Medications
Artificial intelligence may influence whether you can get pain medication
Elizabeth Amirault had never heard of a Narx Score. But she said she learned last year the tool had been used to track her medication use.
Sep 5, 2023
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News tagged with pain medication
Medications
New opioids are joining the illicit drug supply, and they're more potent than fentanyl
In recent years, the opioid epidemic has been worsened by the advent of street fentanyl, an illicit version of a powerful prescription painkiller.
Sep 5, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New study shows effectiveness of mpox vaccine
A new international study led by Queen Mary University of London has shown mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) infections to be less severe among those who are vaccinated or had a previous infection in 2022, underlining the ...
Sep 5, 2023
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Genetics
Overly flexible connective tissue causes problems in joints and throughout the body and is often missed by doctors
Connective tissue is found throughout the human body, within and between structures as varied as muscles, nerves and internal organs. Like an elaborate web, it holds everything together—providing the body shape and promoting ...
Sep 1, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Endometriosis is more than just 'painful periods'
Even though endometriosis affects an estimated 10% of reproductive-age women in the United States and can cause increasing, debilitating pain each menstrual cycle, as well as infertility, it is often misdiagnosed and misunderstood.
Aug 22, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Symptoms of the body and the mind found to be frequent fellow travelers
Chronic pain is often accompanied by depression and anxiety. In an invited commentary published in JAMA Network Open, Kurt Kroenke, M.D., of Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine, discusses the relationship ...
Aug 7, 2023
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Medications
The landscape of opioid prescribing has changed, but is it for the better?
Globally, opioid prescribing has increased significantly over the past three decades. In 2019, Australia had the eighth highest level of opioid use in the world.
Aug 7, 2023
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Health
Tackling inequalities in end-of-life care
Language barriers are resulting in people from South Asian communities experiencing more pain at the end of life, new research has found.
Jul 26, 2023
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Addiction
Washington doctors detail pros, cons of fentanyl addiction treatment methods
There was a time, not long ago, when doctors had national protocols for using a leading opioid treatment drug.
Jul 25, 2023
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Biomedical technology
Scientists develop new robot medics to go where doctors can't
Game-changing robotics technology that can provide remote medical treatment to casualties in high-risk emergency environments, has been developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield.
Jul 21, 2023
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