Health
Why it's so hard for doctors to understand your pain
We're all human beings, but we're not all alike.
Apr 25, 2018
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News tagged with chronic abdominal pain
Medications
Alternative, non-opioid treatments for chronic pain
An estimated 2 million people in the U.S. are addicted to prescription opioids—powerful doctor-prescribed medications for chronic or severe pain. The drugs are commonly prescribed to treat gastrointestinal pain caused by ...
Mar 30, 2018
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Medications
Fixing pain management could help us solve the opioid crisis
Australia is facing a critical public health issue of poorly managed pain. The combination of poor health outcomes, inappropriate prescribing for pain and non-prescription use of opioids has resulted in opioid-related deaths ...
Feb 2, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Individualized diets for irritable bowel syndrome better than placebo
Patients with irritable bowel syndrome who follow individualized diets based on food sensitivity testing experience fewer symptoms, say Yale researchers. Their study is among the first to provide scientific evidence for this ...
Sep 21, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Optimized treatment relieves pain in chronic pancreatitis
(HealthDay)—For most patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP), optimized medical and interventional treatment is associated with significant pain relief, according to a study published online Jan. 4 in the Journal of Gastroenterology ...
Jan 10, 2017
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
New hope given to women struggling to conceive
Southampton researchers have found new insight into why some women have difficulty falling pregnant.
Nov 15, 2016
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Medical research
Spiders put the bite on irritable bowel syndrome pain
Spiders have helped researchers from Australia and the US discover a new target for irritable bowel syndrome pain.
Jun 6, 2016
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Health
For young adults, sleep problems predict later pain problems
For at least some groups of "emerging adults," sleep problems are a predictor of chronic pain and worsening pain severity over time, suggests a study in Pain, the official publication of the International Association for ...
Mar 31, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New national study finds Crohn's disease diagnosis difficult to obtain and life altering
In a new national survey of Crohn's disease patients, Health Union reveals that it was not uncommon for patients to see multiple healthcare professionals (HCPs), have numerous office visits, and endure multiple diagnostic ...
Mar 1, 2016
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Surgery
QOL, other outcomes up with laparoscopic sx in diverticulitis
(HealthDay)—For patients with uncomplicated diverticulitis, quality of life (QOL) and other patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are improved following laparoscopic surgery versus conservative treatment, according to a review ...
Feb 4, 2016
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