IASP will present an award at the IASP World Congress on Pain to an individual or to a team who has achieved a level of excellence in programs of either: (1) Basic science research in pain or pain management OR (2) Clinical research or practice and/or policy changes in pain management in the developing world. Deadline is October 15.
A Virtual Balloon-Popping Task for Kids with CRPS. Virtual reality (VR) has been used to treat pain for over twenty years. Initial attempts took advantage of the immersive, interactive qualities of VR to distract patients who were undergoing painful procedures.
The IASP Council has approved plans to publish PAIN Reports, a peer-reviewed, online-only journal devoted to pain research and management.
This paper demonstrates that mammals have the capacity of nerve regeneration, and this process seems to be driven at a large extent by Activin signaling. The paper contain a series el elegant studies in different mouse strains and whole-genome expression screens.
Poor pain care is an unfortunate reality for many patients, especially those belonging to racial minorities. Adam Hirsh’s study aimed to better understand how provider racial and contextual ambiguity influenced providers’ pain care decisions.
Are you a researcher, clinician or even a patient looking for new educational information about pain and pain management? Check out the latest information on our new Resources page.
The Midwest Pain Society is holding its 39th Scientific Meeting in Chicago October 16-17!
Read this important message from NIH Deputy Director, Lawrence Tabak, and review the NIH Strategic Plan Framework and submit your comments.
NIH invites you to share your thoughts about the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) through the NIH Feedback Site. New topics for feedback will post approximately every three to four weeks through the end of August 2015.
Be sure to check out the latest article on Pain Research Forum about the debate that took place at the Basic Science Dinner Symposium at the APS Annual Meeting in Palm Springs. What are your thoughts on the NIH requiring the use of both sexes in preclinical research?
JAAOS study reveals that painkiller overuse has led to negative outcomes for musculoskeletal conditions.
Help stop the unnecessary addition of new regulations for the use of animals in pain research.
Each year, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) invests more than $30 billion in medical research funding to a variety of research-related programs.
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) will host their 2015 NEXT Conference and Expo in National Harbor, MD, June 3-6.
The National Institutes of Health Pain Consortium will be held May 26-27 in Bethesda, MD.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recently announced the formation of the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) Working Group of the Advisory Committee.
Acetaminophen (paracetamol, acetyl-para-aminophenol; APAP) was ineffective for low back pain and provided only clinically insignificant relief of hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA) pain while quadrupling the risk for liver function abnormalities, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published March 31 by Australian researchers in the British Medical Journal.
