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From the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science.
Highlights
• Psychological flexibility (PF) & self-compassion (SC) predict pain outcomes.
• In people with chronic pain (n=420) PF and SC variables were significantly correlated.
• SC predicted depression, pain interference and work and...
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An abstract (399) from the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
Objectives: The goal of this work is to develop a clinical [18F]FDG PET/MRI method to accurately localize sites of increased inflammation related to sources of pain. The aims are to 1) determine whether imaging findings correlate with...
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Newswise — Medical cannabis is finally being put under the microscope, in a first-of-its-kind real world evidence study led by Dr. Hance Clarke, Director of Pain Services, Toronto General Hospital, and a recognized leader in educating Canadians about chronic pain management and the risk factors of...
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From the European Journal of Pain.
Background: Precise cannabis treatment dosing remains a major challenge, leading to physicians’ reluctance to prescribe medical cannabis.
Objective: To test the pharmacokinetics, analgesic effect, cognitive performance and safety effects of an innovative...
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Socioeconomically vulnerable patients experience high rates of pain, barriers to care, and greater risks from conventional pain treatments. Multimodal, nonpharmacologic approaches are recommended as firstline treatments for pain but are often unavailable in resource-limited settings. In 2016, a...
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A cluster of conditions that frequently co-occur, can be local or widespread, and either solely or predominantly affect women are referred to as chronic overlapping pain conditions. They include:
- Endometriosis
- Fibromyalgia
- Painful bladder syndrome
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Chronic low back...
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This poster was presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine.
Introduction: Many patients referred by pain physicians to pain psychology do not proceed to establish care with pain psychology. This study investigated factors that may influence whether chronic pain...
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From Pain Physician Journal: Comprehensive Evidence-Based Guidelines for Facet Joint Interventions in the Management of Chronic Spinal Pain: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Guidelines Facet Joint Interventions 2020 Guidelines
BACKGROUND: Chronic axial spinal pain...
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Chronic pain, as one of the most common reasons adults seek medical care, requires foundational steps to set up treatment success. Patient education on diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis can have huge impacts on the outcomes of an individual seeking treatment.
Communication is often believed to...
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JAMA Open Abstract
Excessive alcohol consumption is associated with increased incidence of several medical conditions, but few nonveteran, population-based studies have assessed levels of alcohol use across medical conditions.
Objective: To examine associations between medical conditions...