This morning at my most recent physical, the nurse measured my pulse, respiratory rate, temperature, and blood pressure in three minutes. The nurse presented the data on my four vital signs to my ...

The writer is a practicing anesthesiologist at Faith Regional Health System in Norfolk, Nebraska. After years of exaggeration, misinformation and a national epidemic of opioid and heroin abuse, the ...

We look at how our culture's massive effort to address pain has paradoxically increased it. And we follow one young girl as she struggles through... The Fifth Vital Sign The Fifth Vital Sign TO OUR ...

The anesthesia department at Canada’s Ottawa Hospital is striving to improve pain control practices and training for physicians responsible for managing pain, according to an Ottawa Citizen report.