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American Pain Society (APS) 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting

May 17 - 20, 2017; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

May 17 - 20, 2017 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

APS 'Power Over Pain' Intervention Tackles Perception of Cancer Pain The three-component intervention called Power Over Pain - Coaching provides tools to promote the perception of pain control and improve function in African American patients with cancer pain.
Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2017
APS Opioid Oversupply Common After Surgery Most patients have unused opioid pills after treatment of surgical pain, while few report awareness of proper storage or disposal practices.
Medscape Medical News, May 22, 2017
APS Brain Stimulation Helps Kick Chronic Knee Pain Transcranial direct-current stimulation provides benefit over sham stimulation in reducing pain associated with knee osteoarthritis, randomized results show.
Medscape Medical News, May 22, 2017

Conference News

APS Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain: Where to Draw the Line?
Medscape Medical News, June 29, 2017
APS Novel Nondrug Approach May Help Chronic Pain
Medscape Medical News, June 29, 2017
APS 'Power Over Pain' Intervention Tackles Perception of Cancer Pain
Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2017

APS Opioid Oversupply Common After Surgery
Medscape Medical News, May 22, 2017
APS Brain Stimulation Helps Kick Chronic Knee Pain
Medscape Medical News, May 22, 2017

Popular News from APS 2016

APS Issues New Guidance on Medical Marijuana for Pain With patients increasingly turning to herbal cannabis for chronic pain -- legally or not -- the American Pain Society white paper offers clinical guidance and strong suggestions on the need for more research.
Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2016
Buprenorphine 'Underused' in Primary Care as Opioid Abuse Soars Only a small percentage of clinicians in primary care use one of the most important weapons against opioid abuse in the setting of chronic pain, experts say.
Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2016
Quick Screen May Flag Opioid Abuse Risk Two new reports outline measures that may help quickly identify pain patients at risk for longer-term opioid use or for opioid abuse.
Medscape Medical News, Jun 1, 2016

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