obesity
Taking the RA Threat to Heart During Pregnancy
Obesity, gestational diabetes mellitus and acute cardiovascular complications are more common among pregnant women ...
DECEMBER 2, 2024
Trim the Fat, Reduce the Pain?
A first-of-its-kind study has found a link between carrying extra fat in the gut and widespread chronic pain, with ...
OCTOBER 3, 2024
How to Account for SCS Lead Migration
If spinal cord stimulation lead implants are migrating quite often postoperatively, what can providers do to ...
AUGUST 17, 2022
Ultrasound Device Enhances Vision, Improves Reliability of Epidural Placement for Cesarean Delivery in Obese Parturients
A new handheld ultrasound device with computer-aided image interpretation allowed a significantly higher ...
OCTOBER 27, 2021
The Post-Bariatric Patient With Complications
Many general surgeons have only six weeks or so of training in bariatric surgery during residency, but they are ...
JUNE 28, 2021
Surgeons Can Do More to ‘Prehab,’ Rehab Patients
Surgeons have been gradually adopting methods to optimize patients before surgery and better help them recover, but ...
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Obesity Linked to Higher Levels Of Chronic Pain, Opioid Scripts
Two new studies published this spring have powerfully linked obesity and prescription opioid use.
AUGUST 18, 2020
Multiple Chronic Conditions a Risk Factor For Opioid-Related Hospitalization
Patients who have two or more chronic conditions account for most opioid-related hospitalizations, according to a ...
JUNE 24, 2020
Obesity Shows Interference Potential Similar to Pain
Boston—When it comes to the pain of fibromyalgia versus obesity, which is more debilitating? A new study has ...
JUNE 24, 2019
Obesity, Depression Linked to Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions
Obesity and depression rise in tandem with the number of chronic overlapping pain conditions, according to new ...
AUGUST 9, 2018
Weight Loss Can Lead to Reduction In Global Pain
Losing excess weight may have benefits of relieving global pain and associated somatic symptoms such as fatigue, ...
APRIL 6, 2018
Low Back Pain in Schoolchildren Often Nonspecific, Musculoskeletal
Most back pain in children is nonspecific, musculoskeletal and self-limiting, and usually can be successfully ...
APRIL 17, 2017
