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DRUG COMPANY FOUNDER KAPOOR CHARGED WITH PUSHING POWERFUL OPIOID
U.S. prosecutors leveled charges Thursday against the billionaire founder of an opioid medication maker that has faced increasing scrutiny from authorities... READ MORE›
WHY OPIOIDS ARE SUCH AN AMERICAN PROBLEM
It found that Japanese doctors treated acute pain with opioids in 47 percent of cases... READ MORE›
EUTHANASIA DEBATE PROMPTS FAMILY'S MEMORIES OF PAIN AND SUFFERING
Ms Godden said making Cassie comfortable involved continually increasing pain killers so she was virtually in an induced coma ... READ MORE›
'IF I LIFT MY LEG MY WHOLE BODY SHAKES'
Lisa Woodrow travelled to parliament after losing her job, partner and home after suffering complications from surgery... READ MORE›
MINDFULNESS, NOT JUST MEDS FOR PAIN SUFFERERS, EXPERTS URGE
It's time to teach patients living with chronic pain to 'rewire' their brains, panelists say... READ MORE›
GLOBAL OPIOID GAP LEADS TO 26 MILLION PAINFUL DEATHS EVERY YEAR, REPORT SAYS
The challenge is to improve palliative care in low-income countries while avoiding mistakes that led to the U.S. addiction crisis... READ MORE›
MPS TO DEBATE USE OF CONTROVERSIAL VAGINAL MESH IMPLANTS
The use of controversial vaginal mesh implants will be debated by MPs next week, amid concerns over the traumatic complications suffered by some patients... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Pain
NINE DIE IN VANCOUVER IN 24 HOURS FROM FENTANYL OPIOID OVERDOSE
Nine people have died in Vancouver in the past 24 hours from an overdose of the painkiller fentanyl opioid, officials say... READ MORE›
LEGALISE CANNABIS AS TREATMENT OF LAST RESORT FOR MS, SAYS CHARITY
Legalise cannabis as treatment of last resort for MS, says charity... READ MORE›
HOW I LEARNED TO COPE WITH CHRONIC PAIN
I also appreciate friends and the three readers named Rachel who have been willing to share their experiences with chronic pain and immune disorders... READ MORE›
DOCTORS TOLD TO AVOID PRESCRIBING OPIATES FOR CHRONIC PAIN
When the benefits of prescription opiates outweigh the risks, doctors should talk to patients about their treatment goals and when they will stop using the drugs... READ MORE›
20 THINGS EVERY WOMAN (AND EVERY DOCTOR) SHOULD KNOW
In some cases, surgery can help women with endometriosis become pregnant naturally... READ MORE›
B.C. WOMAN WHO CHALLENGED RIGHT-TO-DIE LAWS GETS MEDICALLY ASSISTED DEATH
Based on that ruling and with another doctor's concurrence, Wiebe helped end Moro's suffering on Aug. 31... READ MORE›
SURGEONS FIND FIR TREE 'GROWING INSIDE PATIENT'S LUNG'
Medical staff said that Mr Sidorkin must have inhaled a seed, which later sprouted into a small fir tree inside his lung... READ MORE›
EPIDEMIC OF UNTREATABLE BACK AND NECK PAIN COSTS BILLIONS, STUDY FINDS
But neck and lower back pain treatment costs were close behind, at 87.6bn... READ MORE›
KETAMINE SHOULD BE KEPT OFF WORLDWIDE ILLEGAL DRUGS LIST, DOCTORS SAY
But China and some other Asian countries, including Thailand, have problems with ketamine abuse... READ MORE›
SEX FOR WOMEN AFTER 50 IS IMPORTANT AFTER ALL EUROPEAN COURT RULES
Mrs. Morais, her lawyer said, now plans to go back to the courts in Portugal to reopen the case and seek greater damages... READ MORE›
DOWNWARD SPIRAL: HOW ADDICTION DECIMATED A WYOMING FAMILY
In 2002, Danielle and Alex moved back to Rock Springs to be closer to their clan... READ MORE›
CHINA'S OXYCONTIN BOOM IS A GOLD MINE FOR THIS DRUGMAKER
The World Health Organization recommends that some opioid medicine be used for cancer pain, although it isn't recommending OxyContin specifically... READ MORE›
WOULD YOU TRY THIS ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT?
The guidance leads many to think alternative therapies like acupuncture, hydrotherapy and chiropractic care could become more popular throughout world veterinary medicine in the future... READ MORE›
MANY SUFFER NOT FROM PAINKILLER ABUSE BUT ABSENCE
Many low-income and middle-income countries continue to fail to provide adequate opioid analgesic medicine for pain, the report said... READ MORE›
'TRUMP PLEDGE TO KEEP GUANTANAMO OPEN
President-elect Trump has said, hopefully in rhetoric, that he wants to fill Guantanamo again that he wants to fill it with American citizens... READ MORE›
MMA FIGHTER HAS EUR60,000 DAMAGES CLAIM KO'D BY YOUTUBE EVIDENCE
He said he was still suffering persistent neck and back pain three years after the alleged incident outside his rented home... READ MORE›
DECADE-LONG WAIT FOR SURGERY 'RUINING HER LIFE,' ALBERTA WOMAN SAYS
The Health Quality Council of Alberta and Price are recommending an online patient portal, a way patients and doctors can track the process to get treatment... READ MORE›
CHILDREN SUFFER BURNS FROM GIANT HOGWEED PLANT IN UK PARKS
Meanwhile four teenage boys have suffered from burns after coming into contact with hogweed in Moses Gate Country Park Bolton... READ MORE›
FULL TRANSCRIPT OF LETTER SENT BY US AID WORKER HELD BY ISIL
Please know that I am in a safe location, completely unharmed healthy put on weight in fact I have been treated w the utmost respect kindness... READ MORE›
AMBULANCE SERVICE APOLOGISES AFTER DEATH OF WOMAN WHO WAS TOLD TO TAKE PARACETAMOL FOR CHEST PAINS
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust has apologised for the death of Mrs Wilson, who had three sons, and admitted that it could have been prevented... READ MORE›
BIKE WITH MS SHOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE WITH THE DISEASE
A lot of patients say to me that before they were diagnosed, all they knew about MS was the MS Read-a-thon, Dr Simpson explains... READ MORE›
MAN HIT BY SLIDING DOOR AWARDED $21.5M
Mr Hausman returned home for the Christmas holidays at the end of November 2011 and later returned to complete his 280-day world cruise with Holland America... READ MORE›
WOMAN AWARDED EUR1.4M AFTER SHE SLIPPED ON GRAPES IN TESCO AND WAS LEFT 'PERMANENTLY DISABLED'
In evidence to the court, Ms Walsh said she fell in the fruit section of the Kilrush store... READ MORE›
MATTHEW SHERIDAN EXCERPTS FROM VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT
He literally burnt me to the bone, Mr Sheridan continued in his victim impact statement... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S USE OF PAINKILLERS ON THE RISE
Up until around 15 years ago, you couldn't get these opioids unless you were in extreme pain... READ MORE›
NO PLACE FOR SMACKING, POPE TOLD
The commission said there is no place for physical discipline and that it would be making recommendations to the pope about protecting children from corporal punishment... READ MORE›
FOR MUCH OF WORLD PAINKILLER PROBLEM IS ABSENCE NOT ABUSE
Many low-income and middle-income countries continue to fail to provide adequate opioid analgesic medicine for pain, the report said... READ MORE›
EXCERPTS FROM VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT
He literally burnt me to the bone, Mr Sheridan continued in his victim impact statement... READ MORE›