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HHMI Bulletin May 2010 Sarah Goforth	Scratching the Surface There's nothing funny about an itch that drives you mad.
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.
Chemistry World October 3, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Spicing up Pain Relief Scientists in the US have developed an anaesthetic that can completely block pain without causing numbness. The technique uses capsaicin - the active ingredient in chilli peppers - to target only pain-sensing neurons, and not those associated with feeling or movement.
Chemistry World June 13, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Why Cold is Such a Pain We'd all like to avoid the sting of winter air and the agony of moving frozen fingers. Scientists have discovered why extreme cold hurts, and created hardy mice who can freeze painlessly to blocks of ice.
HHMI Bulletin Spring 2013 Nicole Kresge	Itching to Be Discovered When the receptor for capsaicin -- the chemical that gives heat to chili peppers -- is added to itch-sensing neurons, exposure to the normally painful capsaicin causes itchiness.
HHMI Bulletin May 2010 Ivan Arnato	Light Moves Light is becoming the tool of choice for researchers who want to precisely manipulate neurons and other cells.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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...
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...
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 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.
HHMI Bulletin Feb 2012 Mary Bates	Passing the Sniff Test Researchers are mapping the chemical signaling behind how mice detect friend and foe.
HHMI Bulletin Feb 2012 Paul Muhlrad	Changing Channels Appetite and other deep-seated desires could be modified by altering brain ion channels, according to research at Janelia Farm.
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 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 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...
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.
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?
Chemistry World September 1, 2011 Josh Howgego	Small molecules open gates to the brain New tools have been developed which make it possible to chemically shut down nerve cells in the brain at will and study the effects on behavior. The tools - modified ion channels - mean the causal relationship between individual nerves and behavior can be directly studied.
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 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?...
Chemistry World October 26, 2011 Kate McAlpine	Dismissing gatekeepers for enhanced nerve control US researchers have invented a better way to stimulate or block nerve impulses by coating an electrode with a membrane that can control the local concentration of ions.
IEEE Spectrum April 2005 Harry et al.	Balancing Act New advances in sensory enhancement technology may directly improve mechanical sensory function to help prevent falls in the elderly and foot injuries and amputations in people with diabetes.
Technology Research News January 29, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Tiny hole guides atoms against tide Researchers in Poland have made a synthetic device that uses an electrical field and an extremely small, conical pore in a thin film of material to coax potassium ions through the artificial membrane against their electrochemical potential.
American Family Physician February 15, 2002 Miriam Grushka	Burning Mouth Syndrome Burning mouth syndrome is characterized by a burning sensation in the tongue or other oral sites, usually in the absence of clinical and laboratory findings...
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.
American Family Physician December 1, 2005 Cole, Seto & Gazewood	Plantar Fasciitis: Evidence-Based Review of Diagnosis and Therapy Most interventions used to manage plantar fasciitis have not been studied adequately; however, shoe inserts, stretching exercises, steroid injection, and custom-made night splints may be beneficial.
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 Family Physician May 1, 2002 Ramsis Benjamin	Neurologic Complications of Prostate Cancer Neurologic complications continue to pose problems in patients with metastatic prostate cancer...
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 July 15, 2004 Tracy Aldridge	Diagnosing Heel Pain in Adults A thorough history and a physical examination of the lower extremity should be conducted to locate the pain, define its attributes, and narrow the differential diagnosis.
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.
Wired February 2000 Kevin Warwick	Cyborg 1.0 I was born human. But this was an accident of fate - a condition merely of time and place. I believe it's something we have the power to change. I will tell you why...
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.
American Family Physician March 1, 2004	Chronic Pain Medicines Description of the different types of pain medicines for chronic pain.
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 Family Physician August 15, 2001 Daisy Arce	Recognizing Spinal Cord Emergencies Physicians who work in primary care settings and emergency departments frequently evaluate patients with neck and back pain. Spinal cord emergencies are uncommon, but injury must be recognized early so that the diagnosis can be quickly confirmed...
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.
American Family Physician November 15, 2003 Jones et al.	Common Problems in Patients Recovering from Chemical Dependency This article describes how to care for patients recovering from chemical dependency, including special concerns that arise during the treatment of common medical conditions, to avoid adverse outcomes or relapse into addiction.
American Family Physician February 15, 2002 David J. Alvarez	Trigger Points: Diagnosis and Management Trigger points are discrete, focal, hyperirritable spots located in a taut band of skeletal muscle. They produce pain locally and in a referred pattern and often accompany chronic musculoskeletal disorders...
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Reason April 2003 Melinda Ammann	The Agony and the Ecstasy How the OxyContin crackdown hurts patients in pain
American Family Physician June 1, 2003 Leung & Sigalet	Acute Abdominal Pain in Children Acute abdominal pain in children presents a diagnostic dilemma. Although many cases of acute abdominal pain are benign, some require rapid diagnosis and treatment to minimize morbidity. Numerous disorders can cause abdominal pain.
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.
Nurse Practitioner April 2012 Firestone et al.	Optimizing fibromyalgia management This article summarizes current information regarding the etiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic standards, and pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments necessary to successfully manage FM.