The therapeutic alliance incurs a shaky foundation when patients arrive at their appointments expecting pain and judgment from their providers based on accounts from friends and strangers online.

Although a combination of certain pain medications has been found to be more effective than opioids alone at managing discomfort after surgery, Black patients are less likely to receive this level ...

The new guidelines urge doctors to "not underestimate" patients' pain. Women should be given more options for pain management at gynecological appointments, according to first-of-its-kind guidance ...

A 58-year-old male patient presents with a five-year history of suprapubic pain, nocturia, dysuria, recurrent urinary tract ...

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But new pain management recommendations could help bridge the gap in patient care and renew trust in medical professionals.

Data suggested that physician empathy has high therapeutic value for patients with chronic pain, compared with many pain therapies that often are recommended.

Big Number Women may wait 30 minutes longer than men for pain relief, study finds Female patients in emergency rooms were also less likely to be prescribed needed pain-relief medications.

Fletcher was convicted in July of distribution of a controlled substance counts for three prescriptions written to two different patients who died.

America's health care system is inherently sexist, especially when it comes to pain. Research has shown that female patients are consistently prescribed less pain-relieving medication than male ...

The first patient has been dosed in a phase 2b trial evaluating the first-in-class agent Halneuron for those with neuropathic pain following chemotherapy.

The therapeutic alliance incurs a shaky foundation when patients arrive at their appointments expecting pain and judgment from their providers based on accounts from friends and strangers online.