TUESDAY, Feb. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — New guidelines from the American Dental Association (ADA) are cracking down on the use of opioids for tooth pain. The guidelines say that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) taken alone or alongside acetaminophen should be the first-line treatment for managing short-term dental pain inContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The first new kind of pain medication in over two decades could be on the horizon for patients, with promising results announced Tuesday from a company trial. For now, the drug from Vertex Pharmaceuticals is called VX-548. But in trials of patients undergoingContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Factors like sleep, energy levels and stress can predict the onset of a migraine headache, a new study finds. Those factors differed from the morning to the afternoon and evening, however. Poor perceived sleep quality, lower-than-usual quality of sleep and lower-than-usual energy levelsContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Back pain is a double-edged sword. In most cases, it disappears within about six weeks. But when it doesn’t, low back pain is likely to bother you for the long haul, researchers warn. “The good news is that most episodes of back painContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks with life-threatening chronic illnesses can receive effective support over the telephone as they manage their condition day by day, a new clinical trial finds. Seriously ill veterans living with lung or heart disease experienced significant improvements in depression, anxiety and quality ofContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Expecting moms who often turn to acetaminophen for their aches and pains are more likely to wind up with kids who have behavioral issues, a new study warns. Children between the ages of 2 and 4 were more likely to have attention andContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Pain can present itself in many forms for people battling multiple sclerosis, and one type can interfere with exercising, new research shows. One class of pain experienced by MS patients is what the authors of the new study call nociceptive, caused by specificContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women are four to five times more likely than men to develop early-onset rheumatoid arthritis, and a few hormonal factors could be why, new research suggests. Entering menopause early (before age 45), taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and having four or more kidsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Some people might be prone to low back pain because of specific cells contained in their spinal disks, a new study suggests. The research could explain why only certain people develop back pain due to the degeneration of their spinal discs, which areContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Two types of mental health treatment are equally effective in treating fibromyalgia patients, Swedish researchers report. They compared traditional cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to what is known as exposure-based CBT. In traditional CBT, patients receive several treatment strategies, such as relaxation, exercise orContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Using a weight-loss medication to help you shed pounds gradually appears to help extend life for people with arthritis of the hips or knees, a new study finds. However, folks with arthritis who dropped pounds very quickly showed no benefit in terms ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Beyond a myriad of other consequences, childhood trauma appears to raise the specter of chronic pain in adulthood, new research shows. Researchers pored over 75 years’ worth of data involving more than 826,000 people. That included information on levels of neglect or physical,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People who’ve lost a leg due to injury or disease are often plagued by what’s known as phantom limb pain — discomfort arising in the area, despite the absence of the limb. Now, researchers report that people who wear a prosthetic leg afterContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In response to the ongoing crisis of opioid misuse, U.S. doctors had already cut the amount of opioids they gave patients after surgery by 2022 to just a third of the amount given in 2016, new research shows. Much of the decline happenedContinue Reading