Pain

Latest News
• Scientists Reveal New Pathway of Pain (03/21/2001, Reuters)
• Popular Pain Analgesics Found to Affect Central Nervous System (03/21/2001, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
• Heating Nerves Helps Fight Facial Pain (03/14/2001, Reuters)

From the National Institutes of Health
• Chronic Pain: Hope Through Research (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

General/Overviews

• Chronic Pain (American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons)
• Chronic Pain: Taking Control (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Management of Pain (American Society of Anesthesiologists)
• Pain (National Women's Health Information Center)

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Pain (National Institutes of Health)
• Clinical Trials: Chronic Pain (CenterWatch, Inc.) - industry-sponsored clinical trials

Diagnosis/Symptoms

• Abdominal Pain, Acute: Self-Care Flowcharts (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Abdominal Pain, Chronic: Self-Care Flowcharts (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Chest Pain, Acute: Self-Care Flowcharts (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Chest Pain, Chronic: Self-Care Flowcharts (American Academy of Family Physicians)

Disease Management

• Managing Daily Life When Dealing With Chronic Pain (American Occupational Therapy Association)
• Managing Pain: Attitude, Medication and Therapy are Keys to Control (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• New Target Identified for Chronic Pain Therapy (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Specific Conditions/Aspects

• Cancer Pain (American College of Physicians)
• Central Pain Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Gender and Pain (National Institutes of Health)
• Management of Pain and Other Symptoms (Beth Israel Medical Center, Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care)
• Myofascial Pain Syndrome (Beth Israel Medical Center, Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care)
• NINDS Trigeminal Neuralgia Information Page (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
• Neuropathic Pain (McGraw-Hill Companies)
• Occipital Neuralgia (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
• Painful Polyneuropathy: Diabetic Neuropathy, AIDS Neuropathy, and Others (Beth Israel Medical Center, Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care)
• Phantom and Stump Pain (Beth Israel Medical Center, Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care)
• Trigeminal Neuralgia (Beth Israel Medical Center, Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care)

Treatment

• Chronic Pain Medicines (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Frequently Asked Questions About Pain Treatment (Beth Israel Medical Center, Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care)
• General Treatments (Beth Israel Medical Center, Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care)
• Popular Pain Analgesics Found to Affect Central Nervous System (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Dictionaries/Glossaries

• Glossary (Beth Israel Medical Center, Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care)

Law and Policy

• New JCAHO Pain Standards Are Approved (American Pain Society)

Organizations

• American Pain Society
• National Cancer Institute
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Children

• Acetaminophen in Children: Is It Safe? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Children and Pain (National Institutes of Health)
• Patient-controlled Analgesia (Nemours Foundation)
• Truth About Pain (Nemours Foundation)