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May 2007
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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.   |
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
March 1, 2004 |
Chronic Pain Medicines Description of the different types of pain medicines for chronic pain. |
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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... |
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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. |
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?... |
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?... |
Salon.com
April 4, 2002
Damien Cave |
No relief The war on drugs is preventing many Americans from getting desperately needed pain medicine... |
American Family Physician
November 1, 2005 |
Tension Headaches: What You Should Know A patient guide to the condition, its diagnosis and treatment options. |
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. |
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. |
AskMen.com
March 2, 2003
Mike Davison |
Fibromyalgia: The Prison Of Pain Fibromyalgia, also known as fibromyalgia syndrome or FMS, is a widespread muscular and skeletal pain, and fatigue disorder affecting the fibrous tissues of the muscles, ligaments and tendons. |
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. |
American Family Physician
December 1, 2002 |
What Should I Know About Migraines? What are migraines?... How can my doctor tell that my headache is a migraine?... How is migraine headache treated?... What about the headache pain I'm having right now?... What are the "triptans"?... What else can I do?... etc. |
Reason
April 2003
Melinda Ammann |
The Agony and the Ecstasy How the OxyContin crackdown hurts patients in pain |
American Family Physician
January 15, 2005 |
Painful Menstrual Periods A patient bulletin on the causes and treatment options for painful menstrual periods. |
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. |
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. |
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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. |
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April 2007
Linda Formichelli |
Take That! (for pain) Here's the latest on over-the-counter pain relief fixes. |
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. |
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? |
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. |
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. |
AskMen.com
Alex Santoso |
Dealing With Arthritis For many men, joint problems cause significant disruption in their lives, as simple everyday activities such as walking, dressing and bathing become very painful. Osteoarthritis, the most common type of arthritis, is painful but treatable. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2010
Brian Orelli |
A Painless Drug Deal Bristol-Myers licenses pain drug from Allergan. |
Health
December 2007
Alicia Potter |
5 Surprising Things That Give You Headaches It could be the weather, your laundry detergent, even your up-do that has caused that headache. Here's how to feel better fast. |
The Motley Fool
November 5, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Better Late Than Never for Cymbalta Eli Lilly gets an expanded approval for Cymbalta. |
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. |
AskMen.com
Jake Forrester |
Treat & Prevent Headaches Types of headaches, causes, and treatments. |
Health
April 2007
Libby Slate |
Pelvic Pain? Solve the Mystery Use this checklist to explore the possible reasons and remedies. |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2000 |
Information for Patients Living with Fibromyalgia What is fibromyalgia?... What causes fibromyalgia?... How does my doctor know I have fibromyalgia?... How is fibromyalgia treated?... |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2005 |
Shingles: Easing the Pain A patient overview of the disease, its causes and treatment options. |
American Family Physician
September 1, 2002
Millea et al. |
Tension-Type Headache Tension-type headache, formerly called tension headache or muscle contraction headache, is a common condition usually self-treated with over-the-counter analgesics. Primary headache is treated symptomatically, with the goal being relief and preventing recurrence. |
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. |
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. |
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? |
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
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 Management
March 2012
Yvonne D'Arcy |
Pain and obesity It can be a challenge to provide effective pain management for obese patients; however, a multimodal pain management regimen that combines medications and complementary techniques can help increase pain relief. |
Salon.com
October 18, 2000
Cynthia Kuhn & Wilkie Wilson |
Hooked on painkillers My doctor prescribed narcotics after my accident and now I can't get off them. What should I do? |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Building on Pfizer's Blockbuster New data for an expanded indication for Lyrica. |
American Family Physician
February 1, 2005
Maizels & McCarberg |
Antidepressants and Antiepileptic Drugs for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain The development of newer classes of antidepressants and second-generation antiepileptic drugs has created unprecedented opportunities for the treatment of chronic pain. These drugs modulate pain transmission by interacting with specific neurotransmitters and ion channels. |
American Family Physician
March 1, 2004 |
Osteoarthritis: How to Stay Active Common question answered about osteoarthritis. |
AskMen.com
Chris Good |
Get Rid Of A Headache: 4 Steps Read on to get your head out of the vice and get your mind back to doing and achieving. |
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... |
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
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. |
