A recent clinical trial shows the benefits of positive suggestions for surgical patients.
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Positive Therapeutic Suggestions During General Anesthesia Reduce Pain and Opioid Use after Surgery
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A Painless Childbirth: Genetic Resilience to Labor Pain
A genetic variant in a specialized protein called Kv6.4 decreases labor pain in a subset of childbearing women.
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Ethnic Disparities in Pain: Is Unconscious Bias the Missing Link?
In this op-ed, Elisa Clemente, a graduate student and pain researcher at University College London, discusses the problem of ethnic disparities in pain assessment, management and treatment.
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Prescribing and Using Opioids Safely and Effectively in Kids: How Do We Do It?
A recent webinar hosted by Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP) and the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI) focused on resources, best practices, and implementation strategies to support effective and safe prescribing of opioids for children with acute pain.
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Calls to Rename “Pain Catastrophizing” Backed by International Patient-Researcher Partnership
An ongoing initiative is investigating different perspectives on what has become a controversial term, aiming to identify the most suitable replacement.