On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval to Vertex Pharmaceuticals' non-opioid painkiller pill, a new alternative for pain relief that does not carry the risk of addiction.

Pain management and the techniques it uses also help to identify the source of neck and back pain, determine the areas to be addressed surgically, and rehabilitate the patient after surgery. Pain ...

Anesthesia and pain medicine have seen a number of advancements over the last several years, from advancements in cryoanalgesia to the widespread use of AI-assisted workflows and opioid-sparing ...

As pain management makes its own advancements, spine surgeons are putting increased emphasis on multidisciplinary collaborations. Spine surgeons discuss how pain management’s advances are reshaping ...

Fred Davis, MD, president and CMO of ProCare Pain Solutions, a company of North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA), discusses the ramifications of failing to address pain and how data-driven ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Intrauterine devices, ...

Amy Mowles is president and CEO of Mowles Medical Management. Q: Why is pain management a great specialty for ambulatory surgery centers now? Amy Mowles: As the site-of service differential continues ...

As a nurse for 43 years, taking care of cancer and chronic pain patients, it is concerning to see such a shortage of opioids, short staffed pain clinics, and overworked pain management providers.

"Let's do it," Shelly Spears told her doctor. "I can no longer live like this." The "it" in this case was a procedure in which doctors would anesthetize an area of her back and then burn off a chunk ...

As a specialist in pain management, I have witnessed the evolution of the opioid crisis firsthand. Day in and day out, I treat patients with chronic pain. I have seen enough to know that a lot of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Updated CDC recommendations state lidocaine for IUD insertion “might be useful” for reducing patient pain. The ...