Alternative Medicine News

Playing recordings of soft music or soothing words through earphones when patients are under general anesthesia could help them reduce the need for opioids after surgery, according to a study published in BMJ.

Cannabis strains that contain mostly cannabidiol and almost no tetrahydrocannabinol were not significantly associated with impaired driving, according to research published in JAMA.

An implanted 10 kHz spinal cord stimulator, when used in tandem with opioids and other pain relievers, provided patients relief from diabetic neuropathic pain, data show.

Physicians should ask patients if they have ever served in the military, since these men and women are more susceptible to certain health problems, researchers wrote in Advances in Medical Education and Practice.

Cannabis use significantly increased the odds for nonmedical opioid use among adults with a history of substance abuse, according to research published in Addiction.

Many parents use social media to seek advice about parenting and health care. New study findings suggest that expert advice on alternative sleep aids for their children may be hard to come by on these platforms.

An international task force of 20 health care professionals developed protocols for using medical cannabis to treat neuropathic, inflammatory, nociplastic and mixed pain.

A study presented at this year’s virtual PAINWeek meeting further demonstrated the safety and efficacy of remote electrical neuromodulation in reliving chronic migraine pain.

An extract made from Curcuma longa, commonly known as turmeric, outperformed placebo for the treatment of osteoarthritis-related knee pain in older adults but had no significant impact on knee effusion-synovitis or cartilage composition, data showed.

Although many primary care physicians view sleep health as an important aspect of patient care, recent survey data show that they often feel uncomfortable diagnosing and treating sleep disorders.