Are you in pain? Are you sure? On a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is no pain at all and 10 is the worst pain imaginable, how much pain is it? Invitations to rate your pain on some arbitrary scale of ...

A new study released on pediatric emergency medicine looked at the correlation between ethnicities and pain scores for bone fractures, according to Equities. Results showed that of the 880 patients ...

Dr. Carmen R. Green answers the question: 'Can A Test Prove That I Have Pain?' — -- Question: Is There Any Test To Prove That I Have Pain? Answer: There are no absolute tests to show that you ...

A recent study in JAMA found no relationship between postoperative opioid prescription rates and HCAHPS pain measurement scores. The HCAHPS survey collects post-discharge patient satisfaction ...

Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort. For years at Orchard Care Homes, a 23‑facility dementia-care chain in northern England, Cheryl Baird ...

But can technology describe something so personal? How are you feeling? I’m genuinely interested in the well-being of all my treasured Checkup readers, of course. But this week I’ve also been ...

When patients are scheduled for surgery at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, clinicians check the person’s prescription drug history embedded in the electronic health record. This history provides scores ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s new book, “It Doesn’t Have to Hurt,” is available now. Watch “Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: It Doesn’t Have to Hurt.” at 9 p.m. ET on ...