MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2019 -- How much pain you feel when blood samples are taken could depend on how nice the person wielding the needle is, new research suggests.
Patients were 390% more likely to say their pain was well-controlled when the person taking their blood was courteous, according to a study presented recently at the Anesthesiology annual meeting, in Orlando.
TUESDAY, Dec. 3, 2019 -- Headache and migraine patients, take note: medical marijuana may help ease your pain.
The findings follow an analysis of data collected by a Canadian phone app that gathered feedback offered by 1,300 headache sufferers and nearly 700 migraine sufferers who used marijuana to treat their head pain.
THURSDAY, Oct. 24, 2019 -- Your great granddaddy may have been right about the weather worsening his arthritis.
People with chronic pain conditions are more likely to suffer pain on humid and windy days, according to a study that used smartphones to assess pain-weather connections.
