Opioids: Chronic pain patients struggle to get prescriptions filled

KHN  —  Jessica Layman estimates she has called more than 150 doctors in the past few years in her search for someone to prescribe opioids for her chronic pain. “A…

Dementia risk rises if you live with chronic pain, study says

CNN  —  Chronic pain, such as arthritis, cancer or back pain, lasting for over three months, raises the risk of cognitive decline and dementia, a new study found. The hippocampus,…

Women with chronic conditions struggle to find medications after abortion laws limit access

An ectopic pregnancy is when a fertilized egg grows outside the uterus, creating an unviable pregnancy that can be deadly for the pregnant person. But in some states with restrictive…

Startling new science reveals the truth about chronic pain

That’s not something you’d expect to hear from a doctor, especially one with the bona fides of Haider Warraich, a Brigham and Women’s Hospital physician and assistant professor at Harvard…

Prescription cannabis products with more THC may ease chronic pain, at least a little, study finds

Tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, is the chemical compound in the marijuana plant that makes you high. Cannabidiol, or CBD, is the second most prevalent active chemical in cannabis, but it does…

Anxiety and depression are linked to a higher risk of developing chronic diseases in some people

The research team split the adults into three age groups by sex: 20, 40 and 60 years old. Each participant was sorted based on whether they celebrated those milestone birthdays…

Can Virtual Reality Help Ease Chronic Pain?

Woolf was conducting his own experiment in Wall’s lab, applying painful stimuli to rats’ hind legs. The animals developed large “fields” of pain that could easily be activated months later…

He Was Remarkably Healthy Until Chronic Diarrhea Nearly Killed Him

Some Type of Cancer? Dr. Tarek Sawas, a gastroenterologist at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, introduced himself to the patient and his wife and sat down to listen.…

The Differences Between Acute and Chronic Leukemia

Leukemia is most cancers of the body’s white blood cells it develops in the bone marrow and lymphatic process and then spills more than into the blood stream. The four…

The Quiet Scientific Revolution That May Solve Chronic Pain

Nov. 9, 2021 Long-term suffering is both equally one particular of the world’s most expensive professional medical difficulties, impacting a person in each and every five individuals, and 1 of…