Studies

A study published in the November issue of Psychological Science states that thinking about a loved one can help reduce physical pain. Researchers at UCLA studied 25 young women in loving relationships that had lasted longer than six months. Heat was applied to their forearms as they looked at photos of their boyfriends, a stranger, [...]

  In the case of postoperative rehabilitation, several of the techniques used in perioperative pain management can be utilized to reduce recovery time and hospital stays.  An article in the recent issue of Acute Pain, Dr. Joshi Girish from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center reviews the options for multimodal techniqes and argues that the integration [...]

The recent issue of Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management is dedicated to the study of Epidural Steroid Injections. Of particular interest is the article on pages 217-228 regarding Techniques for Epridural Injections. Routinely used for a variety of spinal ailments, ESIs are administered using an array of techniques (including flouroscopic guidance and transforanimal [...]

U.S. researchers have declared targeted ultrasound the best and most efficient way to detect breast cancer in women under 40. Cheaper and less expensive than surgery or biopsies, targeted ultrasound examines just the area of the breast where the lump is identified. For more information, click here.

Dermatologists who biopsy suspicious lesions will now have a more efficient test for potentially deadly melanoma.  High-frequesncy ultrasound with elastography can improve the efficiency of skin cancer diagnosis. According to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, high-frequency ulstrasound can help differentiate between cancerous and benign skin conditions. [...]

A recent study shows that primary care visits have become longer than they were ten years ago, and the improvement in care for the time spent shows “only modest improvements.” To read more on the study, click here.

The topic of the National Pain Summit in Houston, Texas was the need to provide better pain care for patients across all medical fields. “The Pain Summit confirmed that the felt need for better pain care in America reaches across all medical fields. Every day, tens of millions of U.S. citizens are suffering from immobilizing [...]

A new study suggests that oral health providers can play a roll in the overall health and well-being of their patients. The study is published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association. Two hundred patients in at private dental practices in Sweden were tested using a computerized system designed by [...]

A discovery made by Dr. Robert S. Bray Jr., a neurological spine surgeon, CEO and founder of D.I.S.C. Sports and Spine Center will potentially bring relief to thousands of sufferers of chronic thoracic pain and progressive myelopothy.  A multi-level arteriovenous malformation in the thoracic space has previously not been documented in medical literature.  To learn [...]

  The American Academy of Pain Management seeks speaker abstracts for its 21st Annual Clinical Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada in September 2010.  For more details or to download the speaker proposal form, click here.