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What cannabis really does for chronic pain
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 30, 2026 Source:What cannabis really does for chronic pain Reference:Cannabis-Based Products for Chronic Pain
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The relationship between music and pain management: Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 21, 2025 Source:Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness. Scientists are listening Reference:The impact of different music genres on pain tolerance: emphasizing the significance of individual music genre preferences
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New insight into how Tylenol (acetaminophen) works to provide pain relief.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 2, 2025 Source:Tylenol Doesn’t Work the Way We Thought – Scientists Just Made a Surprising Pain Relief Discovery Reference:Acetaminophen inhibits diacylglycerol lipase synthesis of 2-arachidonoyl glycerol: Implications for nociception
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Research into new pain management medication options has produced a new pain pill approved in U.S. designed to cut risk of addiction
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 5, 2025 Source:New pain pill approved in U.S. designed to cut risk of addiction
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Men and women process pain differently, study finds
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 23, 2024 Source:Men and women process pain differently, study findsReference:
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Study evaluates the placebo effect in randomized clinical trials assessing cannabis-based pain management therapies. It seems that there was no difference between them. Let the fireworks begin.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 5, 2022 Source:Pain relief from marijuana comes from a belief it helps, study finds Reference: Placebo Response and Media Attention in Randomized Clinical Trials Assessing Cannabis-Based Therapies for Pain. A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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Study states that acetaminophen is not an effective pain reliever for osteoarthritis; NSDAIDS are more effective
Health Headlines Commentary for March 21, 2016 Source: Paracetamol is useless at treating arthritis pain – whatever the dose, major study finds. Paracetamol ‘useless’ in treating osteoarthritis pain Reference: Effectiveness of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for the treatment of pain in knee and hip osteoarthritis: a network meta-analysis. The Lancet. Published online March 17 2016
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Pain management for infants and children needs to be more aggressively implemented
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 18, 2014 Source: Alberta study suggests more can be done to control pain for children Reference: Paediatric pain management practice and policies across Alberta emergency departments
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Cannabis plant bred to relieve pain but avoid the high
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 4, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: “Highless” marijuana on a roll in Israel