Researchers encourage early intervention in treating children with microbial keratitis and advise clinicians to exercise caution in using cyclophotocoagulation for pediatric patients.
Oral synthetic cannabinoid products with high tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-to-cannabidiol (CBD) ratios are associated with moderate short-term improvement in chronic pain.
David Dickerson, MD, chair of the ASA Committee on Pain Medicine, discusses suggested changes and recommendations to the proposed clinical practice guidelines for prescribing opioids that were recently issued by the CDC.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of chronic pain disparities among the major racial and ethnic groups in the US.
Eye care providers may be less equipped to identify causes of photophobia when they are neurological in nature.
A timely diagnosis of isolated optic neuritis may decrease the risk of recurrence and the development of an associated neurologic disorder, a study suggests.
Understanding the role of tear cytokines and neuromodulators as biomarkers of chronic ocular pain may assist clinicians with treatment strategies.
State laws are associated with small and non-statistically significant changes in opioid prescribing or nonopioid pain treatment.
A mindfulness intervention can lead to greater sustained improvements in opioid misuse and chronic pain symptoms than supportive group psychotherapy.
Intentional overdose deaths have increased among 15- to 24-year-old men and women in recent years.
