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Common injections don’t help knee osteoarthritis more than placebo, large data review finds

07.07.2022

A commonly used treatment for people with knee osteoarthritis is barely more effective than the placebo effect in reducing pain and improving function, a new review of 50 years of …

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Enrollment in medical cannabis programs saw four-fold increase, study finds

14.06.2022

Enrollment in medical cannabis programs across the U.S. jumped by over four times between 2016 and 2020, according to a new study that also examined the qualifying conditions patients list …

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Health / In the Lab

In radical claim, study suggests inflammation wards off chronic pain instead of causing it

11.05.2022

For two decades, Luda Diatchenko investigated the underlying biology of pain like a detective chasing clue after clue: What role does this gene play? How about that protein? She always …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Listen: How should doctors treat chronic pain in the wake of the opioid crisis?

04.05.2022

Clinicians walk a tightrope when trying to help their patients with chronic pain. They want to be able to ease a patient’s suffering with medication, but must be mindful of …

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First Opinion

Opinion: HHS needs to step up so CDC’s new guidelines won’t be ‘a bridge to nowhere’ for most Americans living with chronic pain

29.04.2022

To update its controversial 2016 guidelines for how to treat the millions of Americans living with chronic pain, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been doing its …

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First Opinion

Opinion: As a pain specialist, I may have caused more harm by underprescribing opioids

12.04.2022

A reporter recently asked me about what harm I may have caused as a pain management physician who prescribes opioids. As I reflected on my last 10 years in this …

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Coronavirus

Listen: What’s next for Roche, a debate over second boosters, & Vertex’s recent success

07.04.2022

What’s on tap for Roche and its closely followed cancer immunotherapy? Are we all headed for another shot with a Covid-19 vaccine? And what explains the recent success of Vertex …

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Health

In a sea of skeptics, this physician was one of fibromyalgia patients’ few true allies. Or was he?

20.10.2021

Cindy Bradley-Graziadei almost didn’t take the test. By the time she saw it advertised, in 2017, she was pretty much past the point of mustering any hope. Her pain had …

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Health

Medical cannabis unlikely to benefit most chronic pain patients, international researchers say

09.09.2021

Medical cannabis might be a helpful therapy for some people who have chronic pain, but it’s unlikely to benefit most, according to new clinical guidelines published Wednesday in the journal …

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