Breaking news on pain
Anesthesia Exposure Linked To ADHD In Children published
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
A study by researchers at Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minn., and published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, reveals that children who have been under anesthesia many times when they are young have a greater risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). According to David Warner, M...
Space Researchers Develop Ultrasound Technology That Detects, Treats Kidney Stones published
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
Just the mention of kidney stones can cause a person to cringe. They are often painful and sometimes difficult to remove, and 10 percent of the population will suffer from them. In space, the risk of developing kidney stones is exacerbated due to environmental conditions. The health risk is compounded by the fact that resource limitations and distance from Earth could restrict treatment options...
Helping Seniors With Pain: New GSA Resources published
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
The pain suffered by older adults is the shared focus of the two newest entries in The Gerontological Society of America's (GSA) From Publication to Practice* series. Together they address both pain management and new labeling changes for one of the most popular pain medications, acetaminophen...
Researchers Develop Novel Drug Delivery System published
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
Long duration, controllable drug delivery is of wide interest to medical researchers and clinicians, particularly those seeking to improve treatment for patients with chronic pain or to prevent cancer recurrence after surgery...
Massages Scientifically Proven To Help Reduce Pain published
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
According to a study published online in Science Translational Medicine by researchers from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and McMaster University in Hamilton Ontario, massages aid the growth of new mitochondria in skeletal muscle, and help to reduce inflammation...
New Drug Release Mechanism Developed That Utilizes 3D Superhydrophobic Materials published
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
According to a recent study, there is a new mechanism of drug release using 3D superhydrophobic materials that utilizes air as a removable barrier to control the rate at which drug is released. The study was electronically published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society...
Cyberknife Radiation Successful For Treating Tigeminal Neuralgia published
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST
A small study published online in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery shows that a technique in which highly concentrated beams of radiation are used, known as Cyberknife, can relieve the stabbing pain of the facial nerve condition trigeminal neuralgia...
Sedentary Lifestyle A Problem For 2 In 5 Adults With Rheumatoid Arthritis published
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
A new study, funded by a grant from the National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), found that two in five adults (42%) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were inactive...
What Is Achilles Tendon Inflammation? What Is Achilles Tendinitis? published
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Achilles tendinitis (tendonitis) or Achilles tendon inflammation occurs when the Achilles tendon becomes inflamed as a result of the Achilles tendon being put under too much strain. The Achilles tendon joins the calf muscles to the heel bone, and is found at the back of a person's lower leg. It is the largest tendon in the body and is able to endure great force, but is still susceptible to injury...
Recommendations For Tablet Computer Use To Avoid Shoulder Pain published
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
The sudden popularity of tablet computers such as the Apple iPadŽ has not allowed for the development of guidelines to optimize users' comfort and well-being...
Muscle Soreness Quantified By Researchers published
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
Quantifying how sore a person is after a long workout is a challenge for doctors and researchers, but scientists from Loma Linda and Asuza Pacific Universities think they may have figured it out. Their research article describing a new technique to measure muscle soreness will be published in the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE)...
Study Of Electronic Medical Records Reveals That Women Report Feeling Pain More Intensely Than Men published
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Women report more-intense pain than men in virtually every disease category, according to Stanford University School of Medicine investigators who mined a huge collection of electronic medical records to establish the broad gender difference to a high level of statistical significance...
Females More Sensitive To Pain Than Males? Possibly published
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:00:00 PST
The idea that men suffer more when in pain than women could well be a myth, according to a new report written by Stanford University researchers in the Journal of Pain. The authors say that their large study found that even though women are able to endure childbirth, an ordeal that males never have to go through, their findings showed that overall, males appear to endure pain better than women...
Research Scientists Provide New Understanding Of Chronic Pain published
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
Millions of people worldwide suffer from a type of chronic pain called neuropathic pain, which is triggered by nerve damage. Precisely how this pain persists has been a mystery, and current treatments are largely ineffective...
Major Public Health Campaign Called For By Stanford Dean To Fight Epidemic Of Unnecessary Suffering published
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
The amount of needless suffering caused by both acute and chronic pain in the United States is a major, overlooked medical problem that requires improved education at multiple levels, stretching from the implementation of new public health campaigns to better training of primary care physicians in pain management...
Aspirin Merits Testing For Prevention Of Cervical Cancer In HIV-Infected Women published
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
Research conducted by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center global health investigators and cancer specialists in New York, Qatar and Haiti suggests that aspirin should be evaluated for its ability to prevent development of cervical cancer in HIV-infected women...
Study Finds Good Intentions Ease Pain, Add To Pleasure published
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
A nurse's tender loving care really does ease the pain of a medical procedure, and grandma's cookies really do taste better, if we perceive them to be made with love - suggests newly published research by a University of Maryland psychologist. The findings have many real-world applications, including in medicine, relationships, parenting and business...
Extended Pain Relief For Laser Eye Surgery Patients Via Contact Lenses published
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Scientists are reporting development of contact lenses that could provide a continuous supply of anesthetic medication to the eyes of patients who undergo laser eye surgery - an advance that could relieve patients of the burden of repeatedly placing drops of medicine into their eyes every few hours for several days. Their report appears in ACS' journal Langmuir...
Painful Period Symptoms Reduced By Oral Contraceptive Pill published
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:00:00 PST
In the United States, painful periods (Dysmenorrhoea) are estimated to cause 600 million lost working hours and cost two billion dollars in lost productivity...
Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain With Muscle Relaxants And Neuromodulators published
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Pain management is a high priority for patients with rheumatoid arthritis, so three researchers in Australia analysed existing study data to see whether two different classes of drugs can help. When looking at muscle relaxants, they discovered that neither the benzodiazepine agents, diazepam and triazolam, nor the non- benzodiazepine agent, zopiclone, reduce pain when taken for one to 14 days...
Do Herbal Meds Help Osteoarthritis? Probably Not published
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PST
A comprehensive review of herbal medicine products in the latest issue of the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB) shows that there is little conclusive evidence to justify the widespread use of herbal medicines to relieve the symptoms of the painful joint condition osteoarthritis...
Treatment For Painful Flat Feet On The Horizon published
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
A team led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) has made an advance in understanding the causes of adult-acquired flat feet - a painful condition particularly affecting middle-aged women...
Expert Guidance On Hip Fracture Covers Areas Where Evidence Is Controversial Or Incomplete published
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
All patients with hip fractures should be fast-tracked through hospital emergency departments and operated on within 48 hours of admission, according to new consensus guidelines developed by UK experts in anaesthesia, orthopaedics, geriatrics and emergency medicine and published in the January issue of Anaesthesia...
Global Access To Pain Relief Needs To Be Improved published
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
Jason Nickerson and Amir Attaran of the University of Ottawa, Canada examine in this week's PLoS Medicine the vast inequities in medical pain relief around the world, arguing that the imbalance has arisen from restrictive drug laws designed to prevent access to illegal substances, and proposing that the global control of licit narcotics be shifted from the International Narcoti...
Anxiety, Pain During Prostate Biopsies Eased By Headphone Music published
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Tuning in to tune out may be just what's needed for men undergoing a prostate biopsy, according to researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute. The Duke team found that noise-cancelling headphones playing a classical melody may reduce the pain and anxiety of the often uncomfortable procedure...
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