4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (258+ words) CDC Analysis Finds Cannabis Was Sole Drug Involved in Just 9 of 209,166 Overdose Deaths Over Four-and-a-Half-Year Period University of Michigan researchers have received federal funding for a study examining a personalized coaching program designed to help adults with chronic lower back…...

5+ day, 52+ min ago   (291+ words) DEXMEDETOMIDINE reduced epidural analgesic use after VATS lobectomy while improving early pain control and patient satisfaction. The prospective, randomized, double-blind study enrolled 68 patients undergoing elective video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) lobectomy. Of these, 61 were included in the final analysis, comprising 31 patients who…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1143+ words) Switching off a cluster of cells in the mouse brainstem eased nerve pain, and restoring one receptor reversed months of hypersensitivity. The brain runs a painkiller of its own. At the base of the skull, a small cluster of cells…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (816+ words) Hospitalized cancer patients who also struggle with opioid dependence face measurably worse clinical outcomes than their counterparts without the condition, according to a large national study published in the journal Medical Oncology. Drawing on a nationally representative database of U.S....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (853+ words) A new Turkish validation study has confirmed that a psychological instrument designed to measure patients’ motivation for healing works reliably and accurately in a Turkish-speaking cancer population, offering clinicians and researchers in Türkiye a rigorously tested tool for understanding one…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (730+ words) Newly Released VA Records Raise Questions About How ‘Cannabis Use Disorder’ Diagnoses Are Affecting Veterans (Op-Ed) California Has Generated $8.4 Billion In Marijuana Tax Revenue, Governor Announces California Bill To Legalize Marijuana Dispensary Drive-Thru Windows Is Put On Hold By Its…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (19+ words) detroitnews.com CBD can help treat pain, cancer and other conditions...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (215+ words) The study authors assert that opioid overdoses can cause immediate brain damage, especially in teens- and this information is not considered in existing treatment protocols. A study by addictions experts was released last week that urges a massive change in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (63+ words) Although opioid use disorder is “relatively common” in rheumatology settings, fewer than 15% of patients with this disorder and rheumatic disease receive medications to treat it, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.“Patients with rheumatic…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (375+ words) Acute postoperative pain remains a major challenge in surgical care, and opioid medications continue to play a central role despite concerns over dependence and adverse effects. Therefore the focused is on developing non-opioid therapies that target pain pathways more precisely....