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  Doctors Prescribe More Analgesics to Women Than to Men Just for Being Female, Spanish Study Shows

  May 21, 2013 — Regardless of pain, social class or age, a woman is more likely to be prescribed pain-relieving drugs. A new study affirms that this phenomenon is influenced by socioeconomic inequality between ... > full story
• Today's Healthcare
  Back and Neck Pain
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  Workplace Health
  Diseases and Conditions
  Lupus
   

  Telerehabilitation Allows Accurate Assessment of Patients With Low Back Pain

  May 20, 2013 — A new "telerehabilitation" approach lets physical therapists assess patients with low back pain over the Internet, with good accuracy compared with face-to-face examinations, reports a new ... > full story
• Stroke Prevention
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  Long-Term Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Coronary Artery Disease Are Better Than Expected

  May 15, 2013 — Death rates associated with patients with refractory angina, or chronic chest pain, are lower than previously considered; therefore, physicians should focus on relieving the chest pain symptoms and ... > full story
• Today's Healthcare
  Medical Devices
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  Bone and Spine
  Wounds and Healing
  Arthritis
   

  Tissue Damage from Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants Appears Before Pain Symptoms Appear

  May 15, 2013 — Metal-on-metal hip implants can cause inflammation of the joint lining long before symptoms appear, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used to identify this inflammation, according to a new ... > full story
• Men's Health
  Gender Difference
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  Opium
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  Prostate Cancer
   

  Long-Term Use of Prescription Painkillers for Back Pain Linked to Erectile Dysfunction in Men

  May 15, 2013 — Regularly taking prescription painkillers, also known as opioids, is associated with a higher risk of erectile dysfunction in ... > full story
• Pain Control
  Fibromyalgia
  Joint Pain
  Neuropathy
  Back and Neck Pain
  Arthritis
   

  War Spawns New Approaches for Wounded Service Members' Pain Care

  May 11, 2013 — Better body armor and rapid aeromedical evacuations enable American service members to survive blasts that would have proved fatal in Vietnam or even the first Gulf War, but they pose new challenges ... > full story
• Anxiety
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  Disorders and Syndromes
  Workplace Health
  Mental Health Research
   

  Chronic Pain Sufferers Likely to Have Anxiety

  May 8, 2013 — Patients coping with chronic pain should also be evaluated for anxiety disorders, according to new ... > full story
• Brain Injury
  Pain Control
  Caregiving
  Today's Healthcare
  Fibromyalgia
  Joint Pain
   

  Weeks After Stroke, Some Patients Develop Chronic, Debilitating Pain

  May 8, 2013 — Nearly 1 in 10 stroke patients suffer chronic and debilitating pain, typically described as sharp, stabbing or burning. It is treatable with medications and magnetic or electrical stimulation of the ... > full story
• Pain Control
  Fibromyalgia
  Joint Pain
  Today's Healthcare
  Diseases and Conditions
  Health Policy
   

  New Canadian Guidelines for Treating Fibromyalgia

  May 6, 2013 — Physicians have published a review article to help family doctors diagnose and treat fibromyalgia. The article represents the first time researchers have published Canadian guidelines to help manage ... > full story
• Children's Health
  Child Psychology
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  Birth Defects
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  Kids With Conduct Problems May Have Brains That Under-React to Painful Images: May Increase Risk of Adult Psychopathy

  May 2, 2013 — When children with conduct problems see images of others in pain, key parts of their brains don't react in the way they do in most people. This pattern of reduced brain activity upon witnessing pain ... > full story

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