The Health and Human Services (HHS) Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force (Task Force) concluded their yearlong session with a final meeting last Friday prior to submitting their final report to Congress. John V. Prunskis, MD, Medical Director of Illinois Pain Institute and Presidential Appointee/...
Chronic lower back pain is one of the most common things an American family doctor will see in their clinics, but it is also one of the most frustrating. Chronic lower back pain isn’t like many medical conditions with a quick an easy treatment that...
Aging is associated with becoming achier and generally less mobile. As we age, we might notice we are slightly slower to get up in the morning, or our joints are stiff, clicking and creaking as we get up. For many Americans, this is also associated...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in April launched a major study to monitor and support a multi-discipline approach to combating the opioid addiction epidemic. A part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the agency said that more than $350 million...
The Health and Human Services (HHS) Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force (Task Force) concluded their yearlong session with a final meeting last Friday prior to submitting their final report to Congress. ...
Pain is all around us, the extensive 2018 Gallup poll measuring global emotion levels found. But it is not distributed evenly. The massive survey collected data from more than 151,000 interviews with adults in more than 140 countries. That’s 71.5 percent of all countries on...
Migraine headaches are a debilitating condition that is not life-threatening but can result in hours of extreme pain for sufferers. Migraines can last from four to 72 hours and are frequently accompanied by other distressing symptoms. These include heightened sensitivity to light, smells and touch,...
If you are suffering from pain and inflammation caused due to a disc issues, sciatica, or spinal stenosis, your doctor can recommend either a selective nerve root block or epidural steroid injection to relieve your pain.
With a recent Boston PainCare study out that illustrates the effects of high frequency (10 kHz) nerve stimulation related to lower back pain, we are (again) made aware of the growing uses for this option for long-term pain management....