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- Easing Pain Requires Science And Art
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- Managing A Loved One's Pain
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Alternative medicine can help patients manage chronic pain
Patients can turn to health practices like meditation, massage, yoga and acupuncture rather than pills to help manage their chronic pain, says Dr. Josephine Briggs, director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health.
"Much of health care involves helping people find solutions for tough problems like pain," Briggs said in a release distributed by research-reporting news service Newswise. "I think all physicians are well aware of how difficult it is to manage chronic pain patients. For example, with back pain we see that large numbers of patients are turning to these approaches with the hope of decreasing discomfort, improving function and quality of life, and minimizing side effects of pharmacologic treatments."
"Much of health care involves helping people find solutions for tough problems like pain," Briggs said in a release distributed by research-reporting news service Newswise. "I think all physicians are well aware of how difficult it is to manage chronic pain patients. For example, with back pain we see that large numbers of patients are turning to these approaches with the hope of decreasing discomfort, improving function and quality of life, and minimizing side effects of pharmacologic treatments."
A nationwide survey released in 2008 found about 38 percent of U.S. adults ages 18 and over and about 12 percent of children use some form of complementary and alternative medicine. Back pain is the most condition for which treatment is sought. These types of therapies are even being used in military health care. New military guidelines released by the Office of the Army Surgeon General include some alternative modalities for treating pain. (Read more)
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Recent research has questioned the effectiveness of acetaminophen for the treatment of spinal pain. In response, the American Chiropractic Association recommends that patients and health-care providers take a conservative approach to back pain. According...
- Acupuncture Is Actually A Gentle Way To Treat, Despite The Needles
Cheryl Truman of the Lexington Herald-Leader takes a look at acupuncture, an alternative form of medicine with practitioners across the state. "It's a really gentle form of medicine, even though there's needles," said Kathleen Fluhart, a nurse...
- Managing Cancer Pain
When you have an illness, pain management is important. That's especially true for cancer patients, who may experience pain from a tumor, a side effect of treatment, or from another cause. Luckily, the pain management specialists at LifeBridge Health...
- Easing Pain Requires Science And Art
Once considered nothing more than a symptom of a larger problem, pain today is acknowledged to be the so-called fifth vital sign. Doctors now believe pain is not only an indicator of a patient's health, but also a real impediment to full recovery....
- Managing A Loved One's Pain
Watching a loved one try to cope with debilitating pain can be agonizing. However, doing small things may make a big difference in his or her quality of life. The focus of palliative care is placed on the ?caring? and not the ?curing? of an individual...