Opioid use within 30 days following general surgical procedures may lead to new persistent opioid use among opioid-naive patients, suggesting the need for perioperative interventions to prevent ...

Borreliosis after a tick bite. Credit: Getty Images A signature bullseye Lyme disease rash may not always present itself, but a rash can be a differential in diagnosing several conditions. Lyme ...

Online Tai Chi significantly improves both knee pain and functional limitation, as well as several secondary outcomes including quality of life and balance confidence, compared with a control group in ...

Compared with lower exercise adherence, higher adherence was associated with greater improvements in pain and functioning among adults with chronic nonspecific low back pain. Greater adherence to ...

Lidocaine infusions were shown to provide long-lasting and adequate analgesia in 41% of patients with chronic pain. Lidocaine infusions were shown to provide long-lasting and adequate analgesia in 41% ...

In the first 24 hours after elective cesarean section, patients had significant reduction in pain and opioid use after I-TAP block compared with TAP block. In pregnant patients undergoing delivery via ...

Adding perineural dexamethasone or dexmedetomidine to ropivacaine for pediatric popliteal sciatic nerve blocks significantly prolongs analgesia and markedly reduces postoperative opioid consumption ...

Patients with hypermobility spectrum disorder or hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome had earlier pain onset, longer pain durations, and more pain locations than those with mixed chronic pain conditions ...

Clinical practice guidelines were developed to inform health providers of best practices for the management of sacroiliac joint complex pain.

In adults aged 60 years and older, RSV vaccines had a pooled VE against hospitalization of 79% (95% CI, 72-85) across 3 case-control studies. Effectiveness was similar in immunocompromised adults ...

Patients who received buprenorphine vs other opioids had significantly improved postsurgical pain and were less likely to require rescue analgesia. Buprenorphine exhibits superior efficacy to full ...

The FDA is reviewing the application for bentracimab for use as a ticagrelor reversal agent in patients with uncontrolled bleeding or in those who require urgent surgery or invasive procedure.