http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A new study led by University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers is the first to identify a genetic risk factor for persistent pain after traumatic events such as motor vehicle collision and sexual assault. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-persistent-pain-stressful-events-neurobiological.html Medical research Thu, 02 May 2013 13:37:35 EST news286720647 In a two year randomized trial, patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis who received vitamin D supplementation did not have a significant difference in knee pain or cartilage volume loss compared to patients who received placebo, according to a study appearing in the January 9 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-vitamin-d-supplementation-knee-pain.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:00:07 EST news276874598 A low-cost exercise program run by Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City has significantly improved pain, function and quality of life in participants with osteoarthritis, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-hospital-based-benefit-people-osteoarthritis.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Sun, 11 Nov 2012 08:20:37 EST news271844417 (HealthDay)—The amount and severity of pain that you experience after an automobile accident may depend on your genes, early new research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-pain-car-genes.html Medical research Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:27:23 EST news269620037 Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified reliable predictors of pain by surveying patients throughout their hospital stays about the severity of their pain and their levels of satisfaction with how their pain was managed by hospital staff. Using this data, interdisciplinary teams treating patients were able to identify patients at higher risk for pain prior to, or immediately upon, their admission to the hospital, and create and implement intervention plans resulting in patients reporting lower levels of pain and higher levels of satisfaction with their pain management. The study is published online in the American Journal of Medical Quality. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-predictors-inpatient-pain.html Health Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:46:41 EST news267446793 (HealthDay) -- The majority of patients with long-bone fractures receive inadequate pain medication in the emergency department, and disparities in management exist, according to a study published in the May issue of the Journal of Emergency Nursing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-inadequate-pain-meds-er-patients.html Other Mon, 21 May 2012 05:40:02 EST news256792169 (HealthDay) -- Contiguous, multilevel disc degeneration (CMDD) is associated with increased likelihood of low back pain (LBP) and pain severity compared with skipped level disc degeneration (SLDD), according to a study published in the April 1 issue of Spine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-pattern-disc-degeneration-impacts-pain.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:30:02 EST news253423141 Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, who teamed with colleagues at five universities around the United States, analyzed past studies of cancer-related pain reduction and found that psychosocial interventions can have a beneficial effect on cancer patients' pain severity. They also found that certain psychosocial interventions provide better pain management and are effective in reducing the degree to which pain related to cancer and its treatment interferes with patients' lives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-cancer-patients-pain-psychosocial-interventions.html Cancer Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:29:22 EST news247163304 In what is believed to be the first study of its kind to demonstrate an association between the antidepressant escitalopram and improved general pain, researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), have found that opioid-dependent patients treated with escitalopram experienced meaningful reductions in pain severity and pain interference during the first three months of therapy. These findings appear in the journal Pain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-anti-depressants-pain-opioid-dependent-patients.html Medical research Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:00:08 EST news239536254