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For most patients with chronic pancreatitis

Optimized Treatment Relieves Pain in Chronic Pancreatitis

Significant pain relief for most with chronic pancreatitis with optimized medical, interventional tx
For patients undergoing autologous breast reconstruction

No Effect for BUP TAP Catheter on Chronic Pain After Breast Recon

No difference in chronic postsurgical pain incidence for TAP catheter delivering bupivacaine, saline
Chair yoga may produce sustained improvements in pain interference among older adults with lower extremity osteoarthritis

Chair Yoga Helps Older Adults Manage Osteoarthritis Pain

Benefits include lasting reduction in pain interference and short-term decreases in pain and fatigue
There is high satisfaction for a postpartum self-administered medication program on postpartum wards

Most Postpartum Moms OK With Self-Administered Pain Meds

Eighty percent median overall improvement in pain; some users would prefer drug dispensing by nurse
Patients who experience unrecognized myocardial infarction (MI) have reduced pain sensitivity compared to those who experience recognized MI

Unrecognized Heart Attacks Tied to Higher Pain Tolerance

Lack of symptoms in unrecognized MI may be due to reduced pain sensitivity
Studies reporting pharmacological and adjuvant analgesic modalities for post-craniotomy pain control have significant divergence in their research methods

Research for Post-Craniotomy Analgesia Uneven in Quality

Finding of superior pain relief with opioids, with no significant side effects, but study quality deemed low
Despite evidence for sweet taste reducing pain and crying time in neonates

Review Provides Evidence for Sweet Taste Analgesia in Infants

Reduction in pain and crying time for neonates, but most trials still include placebo/no-tx arm
Amputees who experience phantom limb pain may benefit from playing a virtual reality game that simulates the movement of missing limbs

Augmented Reality, Gaming May Help Relieve Phantom Limb Pain

Study finds exercising virtual limb can cut pain by as much as half
Serum liver-type fatty acid binding protein early (day one) or late (day three to five) levels are associated with mortality in patients with acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure

In Acetaminophen-Induced Acute Liver Failure, FABP1 IDs Mortality

Serum liver-type fatty acid binding protein can discriminate survivors from non-survivors
For patients with nonspecific chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain and vitamin D deficiency

Vitamin D Replacement Improves Chronic Widespread Pain

Improvements in patients with chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain and vitamin D deficiency