Several federal agencies have acknowledged and set goals toward eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health (and health care) and promoting health equity. The literature discussing health and health care…
It is traditionally held that the first comparative clinical trial was performed in 1747 by Dr. James Lind (1716-1794) of the British Royal Navy to identify a treatment for scurvy….
The end stages of chronic, progressive, life-limiting diseases bring a host of difficult symptoms and causes of suffering. There are disease-mediated symptoms, such as pain, dyspnea, fatigue, and loss of…
Ethics and Science need to shake hands. Dr. RICHARD CLARKE CABOT, 1936 Medical experimentation has a long history. Biblical references suggest that as early as the sixth century bce ,…
Pain in the critically ill is poorly understood. Only recently has attention and investigation turned toward the issues of pain assessment and treatment in this patient population, and existing literature…
Overview of Radiation Safety Pain practitioners have come to rely on fluoroscopy and, to a lesser but growing extent, on computed tomography (CT) to facilitate image-guided pain treatment techniques. Fluoroscopy…
Intra-articular (IA) joint and bursa injections are used to treat pain in the joint and surrounding structures. Musculoskeletal system disorders, including osteoarthritis, are some of the most common medical conditions…
Emergency physicians provide acute care for an extraordinarily broad range of illnesses and injuries, the majority of which involves some degree of pain. Emergency providers also cause pain in the…
Intrathecal drug delivery for the treatment of pain is an outgrowth of pioneering research into spinal cord mechanisms and receptors that modulate nociceptive signal transmission to and within the central…
