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Simple Bedside Test Improves Diagnosis Of Chronic Back Pain, Could Guide Treatment (4/13/09)
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(April 13, 2009)

Oxycodone Effective Against Shingles Pain (3/26/09)
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(March 26, 2009)

Collaborative Care Helps Ease Chronic Pain (3/24/09)
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(March 24, 2009)

Mayo Clinic Study Suggests Those Who Have Chronic Pain May Need to Assess Vitamin D Status (3/20/09)
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(March 20, 2009)

Study Tests Reliability Of More Accurate Measure Of Patient Pain (3/9/09)
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(March 9, 2009)

Safer Methadone Use For Treatment Of Pain And Addiction (3/4/09)
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(March 4, 2009)

Promising Target To Treat Chronic Abdominal Pain (3/3/09)
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(March 3, 2009)

New information points to safer methadone use for treatment of pain and addiction (3/2/09)
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(March 2, 2009)

Balance, Uniformity and Fairness - a policy brief on law enforcement strategies and diversion of prescription pain medication (2/09)
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(February 26, 2009)

Diversion Of Prescription Drugs Undertreatment Of Pain (2/20/09)
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(February 20, 2009)

APS and AAPM release Clinical Guidelines for Opioid Therapy in Chronic Non Cancer Pain
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(February 18, 2009)

Fibromyalgia Pain Linked To Central Nervous System Dysfunction (2/18/09)
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(February 18, 2009)

Pain Varies After Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeries (2/17/09)
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(February 17, 2009)

Imaging For Low-Back Pain Without Indication Of Serious Underlying Conditions Does Not Improve Clinical Outcomes (2/9/09)
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(February 9, 2009)

Results Of Pain Management Study On Zen Meditation (2/4/09)
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(February 4, 2009)

Therapy Helps Children And Teenagers In Pain (2/4/09)
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(February 4, 2009)

New Study Examines 'A Life In Pain' - The Experiences Of Older People (1/11/09)
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(January 11, 2009)

Mechanism For Dental Pain Uncovered By OHSU School Of Dentistry (1/9/09)
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(January 9, 2009)

Pain Caused By Physical Insult Sensed By Nerve Cells In The Brain And Spinal Cord (1/6/09)
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(January 6, 2009)

The Pain May Be Real, but the Scan Is Deceiving (NY Times)
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(December 8, 2008)

Pain Drugs Double Risk of Second Heart Attack, Death in Study
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(November 11, 2008)

Connecting the Brain and Pain
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(November 6, 2008)

American Pain Society and American College of Physicians Release Clinical Practice Guideline for Low Back Pain (10/2/2007)
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(October 2, 2007)

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