According to a St. Jude Medical news release, the company has received FDA clearance for its Epiducer Neurostimulation lead delivery system for pain management.

A U.S. Army task force has recommended shifting from simply dispensing pain medications to using a much wider armamentarium of pain management techniques, according to a report by the Marine Corps Times.

As part of its crackdown on pill mills, Ohio is now requiring physicians engaged in pain treatments to take continuing medical education courses on pain management, according to a report by PainWeek.

Physicians often struggle to determine whether patients who seek pain medication are exaggerating their symptoms, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, physicians often struggle to determine whether patients who seek pain medication are exaggerating their symptoms.

Q: Is single-specialty pain management still viable?

 

Amy Mowles, president & CEO of Mowles Medical Management: There's a big misconception, even from people in the know, about pain management. The short answer is: Single-specialty pain management is definitely still viable.

A new study from St. Jude Medical found that peripheral nerve stimulation of the occipital nerve significantly reduced the number of headache days per month in patients with chronic migraine.

A study, reported at the 15th Congress of the International Headache Society in Berlin, of Autonomic Technologies' implantable neurostimulation system for the treatment of cluster headache reported positive preliminary findings.

Gender could be associated with an increased risk of cartilage lesions in anterior cruciate ligament knee injuries, according to a release from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.

A larger amount of fat is associated with high levels of low back pain intensity and disability, according to a study published in Spine.