Three commonly used pain scales, the visual analogue scale, the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale, and the Faces Pain Scale Revised were administered to 122 Thai children, of whom half were HIV infected, in ...

However, it is a problem and a challenge that healthcare professionals are not always able to determine whether children are in pain. "This involves developing better rating scales or ...

Even now, all doctors can do is ask someone to rate their pain on a scale from 1 to 10. Researchers and pharmaceutical companies studying pain primarily used mice or other animals as human proxies ...

One of the questions I always ask new patients is, “Have you ever had acupuncture before?“ On many occasions, the response can be smug: “Yeah, I tried acupuncture ... once. It didn’t work.” As ...

Here’s how it works. The best smart scales help you keep tabs on more than just your weight. These scales have sensors to track your body composition, heart rate, and BMI, with the data easily ...

What Is SI Joint Pain? Injury, pregnancy, or uneven movement in your pelvis can cause low back, butt, and leg pain that's often worse after you've been sitting for a while. This may be because ...

NRS also showed higher reproducibility when measuring pain exacerbations (Cohen's K of 0.86 for NRS vs. 0.53 for VRS) while the reproducibility of the two scales was similar in evaluating ...

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Ear pain has numerous causes. Most are treatable, though some are serious. Conditions responsible for ear pain can strike anyone at any age. If you begin to develop ear pain, it's essential to see a ...

Anxiety can sometimes cause physical symptoms like chest pain and pressure. But because these symptoms can also indicate heart conditions, it’s important to get an accurate diagnosis.

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