Chronic pain

“When the Pain Won’t Wane It’s Mainly in the Brain”.

“When the pain won’t wane it’s mainly in the brain”.

Surg Neurol Int. 2013; 4(Suppl 5): S330-3
Pawl R

Chronic pain syndromes either have no underlying organic explanation, or include patients whose chronic pain complaints (without focal deficits or… Continue reading

Association of Sleep Dysfunction and Emotional Status With Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Korea.

Association of sleep dysfunction and emotional status with gastroesophageal reflux disease in Korea.

J Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2013 Jul; 19(3): 344-54
Kim JY, Kim N, Seo PJ, Lee JW, Kim MS, Kim SE, Jo SY, Lee DH, Jung HC

Sleep… Continue reading

What Place for Ethics? an Overview of Ethics Teaching in Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Programs in Canada.

What place for ethics? An overview of ethics teaching in occupational therapy and physiotherapy programs in Canada.

Disabil Rehabil. 2013 Jul 18;
Hudon A, Laliberté M, Hunt M, Sonier V, Williams-Jones B, Mazer B, Badro V, Ehrmann Feldman D… Continue reading

Coexisting Addiction and Pain in People Receiving Methadone for Addiction.

Coexisting Addiction and Pain in People Receiving Methadone for Addiction.

West J Nurs Res. 2013 Jul 15;
Marie BS

The aim of this qualitative study was to examine the narratives of people who experience chronic pain (lasting 6 months… Continue reading

Psychosomatic Diseases Afflict Expats

Psychosomatic diseases afflict expats
… leading causes of depression among expatriates that triggers a series of health problems, including Irritating Bowel Syndrome, which among its many manifestations also has the rather embarrassing symptom of an urge to go to the… Continue reading

Effect of Cognitive Behavioural Interventions on the Quality of Life in Chinese Heroin-Dependent Individuals in Detoxification: A Randomised Controlled Trial.

Effect of cognitive behavioural interventions on the quality of life in Chinese heroin-dependent individuals in detoxification: a randomised controlled trial.

J Clin Nurs. 2013 Jul 12;
Zhuang SM, An SH, Zhao Y

To determine whether cognitive behavioural interventions would… Continue reading

Transdermal Buprenorphine, Opioid Rotation to Sublingual Buprenorphine, and the Avoidance of Precipitated Withdrawal: A Review of the Literature and Demonstration in Three Chronic Pain Patients Treated With Butrans.

Transdermal Buprenorphine, Opioid Rotation to Sublingual Buprenorphine, and the Avoidance of Precipitated Withdrawal: A Review of the Literature and Demonstration in Three Chronic Pain Patients Treated With Butrans.

Am J Ther. 2013 Jul 10;
Kornfeld H, Reetz H

Buprenorphine… Continue reading

Rationale, Timeline, Study Design, and Protocol Overview of the Therapeutic Hypothermia After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Trials.

Rationale, Timeline, Study Design, and Protocol Overview of the Therapeutic Hypothermia After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Trials.

Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013 Jul 9;
Moler FW, Silverstein FS, Meert KL, Clark AE, Holubkov R, Browning B, Slomine BS, Christensen JR,… Continue reading

Low Preparedness Before the Loss of a Wife to Cancer and the Widower’s Chronic Pain 4-5 Years Later-a Population-Based Study.

Low preparedness before the loss of a wife to cancer and the widower’s chronic pain 4-5 years later-a population-based study.

Psychooncology. 2013 Jul 10;
Asgeirsdóttir HG, Valdimarsdóttir U, Fürst CJ, Steineck G, Hauksdóttir A

The focus of this study… Continue reading

Association of Abstinence-Induced Alterations in Working Memory Function and COMT Genotype in Smokers.

Association of abstinence-induced alterations in working memory function and COMT genotype in smokers.

Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2013 Jul 5;
Ashare RL, Valdez JN, Ruparel K, Albelda B, Hopson RD, Keefe JR, Loughead J, Lerman C

The common methionine (met) for… Continue reading