New research suggests that cancer patients referred for outpatient palliative care may not be receiving adequate treatment for pain.

The anticonvulsant fosphenytoin is safe and effective in quickly decreasing pain from sudden attacks of acute trigeminal ...

average pain scores decreased by 0.35 points at 6 months and 0.45 points at 12 months on the 0-10 pain scale. The CBT group showed similar improvements of 0.57 points at 6 months and 0.59 points at 12 ...

Patients are asked to report their specific functional challenges (up to 5) and rate them on a scale of 0–10 (0=unable to perform to 10=no functional limitation). Self-reported functional challenges ...

We aimed to assess the effect and safety profile of ketamine compared with other analgesic drugs (or no drug) in adult prehospital patients with acute pain. Methods A systematic ... If different ...

And if it tried to reshore manufacturing full-scale, it would be scrambling for workers, she said. The 4% jobless rate means that if 30% of all unemployed people could work in manufacturing ...

Virtual reality (VR) might be able to provide cancer patients significant pain relief, a new study says. A small group of cancer patients reported a decrease in their pain after using VR headsets ...

“Physios work on a pain scale of one to ten, where two-three is absolutely fine, but anything above four signals moderate pain.” Acute inflammation or swelling up to 36 hours after a twist or ...

She began experiencing symptoms when she was just 15. On a pain scale of zero to 10, with zero being no pain at all and 10 being the worst pain possible, Aoife’s daily pain sat around eight to ...