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The Relationship Between Musculoskeletal Pain and Picky Eating: The Role of Negative Self-Labeling
ConclusionsThere may be an association between musculoskeletal pain and negative beliefs about one ’s own eating behaviors.
Source: Pain and Therapy - March 11, 2019 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research

Libyan Healthcare Professionals ’, Patients’ and Caregivers’ Perceptions and Religious Beliefs about Cancer Pain and its Management: A Descriptive Qualitative Study
AbstractCancer pain remains a significant problem worldwide. It is often undertreated and presents in about half of cancer patients. Although several guidelines and pharmacological interventions for cancer pain management (CPM) exist, inadequate assessment and undertreatment of cancer pain are well-documented globally, especially in developing countries, including Libya. Perceptions, cultural and religious beliefs of healthcare professionals (HCP), patients, and caregivers about cancer pain and opioids are reported as barriers to CPM globally. This qualitative descriptive study aimed to explore Libyan HCPs ’, patients’...
Source: Journal of Religion and Health - February 22, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research

A Cross‐Sectional Survey to Assess the Migraineur's Medication Decision‐Making Beliefs: Determining When a Migraine Is Triptan‐Worthy
ConclusionsResults build upon previously published studies and suggest that patient beliefs directly influence how migraineurs manage their migraines and have implications for patient outcomes. Such insights should be used to facilitate physician–patient communication and reinforce the need for patient‐centered care to improve patient outcomes.
Source: Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain - June 14, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Stephen H. Landy, Ira M. Turner, M. Chris Runken, Mechele Lee, Ellen Sulcs, Christopher F. Bell Tags: Research Submission Source Type: research

ACS Releases Long-term Care Guideline for Survivors of Head and Neck Cancer
By Stacy Simon The American Cancer Society has released a new Head and Neck Survivorship Care Guideline to help survivors of head and neck cancer and their primary care providers better manage their long-term care. The guideline addresses cancers of the oral cavity, tongue, lip, pharynx (throat), and larynx (voice box). Recommendations in the guideline may also apply to cancers of the salivary glands, nasal and paranasal sinuses, and nasopharynx. But it does not address cancers of the brain, thyroid, or esophagus because they are very different in terms of symptoms and treatment. RESOURCES: Head and Neck Cancer Survivor...
Source: American Cancer Society :: News and Features - March 23, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancer Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Cancer Salivary Gland Cancer Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Cancer Nasopharyngeal Cancer Source Type: news

Perioperative Patient Beliefs Regarding Potential Effectiveness of Marijuana (Cannabinoids) for Treatment of Pain: A Prospective Population Survey
Conclusions: Patients generally believe that marijuana could be at least somewhat effective for the management of pain and are willing to use cannabinoid compounds for this indication, if prescribed by a physician.
Source: Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine - August 22, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Chronic and Interventional Pain: Original Articles Source Type: research

D07-D ‘If I Didn’t Have my Spiritual Beliefs, I Would Struggle.': Exploring the Spiritual and Religious Beliefs of Workers in a Residential Aged Care Facility, in the Face of Death, Dying and Suffering in the Workplace
Staff in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs) continually face the deteriorating health, and eventual death of residents they have come to know and care for. Without the public recognition, workplace training or resources that staff in other palliative care areas are afforded, research has shown that RACF staff often call on the meaning they find in their role, the hope that residents have gone to ‘a better place’ and the strength of relationships, as sources of support.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - November 30, 2016 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Helen Dick Tags: Workshops and Proffered Papers Source Type: research

F05-A Improving Communication about Goals of Care with Hospitalized Patients Who Have Serious Illness: A Canadian, Multi-Centre Program of Research
Hospitalization presents an opportunity for clinicians and patients with serious illness to discuss goals of care. Without this communication, prescribed care is often inconsistent with patients ’ preferences. We will share findings from our experience developing, implementing, and evaluating a multi-faceted suite of tools to achieve more and better conversations about goals of care.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - November 30, 2016 Category: Palliative Care Authors: John You, Jessica Simon, Dev Jayaraman, Nishan Sharma, Alannah Smrke, Rebecca Sudore, Peter Allatt, Susan Block, Marilyn Swinton, Daren Heyland Tags: Workshops and Proffered Papers Source Type: research

