As the U.S. population ages, nurses will care for increasing numbers of older adults, most of whom suffer from at least one chronic illness. The persistent pain associated with many chronic illnesses ...

In an ideal world, every visit to the doctor would go something like this: You’d explain what brought you in that day, like some unexplained knee pain. Your physician would listen carefully, run some ...

At the World Congress on Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, researchers presented a validated predictive model that identified eight key factors for early pain after spine surgery. The findings ...

A UC Davis School of Medicine researcher has developed an algorithm that predicts the changes in voltage-gated sodium channels, which transmit pain, according to a news release. This algorithm will ...

Subcutaneous and retromammary fat surrounds the glandular tissue and constitutes most of the bulk of the breast. 3 Stimulation of breast tissue by hormone fluctuations during the menstrual cycle may ...

The etiology of breast pain is multifactorial. An understanding of breast anatomy and physiology is essential to the management of mastalgia. During a breast examination, look for symmetry, skin ...

RESULTS: Patients randomized to the pain algorithm group achieved a statistically significant reduction in usual pain intensity, measured as slope scores, when compared with standard community ...

In some U.S. emergency departments (EDs), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 0/1-hour troponin algorithm has shown uniquely poor performance ruling out cardiac events in patients presenting with ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Before Dr. Bobby Mukkamala — an ear, nose, and throat specialist in Michigan — prescribed postsurgical opioids ...