But unlike the other vital signs—blood pressure, temperature, heart rate, and breathing rate—pain had no objective scale. How to measure the unmeasurable? The society encouraged doctors and ...

The way we measure pain is often on a scale from one to 10 ... revolutionizing the way doctors and patients measure pain. "We've been working at this for over 15 years and it really is the ...

Patients should be able to use images and metaphors alongside traditional medical scales to describe their pain to doctors, a new study says. Pain cards with pictures to describe feelings and ...

though it remains to be seen how many doctors will use the new pain scale. "Through this improved measurement system we will be able to personalize symptom care, particularly as cancer care ...

Over the past two years, a simple but baffling request has preceded most of my encounters with medical professionals: “Rate your pain on a scale of ... as progress. Doctors today have a fuller ...