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Chronic Pain Can Drive You to Distraction
• Pain • May 18 07
Anyone who has experienced chronic pain knows that it affects the ability to work, sleep and perform other activities essential to leading a full…
5 Ways You Can Beat Lower Back Pain
• Backache • • Pain • May 01 07
Most adults will experience lower back pain sometime during their lifetime. The good news is you can usually prevent or reduce the pain yourself.
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Commonly Used Pain Medications Do Not Prevent Alzheimers Disease
• Drug News • • Neurology • • Pain • Apr 25 07
Over-the-counter pain medication naproxen and prescription pain reliever celecoxib do not prevent Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published April 25, 2007, in the…
Ibuprofen puts high risk cardiac patients at risk
• Arthritis • • Drug Abuse • • Heart • • Pain • Apr 05 07
Doctors who treat the painful condition of osteoarthritis in patients with increased cardiovascular risk need to be cautious. A team lead by researchers…
Arthritis pain, the brain and the role of emotions
• Arthritis • • Brain • • Pain • Mar 28 07
Arthritis pain is processed in brain areas concerned with emotions and fear, finds study, indicating target for pain-relieving therapies
How does the brain process…
Sleep pillow plus exercise best for neck pain
• Arthritis • • Pain • Feb 07 07
Sleeping with a neck support pillow and doing neck exercises can help ease chronic neck pain, Canadian researchers report.
“Our results indicate that subjects…
Opioid use at end of life does not hasten death
• Drug Abuse • • Pain • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 29 07
Effective use of opioids to control pain around the time of death does not appear to hasten death, contrary to general beliefs.
“Hospice providers,…
Multipronged strategy subdues cancer pain
• Cancer • • Pain • Dec 28 06
For most patients with advanced cancer, pain can be controlled when it is approached by specialists with different areas of expertise, according to report…
Genetic Mechanism Helps Explain Chronic Pain Disorders
• Genetics • • Pain • Dec 25 06
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered that commonly occurring variations of a gene trigger a domino effect in…
The Pain from Fibromyalgia Is Real, Researchers Say
• Pain • Nov 28 06
Many people with fibromyalgia - a debilitating pain syndrome that affects 2 to 4 percent of the population - have faced the question of…
Scientists use pixels to ease amputees’ pain
• Pain • Nov 14 06
Academics from the School of Computer Science and School of Psychological Sciences have developed a virtual reality system, which gives the illusion that a…
New Kid on the Block for Pain Relief?
• Pain • Nov 08 06
Antioxidant-based pain killers may one day become a viable alternative to addictive medications such as morphine.
Researchers found that synthetic antioxidants practically eradicated pain-like…
Most drug OD deaths due to potent painkillers
• Pain • Jul 26 06
The most common drugs involved in fatal overdoses listed on death certificates are prescription opioid painkillers, often obtained illicitly, investigators report.
The worsening abuse…
Cherry juice may help ease the pain of sore muscles
• Pain • Jul 04 06
Drinking a glass of cherry juice after exercising may help ease those aching muscles, hint results of a small study funded by Cherrypharm Inc.
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Chronic, Phantom Pain Is from Affected Nerve Not Brain
• Pain • Jun 06 06
By some accounts, chronic pain affects nearly 100 million Americans from such varied causes as arthritis, sciatica, cancer, diabetes. Most forms of pain result…
Antiviral Drugs May Help Relieve Nerve Pain Related to Shingles
• Pain • May 09 06
A small trial suggests that treatment with intravenous and oral antiviral medications may reduce the nerve pain that occurs following shingles, according to a…
Forearm support reduces pain linked to computer use
• Pain • Apr 21 06
Providing forearm support is an effective way to prevent musculoskeletal disorders of the upper body and helps reduce upper body pain associated with computer…
Music Quiets Pain After Surgery
• Pain • Apr 19 06
Medication is the best, first choice to treat pain following surgery, but music may be a good complement to pain-relief drugs, according to a…
Researchers suggest drug could block metastasis or reduce pain for bone cancer patients
• Pain • Apr 13 06
An international research team has identified what may be a critical molecule in the ability of tumours to metastasize - or spread - into…
Study shows premature babies can feel pain
• Pain • Apr 05 06
Premature babies can actually feel pain and are not just displaying a reflex reaction to a stimulus, a team of doctors and scientists said…
Student-Led Research Suggests Video Games Play Role in Pain Relief
• Pain • Mar 29 06
A group of Wheeling Jesuit University undergraduate students report that playing sports and fighting video games produces a dramatic level of pain distraction.
“Our…
Pain patients often suffer in silence
• Pain • Feb 25 06
More than 20 percent of patients with chronic pain do not seek physician care for their pain, according to a report.
“We need to…
Morphine nasal spray relieves postop pain: study
• Pain • Feb 24 06
An intranasal form of morphine (Rylomine, Javelin Pharmaceuticals) provides similar pain relief, is easier to administer, and is as safe as intravenous morphine in…
Itopride effective for abdominal pain
• Pain • Feb 23 06
Treatment with itopride can reduce the pain and fullness associated with functional dyspepsia, also referred to as indigestion, according to the results of a…
20 percent of people with chronic pain do not seek help
• Pain • Feb 14 06
A Rochester-based study has found more than 20 percent of people with chronic pain did not seek physician help for their pain. The study…