This week's ABC Four Corners episode Pain Factory highlighted that our health system is failing Australians with chronic pain. Patients are receiving costly, ineffective and risky care instead of effective, low-risk treatments ...
Apr 11, 2024
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In an episode of ABC's "Four Corners" this week, the use of spinal cord stimulators for chronic back pain was brought into question.
Apr 10, 2024
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Morphine and other opioids are vital to treat severe and chronic pain. However, they have two problems—prolonged use creates morphine tolerance, where ever-increasing doses are needed for the same pain relief, and paradoxically, ...
Apr 9, 2024
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From 2020 to 2022, there was an increase in enrollment in medical cannabis programs but a decrease in jurisdictions with nonmedical adult-use laws, according to a study published online April 9 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Apr 9, 2024
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In 2023, researchers from UiT The Arctic University of Norway, the University Hospital of North Norway (UNN), and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health found that among more than 10,000 adults, those who were physically ...
Mar 27, 2024
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A new Kaiser Permanente study found that a health coaching intervention successfully reduced sitting time for a group of older adults by just over 30 minutes a day. Study participants also showed meaningful improvements in ...
Mar 27, 2024
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In a study published in Nature Mental Health, scientists from China and the United States have found that individuals suffering from chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) may face a higher high risk of brain aging.
Mar 26, 2024
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There is no evidence that CBD products reduce chronic pain, and taking them is a waste of money and potentially harmful to health, according to recent research led by the University of Bath in the UK.
Mar 25, 2024
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For most people, recovering from an injury or surgery might require a short round of painkillers, but for about 1 in 10 people, pain can trigger protracted and escalating mental, physical and behavioral health problems.
Mar 20, 2024
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There is little to no difference in the effectiveness of in-person versus therapist-guided remote cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) across a range of mental health and somatic disorders, according to a review published in ...
Mar 19, 2024
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