New Report Sheds Light on Opioid Industry's Role in Epidemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies selling some of the most lucrative prescription painkillers funneled millions of dollars to advocacy groups that in turn promoted the medications' use, according to a report released Monday by a U.S. senator. The investigation by Missouri's Sen. Claire McCaskill sheds light on the opioid industry's ability to shape public opinion and raises questions about its role in an overdose epidemic that has claimed hundreds of thousands of American lives. Representatives of some of the drugmakers named in the report said they did not set conditions on how the money was to be spent or force the groups to...
Source: JEMS Administration and Leadership - February 12, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Matthew Perrone and Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press Tags: News Administration and Leadership Source Type: news

Quality and Readability of Online Information on Myofascial Pain Syndrome
The reliability of the information on the Internet, which people use as an easy and practical, solution about diseases, is essential for public health. Our aim in this study is toevaluate the quality and readability of websites related to myofascial pain syndrome.
Source: Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies - November 6, 2020 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Fatih Bagcier, Ozan Volkan Yurdakul, Mustafa H üseyin Temel Tags: Myofascial Pain and Treatment Source Type: research

In Defense of Eating Meat
Abstract Some arguments for moral vegetarianism proceed by appealing to widely held beliefs about the immorality of causing unjustified pain. Combined with the claim that meat is not needed for our nourishment and that killing animals for this reason causes them unjustified pain, they yield the conclusion that eating meat is immoral. However, what counts as a good enough reason for causing pain will depend largely on what we think about the moral status of animals. Implicit in these arguments is the claim that sentience is sufficient for having moral status. These arguments, however, fail to specify the conceptual...
Source: Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics - March 7, 2015 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research

The experience of living with knee osteoarthritis: exploring illness and treatment beliefs through thematic analysis.
Conclusion: Exploring illness representations and beliefs about medical and surgical control of pain may provide the basis for initiating psychological interventions for people with knee OA. Implications for Rehabilitation People with knee OA place pain at the core of their living, and hold beliefs about knee OA being an incurable disease of a progressive nature, linked to specific causal factors. People with OA have concerns and worries about use of medication to control pain, and are ambivalent towards relying on medical or surgical interventions. Exploring and addressing patient illness beliefs and treatment expectation...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - June 21, 2013 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Pouli N, Das Nair R, Lincoln NB, Walsh D Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

Living with Binge Eating Disorder
If you have binge eating disorder, please know that you’re alone. Binge eating disorder (BED) is actually the most common eating disorder. It affects about 3.5 percent of women and 2 percent of men. You’re also not weak, wrong or crazy. BED “is not a reflection of who you are as a person,” said Karin Lawson, PsyD, a psychologist and clinical director of Embrace, the binge eating recovery program at Oliver-Pyatt Centers. Binge eating may serve many functions, according to Amy Pershing, LMSW, ACSW, the executive director of Pershing Turner Centers, an eating disorder recovery outpatient clinic in Ann Arbor, Mich., an...
Source: Psych Central - November 8, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Addictions Disorders Eating Disorders General Psychotherapy Self-Help Treatment Weight Loss Amy Pershing BED binge eating Binge Eating Disorder Compulsive Eating dieting emotional overeating health at every size Intuitive E Source Type: news

Impact of beliefs about pain control on perceptions of illness in surgical patients.
CONCLUSIONS: Beliefs about pain control significantly influence illness perceptions, and thus may affect the results of treatment in surgical patients. Psychological modelling of beliefs about pain control may offer a valuable way to improve overall clinical outcomes. PMID: 27007533 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine : AAEM - December 16, 2016 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Sak JJ, Sagan D, Pawlikowski J, Wiechetek M, Jarosz M Tags: Ann Agric Environ Med Source Type: research