Cedars-Sinai Newsroom (Pain)
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2022
September
19,
2022
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Jeannea Jordan, who turns 80 in October, is a local sailing pioneer who began racing and cruising her 30-foot sailboat 25 years ago when few women were part of the sport. When a tumor on her spine ran her aground last year and her oncologist at …
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2021
April
13,
2021
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
When Maria Reynoso developed low-back pain, she thought it was not serious and would quickly go away. She was an active gym member who had recently retired after 33 years as a second-grade schoolteacher and was always available to help her aging …
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2020
October
14,
2020
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
In the wake of the opioid addiction crisis that has cost more than 500,000 U.S. lives, medical investigators have focused on finding new methods to help patients control pain. Brennan Spiegel, MD, director of Cedars-Sinai's Health Services …
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February
17,
2020
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14:43 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Self magazine recently interviewed Ilan Danan, MD, sports neurologist and pain management specialist at the Center for Sports Neurology and Pain Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute, about exercise-induced headaches.“These kinds …
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2019
September
04,
2019
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06:17 AM
America/Los_Angeles
ABC News recently interviewed Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS, director of Cedars-Sinai's Health Service Research, about his new study showing the value of virtual reality (VR) for pain management. The study, published in the journal PLOS|ONE, the …
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August
14,
2019
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11:01 AM
America/Los_Angeles
A new study, published today in PLOS|ONE, the Public Library of Science, demonstrates the effectiveness of using virtual reality (VR) to combat pain for hospitalized patients. The study builds on previous work led by Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS, …
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June
17,
2019
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
As the opioid epidemic continues to claim lives and shatter families across the nation, a Cedars-Sinai expert is urging physicians and patients to try managing pain without the addictive pills."Today, more than ever before, we have a host of other …
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2018
September
13,
2018
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09:39 AM
America/Los_Angeles
CBS Newspath reporter Chris Martinez recently interviewed Joseph Tu, MD, a pain specialist with the Cedars-Sinai Medical Group, for a story about how suffering chronic pain can be a risk factor for suicide.
The CBS report zeroed in on a paper …
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2017
March
29,
2017
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01:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Los Angeles — March 29, 2017 — Virtual reality therapy is effective in significantly reducing pain for hospitalized patients, according to a new Cedars-Sinai study.In the study, published online today by JMIR Mental Health, a sister …
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2015
November
18,
2015
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01:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Los Angeles - Nov. 18, 2015--Harnessing the power of social media, medical researchers have sifted through more than two billion tweets and online posts to study the harmful side effects of narcotics medication taken for chronic pain.
The …
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