As the U.S. population ages, nurses will care for increasing numbers of older adults, most of whom suffer from at least one chronic illness. The persistent pain associated with many chronic illnesses ...

At the World Congress on Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, researchers presented a validated predictive model that identified eight key factors for early pain after spine surgery. The findings ...

In an ideal world, every visit to the doctor would go something like this: You’d explain what brought you in that day, like some unexplained knee pain. Your physician would listen carefully, run some ...

In some U.S. emergency departments (EDs), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 0/1-hour troponin algorithm has shown uniquely poor performance ruling out cardiac events in patients presenting with ...

Subcutaneous and retromammary fat surrounds the glandular tissue and constitutes most of the bulk of the breast. 3 Stimulation of breast tissue by hormone fluctuations during the menstrual cycle may ...

A UC Davis School of Medicine researcher has developed an algorithm that predicts the changes in voltage-gated sodium channels, which transmit pain, according to a news release. This algorithm will ...

The etiology of breast pain is multifactorial. An understanding of breast anatomy and physiology is essential to the management of mastalgia. During a breast examination, look for symmetry, skin ...

PURPOSE: Pain and symptom management is an integral part of the clinical practice of oncology. A number of guidelines have been developed to assist the clinician in optimizing comfort care. We ...