Patients who receive individualized acupuncture vs sham treatment for chronic neck pain report symptom relief, but not at clinically significant levels.
From 1999 to 2018, there was a decrease in vitamin A, vitamin C, and iron intake among pregnant and nonpregnant women.
For patients undergoing nonemergent CPB, use of an EBP device is associated with a lower rate of CSA-AKI, according to study findings.
More than half of US physician peer reviewers for the most influential medical journals receive industry payments.
Daily rainfall intensity is associated with varying health effects, with extreme events associated with an increased risk of mortality.
Patients with chronic back pain had more GMV in the left ventral striatum and less in the left parahippocampal gyrus at 7 years’ follow-up.
Preemptive analgesia in laparoscopic cholecystectomy could significantly reduce postoperative pain intensity, opioid consumption, PONV, headaches.
Ten quantitative sensory testing modality scores and 5 inflammatory biomarkers were not associated with fibromyalgia, dry eye disease, or inflammatory bowel disease. Quantitative sensory testing (QST) ...
Researchers found that intercostal nerve block was particularly effective in reducing chronic postsurgical pain following VATS.
Surgeries are generally safe but cumulatively are associated with cognitive decline and neurodegeneration, according to study findings.
After inguinal hernia repair surgery, risk for persistent postoperative pain was increased by several factors.
Patients with moderate to severe pain were more likely to initiate or continue use of cannabis, tobacco, or both.