Pain Management & Complementary Medicine

Basketball players who weave through defense to shoot the basket face a higher risk of tears in the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), but after repair return to the same level of play.

Researchers found that supplements did not appear to protect endurance athletes from illness caused by electrolyte imbalances. They also found that hot temperatures are a risk factor.

Bacteria normally inhabiting healthy people’s intestines — and the anti-inflammatory metabolites these bacteria produce — are depleted in ulcerative colitis patients, a Stanford study shows.

Five researchers were awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health to study opioid misuse and pain treatment.

The Stanford-led research tested an approach that allowed women to choose the level of pain management they wanted during a cesarean section.