Eight-year-old Alice suffered from horrible stomach pain. In my office she closed her eyes, breathed slowing into her belly, and asked inside what was the cause. Stress appeared as a large square ...

A virtual reality pain management intervention worked as well as guided imagery among children and young adults undergoing unsedated procedures, according to a study published in JMIR. However, the ...

Background: Despite innovations in treatment, disease-related pain is still the primary cause of hospitalization for children with sickle cell disease. Pharmacologic pain management relieves pain ...