http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Pain_ManagementFind stories, videos, and photos about Pain Management from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:15:38 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/HEALTH/11/11/breast.cancer.survivors.pain/tztop.breast.reconstruction.gi.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Pain_Management14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Pain Management from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/11/breast.cancer.survivors.pain/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/11/breast.cancer.survivors.pain/index.html#cnnSTCTextAlmost half of women who have breast cancer surgery still have pain or numbness two to three years later, according to a new study. Women younger than 40 who receive lumpectomies are at the greatest risk.Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:42:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/09/11/magazines/fortune/medical_marijuana_legalizing.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/09/11/magazines/fortune/medical_marijuana_legalizing.fortune/index.htmWhen Irvin Rosenfeld, 56, picks me up at the Fort Lauderdale airport, his SUV reeks of marijuana. The vice president for sales at a local brokerage firm, Rosenfeld has been smoking 10 to 12 marijuana cigarettes a day for 38 years, he says.Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/12/zeppala.addiction.painkillers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/12/zeppala.addiction.painkillers/index.html#cnnSTCTextPrescribed opioids -- pain medication -- have become the fastest-growing addiction problem in the United States. They are second to marijuana as the most commonly used illicit substances.Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/28/bangladesh.medicine.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/28/bangladesh.medicine.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTextA toxic chemical added to a popular pain reliever likely killed two dozen children in Bangladesh, health officials said Tuesday.Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/23/colorado.hospital.hepatitis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/23/colorado.hospital.hepatitis/index.html#cnnSTCTextNineteen former patients at a Denver, Colorado, hospital have tested positive for hepatitis C, federal prosecutors said Thursday as they announced new charges against a former hospital employee accused of exposing the patients to the virus.Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/21/dental.doping/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/21/dental.doping/index.html#cnnSTCTextKenny Morrison soaked in life from his beachfront home. A top chef at a trendy L.A. restaurant, he served dinner to the Hollywood stars, including A-listers.Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/17/jackson.scalp.head.burns/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/17/jackson.scalp.head.burns/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe special effects exploded too early while Michael Jackson filmed a Pepsi commercial in 1984 and his hair caught on fire, causing burns to his scalp.Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/15/jackson.video/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/15/jackson.video/index.html#cnnSTCTextA previously unreleased video of Michael Jackson's hair catching fire while filming a Pepsi commercial in 1984 was posted online by Us magazine Wednesday.Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/14/prescription.drug.use/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/14/prescription.drug.use/index.html#cnnSTCTextPeople who abuse prescription drugs often do so believing the pills are safe because they are prescribed by doctors and approved by the Food and Drug Administration, addiction experts tell CNN.Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:04:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20287787_20290036,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20287787_20290036,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnDr. Arnold Klein also says he is not being investigated for giving the late singer drugsThu, 09 Jul 2009 03:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/07/darvon.darvocet/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/07/darvon.darvocet/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Food and Drug Administration is requiring makers of painkillers containing propoxyphene, the ingredient in widely used Darvon and Darvocet, to add a warning box to the label highlighting the potential for overdose.Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/expert.q.a/06/22/back.pain.caesarean.shu/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/expert.q.a/06/22/back.pain.caesarean.shu/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt has been eight years since I have had my son through Caesarean section. During the last few days, I have been experiencing discomfort below my backbone right at the place where I got a shot for the Caesarean section. Is this a reason for concern, as I have not been able to sleep on my back for the last few days?Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/06/ent.paula.abdul/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/06/ent.paula.abdul/index.html#cnnSTCTextPaula Abdul is ready for another fresh start, now that she's kicked her addiction to painkillers, the "American Idol" judge told a magazine.Wed, 06 May 2009 21:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/28/fda.warning.tylenol.nsaids/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/28/fda.warning.tylenol.nsaids/index.html#cnnSTCTextOver-the-counter painkillers and fever reducers will now carry new labels warning consumers of the potential risks of liver damage and internal bleeding associated with the drugs, according to a final ruling Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration.Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/16/us.torture.documents/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/16/us.torture.documents/index.html#cnnSTCTextInterrogation tactics such as waterboarding, sleep deprivation and slapping did not violate laws against torture when there was no intent to cause severe pain, according to a Bush-era memo on the tactics released Thursday.Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/13/hm.tension.headache/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/13/hm.tension.headache/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe stress of being unemployed and looking for a new job gives Lucille Jaesson a tension headache almost every day.Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/26/healthmag.chronic.pain.team/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/26/healthmag.chronic.pain.team/index.html#cnnSTCTextUp to 15 percent of the U.S. population have chronic pain, and as many as five percent have pain so persistent that they need heavy-hitting painkillers, known as opioids, just to get through the day.Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/dailydose/11/27/placebo.ethics/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/dailydose/11/27/placebo.ethics/index.html#cnnSTCTextPlacebos, or "sugar pills," have been used in medicine since ancient times. Today, most placebos are given in clinical trial studies for new drugs. A study in the January 2008 issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that 45 percent of Chicago, Illinois, internists report they have used a placebo for patients at some time during their clinical practice. Only 4 percent of those admitted they were giving a placebo.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/10/30/ep.doctors.prescribe.placebos/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/10/30/ep.doctors.prescribe.placebos/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhen Dr. Danielle Ofri first read the headlines, she was horrified: Doctors were prescribing placebos to their patients instead of real medicine. How awful, she thought. How deceptive.Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/01/hm.pain.management/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/01/hm.pain.management/index.html#cnnSTCTextGood chronic pain treatment can be hard to find. A chronic pain patient has every right to believe that his or her doctor will listen sympathetically and prescribe the appropriate treatment, but that is not always the reality.Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/07/10/ep.child.pain/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/07/10/ep.child.pain/index.html#cnnSTCTextDr. Jodi Greenwald, a pediatrician in Roswell, Georgia, has a secret weapon for helping children cope with pain. It's not a drug. It's not a medical device. It's a pinwheel. Yes, a pinwheel.Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:44:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1737255,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1737255,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA new study details the daily aches and pains of thousands of Americans. Millions are suffering, and it's costing the country billionsSat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/04/28/pain.boot.camp/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/04/28/pain.boot.camp/index.html#cnnSTCTextGayle Parseghian's life changed while she and her husband were moving furniture into their new ski cabin in November of 2006. She strained her back.Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:27:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1731633,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1731633,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Supreme Court's opinion may clear the way for most executions, but the death penalty debate remain confusedThu, 17 Apr 2008 03:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/01/10/beck.healthcare/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/01/10/beck.healthcare/index.html#cnnSTCTextOver the holidays I decided to have some minor surgery that I'd been putting off for a while. I intended to keep the whole thing private (you'll read why in a minute) and I planned to be back at work just in time for the Iowa caucuses. Well, as the saying goes: "We plan, God laughs;" and I guarantee He's still laughing over what happened to me next.Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:42:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1695812,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1695812,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsSeveral new studies show that a simple backrub offers significant pain relief for patients after major surgeryTue, 18 Dec 2007 17:20:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/09/24/hm.chronic.pain/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/09/24/hm.chronic.pain/index.html#cnnSTCTextTimothy Connick was in agony for six years. In bed at night, it felt as if a pair of scissors was sticking out of his foot. "I turn over, and it's just like they're getting jammed in more."Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/21/world.of.pain.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/21/world.of.pain.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextRetail sales of five leading painkillers nearly doubled over the last eight years, reflecting a surge in use by patients nationwide who are living in a world of pain, according to a new Associated Press analysis of federal drug prescription data.Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/06/21/pain.remedies/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/06/21/pain.remedies/index.htmlYou've got achy shoulders from carrying the kids, the groceries, or your incredibly heavy handbag. You look for the right pill to pop, but what should you take? Aspirin? Ibuprofen? Or, you're about to get your period. You know you'll get killer cramps or that nasty headache any minute now, but nothing you take seems to help once the pain hits.Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:33:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/05/08/news/companies/oxycontin/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/05/08/news/companies/oxycontin/index.htmDrugmaker Purdue Pharma said Tuesday it would pay $19.5 million to 27 U.S. states for marketing its pain reliever OxyContin for off-label use and for failing to properly disclose the drug's potential for abuse and addiction.Tue, 08 May 2007 18:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/02/27/CL.joint.health/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/02/27/CL.joint.health/index.htmlAbout 21 million adults have osteoarthritis -- the wear-and-tear condition that causes achy joints and may eventually lead to can't-get-up-from-the-sofa pain.Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:48:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/10/18/news/companies/neuropathic/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/10/18/news/companies/neuropathic/index.htmThe market for painkillers for the shooting pain associated with cancer, diabetes and shingles is expected to soar over the next decade, driven by a largely untapped patient pool of millions of Americans.Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:20:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/09/04/8384724/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/09/04/8384724/index.htmJohn Chiota was ready to try just about anything. After a 2001 car accident, Chiota, a 63-year-old Connecticut lawyer and probate judge, had lower back pain so bad that he often had to hear cases w... Fri, 25 Aug 2006 21:48:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/03/01/8370195/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/03/01/8370195/index.htmThe truth hurts. What's the No. 1 cause of disability in the U.S.? It's not heart disease (despite the 1.2 million heart attacks that will show up in the E.R. this year). Nor is it addiction (despi... Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:15:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/12/23/toni.cabam/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/12/23/toni.cabam/index.htmlMS sufferer Toni Caban was making good progress with a physiotherapy program to regain the use of her lower body until she fell and injured her spine. In April this year, she had a cervical and a thoracic spinal cord stimulator implanted via surgery, which she says have given her back her life. This is her story:Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/12/23/pain.warning/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/12/23/pain.warning/index.htmlThe Food and Drug Administration issued a public health advisory Thursday, recommending doctors limit the use of Pfizer Inc.'s Celebrex and Bextra to patients who can't take other pain medicines.Thu, 23 Dec 2004 20:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/12/17/yir.health/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/12/17/yir.health/index.htmlProgress and setbacks marked the year in health, with several vaccines and drugs showing promise while officials pulled other products from the market.Fri, 17 Dec 2004 16:49:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/10/15/news/fortune500/pfizer/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/10/15/news/fortune500/pfizer/index.htmDrug manufacturer Pfizer said Friday that its Bextra drug, seen as an alternative to Merck's Vioxx arthritis medication, may raise heart attack risk in high-risk bypass surgery patients.Fri, 15 Oct 2004 12:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/09/22/spark.andrew.rudge/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/09/22/spark.andrew.rudge/index.htmlImagine a computer program so clever, it senses the level of pain a patient is in and measures the exact amount of pain relief and sedative drugs they need.Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/08/25/leavitt.torture/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/08/25/leavitt.torture/index.htmlRecently, a U.S. government lawyer argued before a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit -- including the eminent jurists Richard Posner and Frank Easterbrook -- about what the definition of "torture" should be.Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:51:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/10/01/287403/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/10/01/287403/index.htmWe're chilled, of course, by the merest thought of death. We'd rather not talk of it; we'd prefer not to plan for it. And yet, that national culture of denial leads us into extraordinary physical, ...Sun, 01 Oct 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/12/01/269676/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/12/01/269676/index.htmI couldn't figure out what I was hearing. It was a sort of cooing sound, almost like a mourning dove. I was trying to reach my mother's hospital room at the Clinica Santa Maria in Santiago, Chile, ...Wed, 01 Dec 1999 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/12/01/88466/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/12/01/88466/index.htmIf you scoff at alternative medicine, you may want to think again. In October, the usually staid National Institutes of Health issued research grants of $30,000 each to test the effectiveness of 30...Wed, 01 Dec 1993 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/03/22/77642/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/03/22/77642/index.htmTHE WINSOME schoolgirl at right below, Jennifer Darling, 17, of Mansfield, Massachusetts, suffers from one of the most terrifying and mysterious conditions challenging modern medicine. It goes by t...Mon, 22 Mar 1993 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/09/01/85302/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/09/01/85302/index.htm-- Your Health (July) listed the National Chronic Pain Outreach Center as a source for information on pain clinics. The organization's correct name is the National Chronic Pain Outreach Association...Fri, 01 Sep 1989 04:01:00 EDT