| IASP Announcements |
13th World Congress on Pain draws international experts to Montréal
(Press Release) The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) World Congress on Pain is back in Montréal for the first time since 1978 with its 13th edition, bringing together more than 6,000 of the world’s leading professionals in the field of pain research and treatment from across Canada and around the world.
(08/26/2010)
| New Book from IASP Press!
(Press Release) Cancer Pain: From Molecules to Suffering is now available for purchase!
(08/11/2010)
| Menstrual Cramps May Alter Brain Structure
(Press Release) In a study published in the September issue of PAIN, a group of researchers in Taiwan report abnormal changes in the structure of the brain in primary dysmenorrhea (PDM) patients, whether or not they are in fact experiencing pain.
(08/11/2010)
| PCU: August 2010 (Volume XVIII, Issue 6)
Low Back Pain
(08/01/2010)
| Wait-Times Recommendations
Read the Wait-Times Recommendations as proposed by the IASP Task Force on Wait-Times. (PDF)
(07/16/2010)
| PCU: July 2010 (Volume XVIII, Issue 5)
Do Animal Models Tell Us about Human Pain?
(07/15/2010)
| <IMAGE> IASP Newsletter, 2010, Issue 2
Pre-Congress Message from the President
(07/10/2010)
| Attitudes, Beliefs and Health Literacy Impact How Patients Manage Chronic Lower Back Pain
(Press Release) In a study published in the August issue of PAIN, a group of Australian researchers investigating the relevance of health literacy in patients with chronic lower back pain (CLBP) found that LBP-related beliefs and behaviors affect a person’s disability more than pain intensity or a standard measure of functional health literacy.
(07/07/2010)
| PCU: June 2010 (Volume XVIII, Issue 4)
Fibromyalgia: A Clinical Update
(06/15/2010)
| IASP International Pain Summit
On September 3, 2010, IASP will hold the first International Pain Summit at the Palais des congrès de Montréal immediately following the 13th World Congress on Pain. The International Pain Summit in Montréal will be the first global meeting about the crucial aspects of pain management, with a focus on advocacy and assistance for all countries to develop national pain strategies.
(06/04/2010)
| PCU: June 2010 (Volume XVIII, Issue 3)
Painful HIV-Associated Sensory Neuropathy
(06/03/2010)
| New Chapter in Paraguay
IASP welcomes the Asociacion Paraguaya para el Estudio y Tratamiento del Dolor (APETD) as a new chapter in formation.
(05/11/2010)
| PCU: May 2010 (Volume XVIII, Issue 2)
Methodological Issues in Nonpharmacological Trials for Chronic Pain
(05/01/2010)
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| Pain in the News |
"Glass More Than Half Full for Patients In Pain Management Programs"
A new study has shown that patients often overestimate their progress after completing a chronic pain management program. The patients who completed such a program between 2008 and 2009 rated their goal accomplishment as being higher than did their case managers. The 116 participants also scored the program as providing them with a higher level of physical help than did the case managers. These results were presented in poster form at the Canadian Pain Society’s 2010 annual meeting by lead investigator Eleni Hapidou, PhD, and her student Tina Li.
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(08/17/2010)
| "How badly does it hurt? Research examines the biomedical diagnosis of pain"
Research by Elizabeth Sweeney, a doctoral candidate in UC's Department of Sociology, was presented at the 105th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Atlanta. The paper, "Defining Reality: How Biomedical Researchers Determine the Existence of Pain," analyzed more than 20 articles randomly selected from PAIN to determine how pain is measured and defined in terms of type of pain, location of pain, its causes, severity, duration, response to treatment, methods of detection and symptoms.
(08/16/2010)
| "Single Genetic Factor Related to Pain at Many Body Sites"
A single, heritable pain factor underlies 46 percent of chronic musculoskeletal pain reported at many different anatomical sites, according to research published in the September issue of Rheumatology. Frances M.K. Williams, Ph.D., of King's College London, and colleagues used a classical twin study design to survey a cohort of monozygotic and dizygotic female twins about their experiences with musculoskeletal pain at multiple sites.
(08/16/2010)
| "Women's Chronic Pain More Intense"
Women's chronic pain is different than men's, and health care providers and therapists need to focus on that, says an expert who talked about those differences at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. "Research has shown that women experience significant pain much more than men," says Jennifer F. Kelly, PhD, an Atlanta psychologist who often treats women who have pain.
(08/13/2010)
| "Despite New Studies, Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia Remains Poorly Understood"
When it comes to opioid-induced hyperalgesia, the question may not be how to treat it, but whether or the phenomenon is clinically significant. Two new studies presented at the 2010 annual scientific meeting of the American Pain Society buttress the view that hyperalgesia is not a significant complication of opioid administration.
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(08/11/2010)
| "fMRI Used to Assess Pain in Fibromyalgia"
Resting brain activity measured by an adaptation of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) appears to be associated with spontaneous clinical pain in patients with fibromyalgia, suggesting a potential objective measure of pain in this setting. Vitaly Napadow, PhD, with the Massachusetts General Hospital in Charlestown, and colleagues reported their findings in the August 2010 issue of Arthritis and Rheumatology.
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(08/06/2010)
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