Vulvodynia: What it is, symptoms, treatment and more
For reasons that can't always be explained, some women experience pain in their external genital area.
Feb 20, 2023
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Nervous System Diseases: News and Research on Fibromyalgia
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Rapid screening test predicts effectiveness of steroid injections for neck pain
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and several other institutions say they have developed a quick clinical test that predicts which people with neck pain are more likely to benefit from epidural steroid injections, which ...
Feb 15, 2023
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Antidepressants use for chronic pain on the rise, but are they effective?
Many people are unaware that some antidepressants (medications used to treat people living with depression) are also being prescribed to treat certain chronic pain conditions.
Feb 1, 2023
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Major knowledge gaps about exhaustion disorder
The diagnosis exhaustion disorder accounts for the majority of all long-term sick leave in Sweden. However, a research review indicates that the scientific evidence behind the diagnosis is weak.
Dec 20, 2022
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How gravity may cause irritable bowel syndrome
A new theory suggests irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the most common gastrointestinal disorder, may be caused by gravity.
Dec 1, 2022
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Novel brain imaging study seeks answers to chronic fatigue mystery
Vibrant, bubbly and full of energy, 24-year-old occupational rehabilitation consultant Nadia was living her best life. Then the fatigue took hold.
Nov 30, 2022
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Study finds chronic-pain management, falls and limited access to care are critical issues among medically underserved
To improve the health of a community, the first step is to identify its most pressing needs. To that end, in 2022 Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) implemented a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to ...
Nov 14, 2022
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Green eyeglasses reduce pain-related anxiety in fibromyalgia patients, study shows
Wearing special green eyeglasses for several hours a day reduces pain-related anxiety and may help decrease the need for opioids to manage severe pain in fibromyalgia patients and possibly others who experience chronic pain, ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Helping patients manage long COVID
A home test to help patients manage long COVID at home has been developed and is available to download.
Aug 23, 2022
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Boost now or wait? Many wonder how best to ride out COVID's next wave
Gwyneth Paige didn't want to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at first. With her health issues—hypertension, fibromyalgia, asthma—she wanted to see how other people fared after the shots. Then her mother got colon cancer.
Jul 25, 2022
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