Pain General
Aug 25, 2014
Physicians, like many adults in the general public, enjoy drinking an alcoholic beverage in a socially-appropriate context when they are not taking call. But what happens when casual drinking becomes ...
Aug 22, 2014
Researchers have developed enhanced recovery pathways (ERP) to improve outcomes and reduce readmissions in colorectal surgery patients. “ERP protocols use a set of standardized pre- and postoperativ...
Aug 12, 2014
Any physician, especially primary care physicians, can tell you that they are frequently forced to make a decision based on a third party’s opinion. Most often, this will be an insurance company den...
Jul 22, 2014
The first part of new evidence-based guidelines, published in the September 2014 issue of Neurosurgery, sought to identify which signs, symptoms, and neurologic and cognitive deficits have the highest...
Jul 10, 2014
According to NIH data, prescriptions for opioids have increased dramatically in the general population, rising by more than 200 million between 1991 and 2009. In 2014, the American Society of Anesthes...
Jun 24, 2014
The CDC recently released data on the most common causes of death in the United States in 2010. ...
May 06, 2014
Researchers have developed enhanced recovery pathways (ERP) to improve outcomes and reduce readmissions in colorectal surgery patients. “ERP protocols use a set of standardized pre- and postoperativ...
Apr 30, 2014
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a significant health problem, with studies suggesting that the condition affects up to 10% of men and 18% of women over the age of 60. Previous research has suggested that some ...
Apr 04, 2014
Source: BestMedicalDegrees.com Modern medicine has helped lead to a surge in average life expectancy, which was only about 36 in the late 1800s. With humans routinely living into their 100s, advanc...
Mar 27, 2014
Every winter when cold and flu season hits, millions of people take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like ibuprofen and naproxen to ease the aches and pains associated with being sick. I...
Mar 27, 2014
Substance use is one of the most frequent causes of impairment among physicians, and some reports estimate that 10% to 15% of doctors will have a substance use disorder in their lifetime. “Substance...
Mar 17, 2014
The Particulars: Previous research has found that joint replacements can sometimes end in implant failure that is due to factors other than infection or apparent biomechanical issues. It is possible t...
Mar 17, 2014
The Particulars: Elevated BMI has been linked to symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) in previous studies. Data are lacking on the impact of weight loss following gastric bypass surgery (GBS) on knee ...
Mar 17, 2014
The Particulars: Recent studies have shown that prescription drug abuse is on the rise throughout the United States. With this phenomenon has come a rise in “doctor shopping,” the practice of visi...
Feb 21, 2014
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is one of the most common complications associated with diabetes. Recent estimates show that DPN affects approximately 50% of people with diabetes in the United ...
Jan 13, 2014
About 50% to 70% of fibromyalgia patients have a lifetime history of depression, many of whom take antidepressants to treat their depression. A common clinical question has been how to manage fibromya...
Dec 23, 2013
Among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), abdominal pain is a common and frustrating symptom with multifaceted pathophysiology and can be associated with significant emotional suffering, d...
Dec 19, 2013
The well-meaning push to curb opioid prescribing could worsen healthcare for sickle cell patients. Clinicians tend to undertreat the substantial pain experienced by many sickle cell patients and treat...
Nov 26, 2013
The incidence of physician-diagnosed gout has risen over the past 20 years and now affects about 8.3 million adults in the United States. Uric acid excess has been identified as the key contributor to...
Oct 28, 2013
This has been bothering me for many years. No, pain is not the 5th vital sign. It's not a sign at all. Vital signs are the following: heart rate; blood pressure; respiratory rate; temperature. W...