PHILADELPHIA -- Acupuncture can relieve pain and reduce return visits to the emergency department (ED) in patients with intractable pain, said a researcher here at the annual meeting of the American ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Intellis spinal cord stimulation platform (Medtronic) for the management of chronic, intractable pain of the trunk and/or limbs associated ...

Medical marijuana in Minnesota is distributed in liquid or pill form. Chronic pain is a fact of life for millions of Americans. Though a host of pharmaceutical options exist for treating pain, there ...

SAN DIEGO — Low doses of the hormone oxytocin along with the anesthetic ketamine may provide a unique and effective therapeutic approach to some patients with severe, intractable pain This therapeutic ...

Scientists have developed a technique that could lead to therapies for pain relief in people with intractable pain, potentially including cancer-related pain. The team coated gold nanorods with a ...

ATLANTA — Intractable pain, along with PTSD, are now medical conditions that would qualify Georgians to use medical marijuana for treatment. Governor Nathan Deal signed a bill revising HB 65, that ...

ATLANTA -- Gov. Nathan Deal signed a bill on Monday expanding the legal use of medical marijuana in Georgia to include those suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and intractable pain.

The Illinois Department of Public Health has rejected intractable pain and autism spectrum disorder as medical conditions that could be treated with medical cannabis. The petition to add intractable ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A judge has ordered the state of Illinois to expand the qualifying conditions for medical marijuana use to include intractable pain. The order issued Tuesday by Cook County Circuit ...

Minnesota lawmakers struck a meticulous balance in 2014 when passing the medical-marijuana law. After hearing from those who believe the plant offers relief traditional drugs do not, legislators ...

Sullivan County District Attorney General Barry Staubus supports the repeal of an act that he believes unintentionally contributes to the growing problem of drug abuse in Tennessee. County Mayor ...