Pain and Palliative Medicine (Video) Podcast
1) Arthritis Pain is Complicated
Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis and affects fifty percent of people age 65 and older. New information and new medications may seem like magical cure-alls but Gregory Middleton, MD ...Show More
2) What is Osteoarthritis?
Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis and affects fifty percent of people age 65 and older. Gregory Middleton, MD discusses Osteoarthritis and asks the question, what's in a name? Series...Show More
3) Opioid Use: An American Epidemic
Ramana Naidu, MD, argues that Opioid abuse is not a pandemic but rather an American epidemic. Americans constitute 4.6% of the world's population and consume 80% of the world's opioids. There are five...Show More
4) The Prescription Opioid Epidemic: Crisis and Opportunity
Americans constitute 4.6% of the world's population and consume 80% of the world's opioids and 99% of the world’s hydrocodone. There are five times more Americans with opioid substance use disorder th...Show More
5) My Aching Neck – My Aching Back
Dr. Mario De Pinto explores the sources and causes of neck and low back pain and the short and long term management to achieve adequate pain control. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Hea...Show More
6) Stretching Connective Tissue Chronic Pain and Cancer - 2016 Kanbar Lecture on Innovations in Integrative Medicine
Dr. Helene Langevin explains the importance of connective tissue in the body and its link to the immune system. She talks about recent findings on the effects of stretching on inflammation and fibrosi...Show More
7) East Meets West: Acupuncture and Beyond For All Ages
Dr. Sanjay Reddy provides a brief introduction to acupuncture. He explores the “eastern” concepts of health and gives an overview of the applications of acupuncture to pain. He also looks at herbal su...Show More
8) Technology Versus Pain: Targeted Drug Delivery And Electrical Stimulation - An Alternative to Systemic Opioids
Dr. Lawrence Poree looks at alternatives to opioid pain medication. Might technology hold the key to reducing opioid use? Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 3...Show More
9) Being Unsympathetic: Psychology’s Secret Weapon For Managing Pain
People often think about chronic pain as only benefitting from medical treatment and interventions. Jessica Pullins focuses on an essential strategy for lowering pain-related distress: being “unsympat...Show More
10) Back to the Future of Pain Medicine
Take a look at pain and how we treat it with Mark Schumacher, PhD, MD, Professor and Chief, Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, UCSF Series: "Mini Medical Schoo...Show More