While seemingly straightforward, rating pain on a scale of 0 to 10 is more complex than it appears, influenced by factors beyond just the intensity of the pain itself.

Researchers are now trying to find something the doctors lack: objective indicators of pain that will enable physicians to ...

The use of ketamine, midazolam, lorazepam, droperidol, and haloperidol was also assessed. Children who interacted with ...

In an era of genomic medicine and artificial intelligence, doctors still ask patients to rate their pain from 0 to 10 or, in ...

As a parent, you never want to see your child in physical pain, but it is an inevitable part of life. And while there’s a lot ...

exposure to a certified therapy dog and its handler resulted in children reporting a statistically significant decrease in anxiety 45 minutes later, as measured on the 10-point FACES scale (-2.7 ...

A clinical trial found that spending about 10 minutes with a therapy dog reduced patients’ anxiety in a pediatric emergency room.

Marco A. Ulloa, 56, and Krista K. Ulloa, 44, were booked into the Elko County Jail on felony drug and child abuse or neglect ...

A large study published in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience has found that children who were tested during the COVID-19 ...

With only a few health facilities still functioning in Darfur, Sudan , pregnant women face harrowing journeys to seek care.

"These findings provide initial evidence for the use of therapy dogs to minimize pain and anxiety without the use of chemical or physical restraint among pediatric ED patients," the researchers ...