Pain
Feature
New report highlights gaps in knowledge on marijuana use
Evidence review shows when using cannabis or cannabinoids is effective, ineffective, or harmful.
From the Journals
Screen opioid users for depression, study recommends
Opioid prescribing should be combined with both screening and treatment of depression, a new study shows.
From the Journals
Statin use increases risk of herpes zoster
Statin use, as well as how recent statin exposure occurred, are significant risk factors of herpes zoster.
Conference Coverage
Older adults can sustain asymptomatic cervical fractures
Silent cervical fractures may be common among older trauma patients, a retrospective study has determined.
3-in-3
How to provide effective pain treatment
In this "3 in 3" video, David Tauben, MD, FACP, describes how to refine the care you provide to patients with chronic pain.
News from the FDA/CDC
Latest CDC data: Opioid deaths still rising
The U.S. death rate from synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, soared by 72.2% from 2014 to 2015, according to the CDC.
Photo Rounds
Painful rash on feet
Conference Coverage
Strength of fibromyalgia as marker for seizures questioned
HOUSTON – The specificity of fibromyalgia as a marker for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures is less reliable than previously described, results...
Photo Rounds
Itchy blisters on feet
Article
The war on pain
Sometimes stories about pain medication include a description of how the prescription created symptoms that were far worse than the pain it was...
Conference Coverage
Fiber may play role in lessening knee pain, OA development
Consumption of dietary fiber at the recommended average intake of 25 g per day was associated with lower risks of developing symptomatic knee...