Pain

SAN DIEGO — AI-based models are currently best utilized as a predictor of headache, but show promise for expansion into the health care continuum, according to a speaker at the American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

Adults with hypoparathyroidism experience declines in cognitive function that may be due to structural changes in the brain, according to findings published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

Vevye, a nonpreserved cyclosporine 0.1% ophthalmic solution, demonstrated sustained safety and efficacy among patients with dry eye disease, according to 52-week ESSENCE-2 open-label extension study results published in Cornea.

Self-administered acupressure, combined with a short education program, was a cost-effective method of pain relief that boosted mobility in adults with probable knee osteoarthritis, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

For readers of my column over the past decade, many will recognize that on numerous occasions I have chosen to discuss empathy.

A considerable proportion of rheumatology patients may have a history of abuse, trauma or post-traumatic stress that contributes an emotional component to their physical pain.

Proctalgia fugax (fugax-fleeting) is characterized by brief episodes of rectal pain. Although a common problem, information regarding this disorder is limited because the published medical literature consists mostly of anecdotal reports and small case series.

DESTIN, Fla. — Clinical practice guidelines for chronic pain sometimes emerge through flawed processes, present conflicting statements, and warrant close evaluation, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East.

DESTIN, Fla. — Physicians can consider cannabis before opioids for chronic pain when other options have been exhausted, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East.

DESTIN, Fla. — Patients with gout should be continually reminded that urate-lowering therapy may go on for the rest of their life, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East annual meeting.