June 3Senate committee focuses on pain sufferers denied painkillers amid opioid crisisWhen Senator Lamar Alexander, who chairs the upper chamber’s health committee, held a hearing about prescription opioids earlier this year, the focus was a critical side of the drug overdose debate that has been neglected – people who suffer chronic debilitating pain.
April 11Health officials warn against rapidly tapering down opioids for pain patients: ‘It’s a game-changer’The U.S. federal health agencies behind efforts to address the nation's harrowing opioid epidemic took major steps this week to address a brewing public health crisis involving pain patients who have been wrongly cut off or abruptly tapered down from their prescription painkillers.
March 27Gov. Cuomo's proposed prescription opioid surcharge under fire, critics call it tax on painA proposal by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to impose a surcharge on the sale of prescription opioids is drawing fire from a coalition of doctors, pharmacists and patients who say it amounts to a tax on pain.
0:57January 17Man was injecting self with semen in attempt to relieve back pain, case report saysA bizarre 'at-home' remedy for back pain has landed a 33-year-old unidentified patient in the Irish Medical Journal after doctors discovered that he was injecting his own semen into his forearm.
January 17Man was injecting self with semen in attempt to relieve back pain, case report saysA bizarre “at-home” remedy for back pain has landed a 33-year-old unidentified patient in the Irish Medical Journal after doctors discovered that he was injecting his own semen into his forearm.
1:19November 28, 2017Massage Envy therapists accused of sexual assault by over 180 women A new report and court documents show that over 180 women have filed sexual assault lawsuits against therapists at Massage Envy, a major U.S. franchise.
September 26, 2017Walking and biking tied to lower risk of hospitalization with sciatica(This August 3rd story has been refiled to add dropped "of" to headline) Reuters Health - Lifestyle factors like obesity and smoking are known to raise people's risk of developing sciatica, but a new study finds that regular walking and biking may have an opposite, and just as powerful effect.
September 26, 2017Opioid crisis: Trump's drug czar vows to take on doctors and dealers, help addictsThe Trump administration is ready for war, and the president's top general in this particular fight says there is no more time to waste.
June 23, 2017Downward dog, doctor's order: Yoga could ease back painTo ease low back pain, you may want try a downward dog: A new study suggests that doing yoga may be as effective as physical therapy for reducing low back pain .
April 19, 2017Opioid use common even after minor surgeryThe risk that surgery patients will become chronic opioid users may be similar after minor procedures or major operations, a U.S. study suggests.
