Treatment of Chronic Pain in Children
Treatment of Chronic Pain in Children – The way in which physicians approach persistent pain in pediatric patients has changed. Instead of looking at pain as simply a warning sign for an underlying…
Foundation awarded grant to study best ways to treat pain, combat drug abuse
Challenging health care providers in West Virginia is the issue of how to treat chronic pain without leading to prescription drug abuse. Once a person has been on chronic pain medication for three months, he or she is technically a chronic pain …
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Pain Bytes website helps children with chronic pain share stories, learn …
The interactive website, Pain Bytes, was developed by health practitioners in New South Wales and presented at a medical conference in Hobart today. The website is a way for young people to access strategies for pain management and share individual …
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ESCAPE Trial Finds Nurse-Led Pain Therapy Beneficial
A new research paper highlights the psychological distress seen in people who have chronic pain, and discusses different ways by which support from nurses and other people in the patients' lives can reduce this suffering (Mil Med 2014;179:1-26).
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Scotland sets the standards for chronic pain
This all requires multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment. A managed clinical network established in Glasgow provides a model for integrating the required services and this has been adopted by the NHS across the country. Improvement of chronic pain …
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