A Cochrane review reveals significant gaps in the clinical rating scales used to assess pain in newborn babies, highlighting the urgent need for improved tools and global collaboration.

Researchers have created an effective therapy for chronic pain that reduces pain intensity by focusing on emotional regulation.

Topline data were announced from two phase 3 studies evaluating MR-107A-02 for the treatment of moderate to severe acute pain.

Doctors tend to use a pain scale of 0 to 10, but this rating system is not always comprehensive. It can lead to over- or under-prescribing medicine depending on an individual's description or ...

with a mean pain reduction of 4.16 on the Visual Analog Scale (“VAS”) (baseline 7.81 to 3.65), or 53.3% improvement at 7-days post-procedure and a mean pain reduction of 4.67 on the VAS pain ...

Over the past two years, a simple but baffling request has preceded most of my encounters with medical professionals: “Rate your pain on a scale of zero to 10.” I trained as a physician and ...

Project R.E.S.T., a shelter for victims of sexual violence, faces funding challenges due to a decline in the federal Crime Victims Fund. While state funding has helped, the organization has ...

Purpose: To examine the issue of pain assessment in infants by acquiring all available published pain assessment tools and evaluating their reported reliability, validity, clinical utility ...