I do about my tension headaches?... |
American Family Physician
November 1, 2005 |
Migraine Headaches: How to Deal with the Pain A patient guide to the painful condition, its diagnosis and treatment options. |
Managed Care
October 2003
Martin Sipkoff |
Pain Management: Health Plans Need to Take Control Insurers have not focused much on chronic pain. They should. It presents a humanitarian and business opportunity. |
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
March 1, 2005
Carolyn J. Sachs |
Oral Analgesics for Acute Nonspecific Pain Direct comparative studies of acetaminophen and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have shown that NSAIDs are more effective than acetaminophen in some situations, but provide equivalent analgesia in others. |
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. |
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? |
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. |
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. |
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?... |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2003 |
When You Have a Herniated Disc What is a herniated disc?... Why does a disc get herniated?... What are the signs of a herniated disc?... How does my doctor know I have a herniated disc?... What can be done for the pain of a herniated disc?... Will exercises help the pain?... etc. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Buy Drug Fears? When headlines get bad, both value hunters and rule breakers should start feeling good about buying stock. |
The Motley Fool
May 29, 2007
Brian Lawler |
The One Development-Stage Drug Stock to Own Now With such a low level of Remoxy sales baked into its share price, and minimal clinical trial risk, investors who consider Pain Therapeutics around today's share price won't be hurting in the long run, if you assume there will be a viable market for abuse-resistant opioids. |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2003
Leeman et al. |
The Nature and Management of Labor Pain: Part I. Nonpharmacologic Pain Relief Pain in labor is a nearly universal experience for childbearing women. A recent evidence-based symposium on the nature and management of labor pain brought together family physicians, obstetricians, midwives, obstetric anesthesiologists, and childbirth educators. |
InternetNews
January 4, 2007
Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Techs Catch a Bid And that's good news for the rest of the market. |
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? |
Health
April 2007
Libby Slate |
Pelvic Pain? Solve the Mystery Use this checklist to explore the possible reasons and remedies. |
The Motley Fool
November 2, 2007
Brian Lawler |
A Date With Pain Pain Therapeutics prepares for a busy fourth quarter; shares have risen 30% recently in anticipation of upcoming phase 3 data results on oxycodone compound Remoxy. Investors, take note. |
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. |
Reason
April 2003
Melinda Ammann |
The Agony and the Ecstasy How the OxyContin crackdown hurts patients in pain |
American Family Physician
March 1, 2004 |
Osteoarthritis: How to Stay Active Common question answered about osteoarthritis. |
American Family Physician
April 1, 2001 |
Preventing Heart Attacks: What Women Need to Know Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women in the United States. American women are four to six times more likely to die of heart disease than of breast cancer. Here are some ways you can lower your risk of having a heart attack... |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2003 |
Shoulder Pain What causes pain in my shoulder?... How does the rotator cuff get hurt?... How do I know my rotator cuff is hurt?... What can I do to help the pain?... What exercises should I do?... etc. |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2001
Allan Gottschalk & David S. Smith |
New Concepts in Acute Pain Therapy: Preemptive Analgesia Preemptive analgesia, an evolving clinical concept, involves the introduction of an analgesic regimen before the onset of noxious stimuli, with the goal of preventing sensitization of the nervous system to subsequent stimuli that could amplify pain... |
Health
October 20, 2009
Kimberly Holland |
What 5 Common Symptoms Really Mean If only your body were a little more honest, figuring out what's wrong when you don't feel right would be so much easier. |
Salon.com
April 27, 2000
Albert DiBartolomeo |
Hell on earth When a kidney stone taught me the meaning of agony, I also learned the limits of my own weak self. |
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... |
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. |
Managed Care
June 2003
John A. Marcille |
Utilization: Eye of the Beholder The "worried well" utilize a lot of services that they don't, strictly speaking, need. They're a little bit difficult to pin down, though. They have a lot of psychosocial distress, but not so much that they qualify for a psychiatric diagnosis. |
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. |
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. |
