Cancer Pain Pain management is of particular importance in cancer patients. Extensive research has shown that pain is the symptom that cancer patients fear most. Up to 50% of patients…

Musculoskeletal Pain Pain in the Shoulder The shoulder is a common location of pain. In this ball-and-socket joint, the ball is the top, rounded part of the humerus, and the…

Abdominal Pain Establishing a proper differential diagnosis, ordering a workup, making a diagnosis, then medically or surgically treating the underlying cause of a patient’s abdominal pain is reserved for general…

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