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Here are 10 recent research findings on the causes and treatment of pain as well as physician education on pain.

Five pain management physicians talk about the most important pain management research in 2011 and its impact on the specialty.

The Congressional Budget Office has released a report critical of the Medicare fee-for-service demonstration projects in disease management, care coordination and value-based payments, according to a Health Leaders Media report.

Will There Be a Place for Orthopedic and Spine Surgeon Relationships With Device Companies in the Future? 6 Responses Six orthopedic and spine surgeons and industry members discuss the current state of surgeon relationships with device companies and what might…

Email is a valuable tool in today's society however; the application of email in healthcare settings remains controversial, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute found dimethylsphingosine, a small-molecule byproduct of cellular membranes in the nervous system, is produced at abnormally high levels in the spinal cords of rats with neuropathic pain and appears to cause pain when injected,…

Women report more intense pain than men with the same medical conditions, according findings published in The Journal of Pain.

New medications or biologic agents targeting T-cells may have a significant benefit for patients with psoriatic arthritis, according to an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons news release.

Brian Cole, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush and team physician for the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox, was recently selected as the new chair of surgery for Rush Oak Park (Ill.) Hospital, according to a…

The Andover Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Group in Newton, N.J., has joined Lake Region Urgent Care in Hawley, Pa., one day per week to provide orthopedic services to the Hawley community, according to a News Eagle report.