Sharecare Expert Dr. Howard S. Smith, MD, is Director of Pain Medicine, Albany Medical Center (Albany, NY) and Professor of Anesthesiology at Albany Medical College. Dr. Smith has appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX reporting on the latest medical breakthroughs in the management of pain.
MONDAY, April 22 (HealthDay News) -- A pill may work as well as a puff when it comes to using marijuana to treat pain, according to a small but carefully controlled new study. Pain relief from pills may last longer, however, and may not leave people feeling as high as they do after they smoke the...Full Article
FRIDAY, April 12 (HealthDay News) -- Medical researchers are trying a new treatment for low back pain. Their hope is that harvesting and then re-injecting the body's own bone marrow -- which is rich in stem cells -- may repair worn-out discs in the spine.
In a small new study, the approac...Full Article
MONDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Spinal steroid injections -- the type involved in the current fungal meningitis outbreak in the United States -- provide only short-term relief for sciatica-related leg and back pain, according to a new analysis.
Sciatica, a common type of low back pain...Full Article
SATURDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Botox injections, long used to smooth away wrinkles, might also soothe chronic neck and shoulder muscle pain, new research suggests.
This type of persistent pain "is a common disorder that potentially may cause functional impairment in our patients," ...Full Article
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