NFL awards $1 million for 2 studies on cannabinoids effects
February 1, 2022 GMTThe NFL is awarding $1 million in research funding to two teams of medical researchers to study the effects of cannabinoids on pain management and neuroprotection from concussion in elite football players.
Neurologist pleads not guilty to sexually abusing patients
October 21, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A neurologist pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges alleging he was a serial sexual abuser of women who had gone to him for help with debilitating, chronic pain.
Dr. Ricardo Cruciani entered the plea in federal court in Manhattan, prosecutors said.
Health department lists conditions for medical marijuana
July 1, 2021 GMTPIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Department of Health has compiled a preliminary list of health conditions that will be covered by the state's medical marijuana program.
The list includes AIDS, HIV, Lou Gehrig's disease, multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease, epilepsy and seizures, glaucoma, post-traumatic stress disorder and cancer associated with severe or chronic pain, nausea or severe vomiting, or cachexia or severe wasting.
What Is “CBD Oil For Pain” CBD Oil: Solution Chronic Pain
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There is a press release, dated November 1, 2020, concerning the formula. According to the press release, “Nowadays chronic diseases, cancer, cardiovascular disorders have become so popular that people have been finding ways to cure such diseases in a natural way.
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UNH gets grant to design programs to help avoid opioids
August 16, 2020 GMTDURHAM, N.H. (AP) — The University of New Hampshire has received a grant for nearly $1 million to provide free online resources and in-person workshops to help people manage chronic pain and avoid the pitfalls of addictive opioids...
Kentucky bill to legalize medical marijuana advances
February 12, 2020 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — After years of setbacks, medical marijuana advocates in Kentucky gained momentum Wednesday when a House committee overwhelmingly approved a bill to legalize medical cannabis...
Minnesota OKs medical cannabis for chronic pain, eye disease
December 2, 2019 GMTST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota is expanding the state’s medical marijuana program to include chronic pain and age-related macular degeneration as conditions that can qualify for treatment, state health officials said Monday...
US urges shared decisions with pain patients taking opioids
October 10, 2019 GMTU.S. health officials again warned doctors Thursday against abandoning chronic pain patients by abruptly stopping their opioid prescriptions...
Panel recommends allowing medical marijuana for chronic pain
September 27, 2019 GMTHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut is moving closer to adding two more medical conditions to the list of ailments eligible for medical marijuana...
New York inmates sue over prison crackdown on painkillers
September 4, 2019 GMTALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A group of inmates is suing the New York state prison system over its efforts to crack down on prescription drug abuse, saying they are being forced to live with chronic pain because some medications have become too difficult to get behind bars...
Doctors debate whether chronic pain reason for medical pot
July 6, 2019 GMTHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A state board is divided over whether to add "chronic pain" as one of the approved conditions for registration in Connecticut's medical marijuana program...
Eastern Shoshone Tribe files lawsuit against opioid makers
June 13, 2019 GMTCASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The Eastern Shoshone Tribe in Wyoming has joined a growing list of municipalities and groups nationwide in suing the makers and distributers of prescription painkillers...
US warns docs not to abruptly halt opioid pain treatment
April 9, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials Tuesday warned doctors not to abruptly stop prescribing opioid painkillers to patients who are taking them for chronic pain ailments, such as backaches.
The Food and Drug Administration said it will add advice to labels on how to taper opioid painkillers, such as OxyContin, Vicodin and dozens of generic pills.
Chronic pain given as top reason for using medical marijuana
February 4, 2019 GMTChronic pain is the most common reason people give when they enroll in state-approved medical marijuana programs...
5 Tips for Coping with Chronic Pain
December 8, 2018 GMT( Family Features ) Pain can impact nearly every aspect of your daily life from cleaning the house to going to work or playing with your kids. In fact, according to the Institute of Medicine, 100 million Americans, or more than 30 percent of the population of the United States, suffer from chronic pain, which is pain lasting 3-6 months or longer.
Oregon task force backs controversial opioid plan
December 6, 2018 GMTBEND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon proposal to expand alternative treatments for certain chronic pain conditions while limiting the use of opioids has moved forward with minimal changes, despite outcries from chronic pain patients and criticism from pain experts across the country...
Kentucky attorney general announces 8th opioid lawsuit
October 25, 2018 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear has sued a pharmaceutical company, accusing it of contributing to the state's opioid epidemic.
Beshear says he has sued Pennsylvania-based Teva for marketing its products to treat chronic pain despite the drugs being approved for treating pain in cancer patients.
Opioid regulations worry chronic pain patients, doctors
September 22, 2018 GMTLONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — For more than 10 years, Shannon Greenwood took 16 opioid pills a day for her chronic pain...
NIH: Disability as common with chronic pain as with some other illness
September 5, 2018 GMTAbout 11 million adults nationwide have high-impact chronic pain — characterized by pain lasting for three months or longer, and resulting in at least one major activity restriction. And a new study by the National Institutes of Health shows that disability is as likely for those who have suffered chronic pain as it is for patients of kidney failure, emphysema or stroke.
Chronic pain patients says they’re ‘treated like criminals’
August 19, 2018 GMTFREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — When the former nonprofit director_a woman with a master's degree in social work_moved from North Carolina to Spotsylvania County last fall, she brought detailed medical records about her chronic pain and the opioids she takes to treat them...
In opioid crisis, finding balance between pain and addiction
April 21, 2018 GMTALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Dr. Kenneth Choquette knows the kind of chronic pain his patients endure every day...
An effective alternative to opioids for many
March 13, 2018 GMTAs the opioid epidemic spreads, Texas is taking important steps, from improved monitoring of prescription painkillers to expanded programs to treat addiction.
But as a doctor who regularly sees patients suffering from chronic pain, I don’t believe this crisis can be solved until we educate more physicians and the public about real alternatives to these addictive pills.
Prescription opioids fail rigorous new test for chronic pain
March 6, 2018 GMTCHICAGO (AP) — A yearlong study offers rigorous new evidence against using prescription opioids for chronic pain...
Chronic pain sufferers plead for nuanced approach to opioids
February 24, 2018 GMTTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Will Michele Jacobovitz get out of bed today?
That depends on how many painkillers she has left in her monthly prescription, which sometimes she's forced to ration...
Stuck in an opioids crisis, officials turn to acupuncture
February 20, 2018 GMTPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Marine veteran Jeff Harris was among the first to sign up when the Providence VA hospital started offering acupuncture for chronic pain...
Startup wants to bring back Vioxx for hemophilia joint pain
November 21, 2017 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Could there be a second life for the once-popular arthritis pill Vioxx? A startup pharmaceutical company hopes so...
Could a Buzz Trick Your Brain, and Relieve Chronic Pain? (VIDEO)
October 29, 2017 GMTWALTHAM -- Chronic-pain sufferers live in your neighborhood.
About one of three Americans experience daily chronic pain, as tens of millions descend upon doctors' offices to receive scripts for prescription pills.
Deep tissue massage has many benefits
June 11, 2017 GMTDeep tissue massage is a specific genre of massage that focuses on the deep layers of muscle and fascia (the dense connective tissue that surrounds muscle fibers and supports other body tissues in the body).
Chronic pain considered for medical marijuana use in New Jersey
February 22, 2017 GMTBy Staff
Chronic pain may be added to the list of ailments that qualify for medical marijuana in New Jersey, according to the chairman of an advisory health department panel that took emotional testimony from patients on Wednesday in a crowded meeting room at the War Memorial building in Trenton.