Pain Management News

• 4 Things to Know About New Medicare Advantage Rules Prior authorization leeway will be trimmed while health plans get more money under new federal rules for Medicare Advantage plans.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• Popular Joint Supplement Cuts Nephropathy Risk in T2D People with type 2 diabetes who regularly use the supplement glucosamine have a lower risk for microvascular complications and diabetic nephropathy, a prospective observational study finds.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• Canadian Pediatricians Ill Prepared to Treat Drug Overdoses Illicit drug toxicity is an ‘escalating public health emergency’ in Canada that affects adolescents as well as adults.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• Alert NICE Backs Oral Drug for Advanced Bladder Cancer NICE has approved the oral drug erdafitinib for adults with advanced urothelial cancer and FGFR3 alterations, offering new hope and home-based treatment.
  Medscape News UK, April 10, 2025
• NICE Urges Reform of ‘Inconsistent’ Neuro Rehab Services Draft guidance addresses ‘widespread’ disparities in neurological rehabilitation in England and urged better coordination and holistic patient care.
  Medscape News UK, April 10, 2025
• Knee OA Pain? Yoga, Strengthening Exercises May Help Equally Over a 12-week period, yoga proves noninferior to strengthening exercises in significantly reducing knee pain.
  Medscape Medical News, April 10, 2025
• AAN 2025 Transnasal Cooling Promising for Migraine Delivering room-temperature air through the nose to cool the sphenopalatine ganglion taps into a powerful neuromodulatory pathway to relieve acute migraine pain, early data showed.
  Medscape Medical News, April 08, 2025
• Treating Fibromyalgia With rTMS May Improve Pain, Function Noninvasive brain stimulation can reduce the burden of fibromyalgia, but questions remain about which patients can benefit.
  Medscape Medical News, April 08, 2025
• Viatris to Pay Up to $335 Million to Resolve Opioid-related Claims Viatris said on Monday it would pay up to $335 million over nine years as part of a nationwide settlement to resolve claims by U.S. state and local governments that it...
  Reuters Health Information, April 07, 2025
• What Else Can GLP-1 Drugs Do for Your Patients? How GLP-1 analogs are reshaping diabetes care and obesity treatment and unlocking potential in cardiovascular, inflammatory, and neurological diseases.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2025
• Serum Enzyme Ratio Predicts Death in Sepsis-Related Injury A ratio of serum aspartate aminotransferase to alanine aminotransferase levels serves as a strong prognostic tool to stratify the 30-day mortality risk in patients with sepsis-associated liver injury.
  Medscape News UK, April 04, 2025
• Fatigue and Frailty: Missed Red Flags in Rheumatic Care New research highlights that frailty in patients with RA — young and old — raises infection risk and complicates treatment, calling for earlier detection and tailored care.
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 2025
• How Office Props Improve Patient Outcomes Showing patients props and other visual aids improves recall of information, motivates patients, said doctors who have expanded their ‘black bags.’
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 2025
• Why Doctors Don’t Always Follow Their Own Advice A survey reveals how doctors manage their own health, the challenges of seeking care, and how illness reshapes their empathy and medical practice.
  Medscape News UK, April 02, 2025
• Democratic-led States Sue to Block Trump From $11 Billion Health Funding Cut A group of Democratic-led states on Tuesday sued Republican U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to challenge its cancellation of $11 billion in federal grants the...
  Reuters Health Information, April 01, 2025
• Survey Shows Poor Reproductive Health Is a Growing Concern Nearly three quarters of women and people assigned female at birth experience at least one reproductive health issue, with Black women and financially insecure individuals disproportionately affected.
  Medscape News UK, April 01, 2025
• High Rates of Comorbid Depression, Anxiety in Chronic Pain Among adults with chronic pain, people with certain types of pain are more vulnerable to depression and anxiety.
  Medscape Medical News, April 01, 2025
• Enhanced Recovery After Surgery for Pediatrics Gains Ground Implementation of the ERAS program delivers better patient outcomes, achieves shorter lengths of stay, and saves money.
  Medscape Medical News, March 31, 2025
• HLA-B27 Status Linked to Poor Outcomes in JIA After 18 Years HLA-B27 positivity is linked to higher odds of non-remission in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis at 18 years after disease onset, with the odds being higher in men than in women.
  Medscape News UK, March 31, 2025
• Aspirin Tied to Increased Kidney Injury Risk in Chest Trauma Aspirin use is associated with an increased risk for acute kidney injury in critical patients with chest trauma, whereas ibuprofen and ketorolac show no significant association, a study suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, March 31, 2025