Articles related to "Pain Control"

Learn how a natural anti-inflammatory diet can be effective in the management of pain and discomfort due to inflammation.

Over the years, veterinary research has concluded that pain management increases a sense of well being and reduces stress.

Helping patients to achieve pain control is a challenge that many physicians are unprepared to meet.

By the third trimester you want your baby to be born and out of you! Here are some great tips for helping make the third trimester of pregnancy more comfortable.

What kind of health care devices would you expect to find at the Consumer Electronics Show?

Pain assessment concludes the series on taking vital signs.

Palliative cancer care is a viable option for cats and dogs suffering from cancers and tumors which cannot be cured. Maintaining quality of life is the primary goal.

Postherpetic neuralgia, nerve pain associated with a shingles infection, may cause severe and long-lasting pain. Learn about PHN, treatment options, and research studies.

Disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, also called DMARDs, are used in treating rheumatic joint diseases.

Gout attacks can give very noticeable warning signs that should not be ignored in the long run.

For quite some time, Melatonin has been thought to help with a number of sleep related disorders, now it is clinically known that it does help insomnia.

Despite the popularity of the so-called anesthesia-free pet dentistry, there is little benefit to the pet's dental health other than polishing the teeth.

Canine hip dysplasia is caused by a deformity within the hip joints of the dog. The deformity causes pain in the hips and leads to arthritic changes within the hip joints

If you have questions about headaches, slipped discs, TMJ or chronic pain; this article offers some tips on how and when to get professional help from a chiropractor.

Anticonvulsants are used to help limit or avoid irregular increases in central nervous system electrical activity.

Cosequin is a joint supplement for dogs and cats made by Nutramax Labs which contains glucosamine and chondroitin and is used to treat canine and feline arthritis.

When the doctors can do nothing else, it is the nurse who is left to take care of a patient's end of life needs. A dying patient deserves respectful, gentle nursing care.

The U.S. Food and Drug administration (FDA) has voted to urge a decrease in the recommended acetaminophen dosage.

This ancient natural health remedy uses points on the outer ear to control pain and even stop addictive behaviors, such as smoking and gambling.

What Should You Know About Chiropractic Treatment? Here's a Chropractic FAQ.

This resource-packed handbook provides comprehensive, down-to-earth information in a unique format and covers everything from pre-conception to life after delivery.

Patients using pain pumps after arthroscopic shoulder surgery are at risk for permanent joint damage from the medications according to recent studies.

Unsure about what treatment options are available for skin cancer? Here you can learn more about the surgical and non-surgical treatment options that are available.

Canine hip dysplasia is a painful, sometimes crippling disease in dogs. Treatment options include various surgical procedures or conservative medical management of pain.

Tinnitus can be due to many things ranging from wax in the ear to infections and tumours. In the majority of cases however no specific treatable cause is found.

Pancreatitis is a painful disease. Victims are unable to digest food and unable to eat normally. Malnutrition causes further complications that can be prevented.

Pain is unpleasant, often worrying and necessary. It's the body's way of telling us that something needs attention. Without it we would be continually injuring ourselves.

October is national breast cancer awareness month. This article profiles the work of the Sara Lee Trust, a charity for cancer, MND and HIV/Aids patients and carers.

Once a woman has been diagnosed with endometriosis, she is often left with few viable choices for treatment. Conventional therapies can be overwhelming.

A Connecticut nurse started the American hospice movement in 1974. She was Inspired by a British physician who pioneered the field of holistic care of the terminally ill.

Post herpetic neuralgia is an extremely painful complication of herpes zoster. Learning how to manage post herpetic neuralgia is essential as it is very debilitating.

Chinese physicians have practiced acupuncture for millennia, believing the technique improves the flow of energy, or "qi," through diseased areas of the body.

Using music to get through even the toughest physical, mental or emotional traumas can often be the best way to heal.