News
How interventional radiology is changing treatment for chronic pain and vascular conditions - Express Healthcare
14+ min ago (575+ words) For patients living with chronic pain or vascular disease, treatment has often involved a difficult trade-off. Long-term medication may help manage symptoms but does not address the underlying problem. Surgery, while more definitive, comes with its own risks and recovery....
Butyrate Relieves Temporomandibular Joint Pain Through Epigenetic Regulation
2+ hour, 56+ min ago (122+ words) Tributyrin restores butyrate levels, reverses epigenetic changes, and tackles TMJ pain through cell-specific gene regulation in the brain. Researchers reveal how gut-microbiome-derived butyrate alleviates TMJ pain by reversing epigenetic and gene regulatory pathways in the brain The study also uncovered…...
Algoma Manor adds new pain-management clinic
6+ hour, 17+ min ago (204+ words) These expanded services will operate under the name Unika Medical Clinic Algoma (UMC). The initiative aims to improve access to timely, specialized care for individuals across the Algoma region who currently face long wait times and significant travel for specialized…...
4th World Congress on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
12+ hour, 38+ min ago (464+ words) Issuewire 4th World Congress on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Join the 4th World Congress on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, March 18-19, 2027 in Barcelona, Spain. Connect with global experts, researchers and healthcare professionals to explore the latest advancements in rehabilitation medicine. Barcelona, Spain May…...
To Your Good Health: Opiate prescriptions for pain don't provide relief to patient
8+ hour, 13+ min ago (173+ words) Prescott Daily Courier ROACH: I have horrible neck, shoulder, back and hip pain, which are all from different traumas I've been seeing a pain doctor for the past 14 years I started out taking 5 mg of Vicodin and 4 mg of trazodone…...
Chronic pain sufferers flagged as 'frequent flyers' and denied treatment in EDs
13+ hour, 58+ min ago (1128+ words) Georgia Brady's stomach is permanently covered in a red rash from using a hot water bottle so much. The 30-year-old, who has a pharmacy of strong prescription opiates in her linen cupboard, has spent much of the 18 years since getting…...
KZN Health Defends Clinical Care Discharge of Child Writing in Pain, With Only Paracetamol
2+ week, 19+ hour ago (386+ words) Is the system failing vulnerable patients in moments of urgent need? A distraught mother was left cradling her young daughter on a patch of grass outside Wentworth Hospital in Kwa Zulu-Natal earlier this month. The child, writhing in severe pain,…...
One of the world's most common knee surgeries does not help and may even be harmful: Study
18+ hour, 28+ min ago (269+ words) Partial meniscectomy does not improve patient symptoms or function, reveals a 10-year follow-up of the FIDELITY, a placebo-surgery controlled trial. Trimming a degenerated meniscus, or partial meniscectomy, is one the most common orthopaedic surgeries in the world. Even though the…...
Hospital becomes first in Wales to carry out pioneering pain treatment
1+ day, 28+ min ago (317+ words) A hospital in south Wales has become the first in the country to carry out a pioneering new procedure aimed at treating chronic hip pain without major surgery. Specialists at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board performed the treatment at The…...
It's the Simple Things: Knee replacement success
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (1058+ words) Three weeks ago, I had my right knee replaced " a common occurrence these days, thanks to innovative medical advancements. I'm grateful to Northwest Specialty Hospital, Dr. Mc Innis, Physician's Assistant Travis Headley, nurse navigator April Mc Guire, the Orthopedic Physical…...