Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have, for the first time, described the genetic basis of endometriosis, a condition affecting millions of women that is marked by chronic pelvic pain and infertility. The researchers’ discovery of a new gene mutation provides hope for new screening methods…
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Filed under: Pain / Anesthetics on February 9th, 2012 | No Comments »
A large Scandinavian study, that has been running for 30 years, has finally provided convincing evidence that the combined oral contraceptive pill does, indeed, alleviate the symptoms of painful menstrual periods reports scientists from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The research is published in Europe´s leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction…
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Filed under: Pain / Anesthetics on February 9th, 2012 | No Comments »
Placebos reduce pain by creating an expectation of relief. Distraction - say, doing a puzzle - relieves it by keeping the brain busy. But do they use the same brain processes? Neuromaging suggests they do. When applying a placebo, scientists see activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex…
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Filed under: Pain / Anesthetics on February 6th, 2012 | No Comments »
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…
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Filed under: Pain / Anesthetics on February 3rd, 2012 | No Comments »
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 […]
Filed under: Pain / Anesthetics on January 30th, 2012 | No Comments »
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…
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Filed under: Pain / Anesthetics on January 25th, 2012 | No Comments »
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 […]
Filed under: Pain / Anesthetics on January 24th, 2012 | No Comments »
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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Filed under: Pain / Anesthetics on January 11th, 2012 | No Comments »
Novartis Consumer Health announced earlier today a recall on certain OTC medicines that were badly packaged and might have broken or chipped pills, as well as incorrect product mixed into bottles of pills. Rather worrying for consumers with risks of possible wrong or overdoses of their medicine…
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Filed under: Pain / Anesthetics on January 9th, 2012 | No Comments »
According to a report by an expert panel published in the January issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, the official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS), ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) need to develop policies for managing malignant hyperthermia, a rare yet serious reaction to anesthetics as numbers of surgical procedures performed outside hospitals are […]
Filed under: Pain / Anesthetics on January 7th, 2012 | No Comments »