Pain
Conference Coverage
Obesity linked to chronic lower back and musculoskeletal pain
Studies increasingly link chronic lower back pain and chronic musculoskeletal pain to obesity in adolescents, adults, and the elderly. All groups...
News
Microemboli play role in certain migraine auras
Key clinical point: A higher prevalence and frequency of microembolic signals were detected in migraine patients with higher cortical dysfunction...
News
Inhibiting PAC1 receptors may cure migraines
Inhibiting PAC1 receptors in the brain may be helpful for treating migraines, a study showed.
News
California governor signs physician-assisted suicide bill into law
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a controversial measure that allows physicians to help patients legally end their lives.
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Fibromyalgia doesn’t fit the disease model
Conference Coverage
EASD: Metformin-induced B12 deficiency linked to diabetic neuropathy
Clinicians might want to consider more routinely monitoring levels of vitamin B12 in their diabetic patients who are using metformin, according to...
News
Recall issued on U.S. Compounding sterile products
News
Smokers with lower back pain must quit to alleviate symptoms
Smoking is a direct cause of severe lower back pain, and sufferers should quit smoking to see meaningful results.
Commentary
Memantine for pain control in fibromyalgia
Memantine may be worth a trial to decrease pain and improve function in our patients with fibromyalgia.
News
Noninvasive vagal stimulation effective for chronic cluster headaches
Conference Coverage
Fibromyalgia does not fit an analogy
The power of the central sensitization analogy – the idea that pain is best thought about as a stereo with the volume turned up – has led to the...