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Marine oil supplement has positive effects on post-exercise muscle damage
• Food & Nutrition • • Neurology • • Pain • Feb 24 15
An Indiana University study has revealed that there may be a greater connection between mussels and muscles than previously thought.
Neck pain can be changed through altered visual feedback
• Neurology • • Pain • Feb 19 15
Using virtual reality to misrepresent how far the neck is turned can actually change pain experiences in individuals who suffer from chronic neck pain,…
A bodyguard for your ears
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Pain • Feb 18 15
Our hearing has a secret bodyguard, a newly discovered connection from the cochlea to the brain that warns of intense incoming noise that causes…
Pain brain regions also active during female orgasm
• Gender: Female • • Pain • • Sexual Health • Feb 11 15
What happens in the female brain during an orgasm? It certainly doesn’t lie back and think of England, as the saying goes. In fact…
Acute psychological stress reduces ability to withstand physical pain
• Neurology • • Pain • Feb 05 15
Traffic slows to a crawl, then a stop. You are trapped in a bottleneck nightmare, and late for a meeting. The stress takes a…
Opioid and heroin crisis triggered by doctors overprescribing painkillers
• Drug Abuse • • Pain • Feb 04 15
According to researchers at Brandeis University, the University of North Florida and Johns Hopkins University, policymakers must look beyond painkiller abuse, also called non-medical…
In infants, pain from vaccinations shows up in brain activity
• Brain • • Immunology • • Pain • Jan 26 15
Infants show distinct, consistent patterns of brain activity in response to painful vaccinations, reports a study in the February issue of PAIN®, the official…
Researchers make breakthrough on new anesthetics
• Drug News • • Pain • Jan 20 15
For the first time since the 1970s, researchers are on the verge of developing a new class of anesthetics. According to a study published…
Comparing analgesic effect of manual vs laser acupuncture for lateral epicondylalgia
• Neurology • • Pain • Dec 29 14
A team of researchers from China Medical University and Da-Chien General Hospital in Taiwan (R.O.C.) recently compared the analgesic effect of laser acupuncture and…
Pain Complaints, Opioid Use Higher With Epilepsy
• Epilepsy • • Pain • Dec 08 14
Individuals with epilepsy had insurance claims for opioid prescriptions and diagnoses of painful conditions that were substantially more common than in a control group…
Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood worsens musculoskeletal pain outcomes after trauma
• Neurology • • Pain • Sep 18 14
Individuals living in disadvantaged neighborhoods have worse musculoskeletal pain outcomes over time after stressful events such as motor vehicle collision than individuals from…
Pain tolerance levels between men and women are similar
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • • Pain • Sep 10 14
Resilience, a person’s ability to overcome adverse circumstances, is the main quality associated with pain tolerance among patients and their adjustment to chronic pain.…
Knee surgery shows no benefit for people with mild osteoarthritis
• Arthritis • • Pain • Aug 25 14
A new study indicates that there is no apparent benefit to arthroscopic knee surgery for age-related tears of the meniscus in comparison with nonsurgical…
From happiness to pain: Understanding serotonin’s function
• Neurology • • Pain • Aug 23 14
In a study published today (August 22nd), in the scientific journal PLoS One, researchers at the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme establish the effect of serotonin…
Vegan Diet Eases Diabetic Neuropathy Pain
• Dieting • • Pain • Aug 22 14
A plant-based diet may help relieve diabetic nerve pain, according to a randomized trial presented here.
In the 15-patient DINE study, patients with…
Paracetamol no better than placebo for low back pain, study finds
• Backache • • Pain • Jul 24 14
Paracetamol, a painkiller universally recommended to treat people with acute low back pain, does not speed recovery or reduce pain from the condition,…
Controlling childbirth pain tied to lower depression risk
• Childbirth • • Depression • • Pain • Jul 23 14
Controlling pain during childbirth and post delivery may reduce the risk of postpartum depression, writes Katherine Wisner, M.D., a Northwestern Medicine® perinatal psychiatrist, in…
Low back pain? Don’t blame the weather
• Backache • • Pain • Jul 10 14
Australian researchers reveal that sudden, acute episodes of low back pain are not linked to weather conditions such as temperature, humidity, air pressure, wind…
Discovery of a new means to erase pain
• Pain • Jul 09 14
A study published in the scientific journal Nature Neuroscience by Yves De Koninck and Robert Bonin, two researchers at Université Laval, reveals that…
Causes of serious pain syndrome closer to discovery
• Pain • Jul 02 14
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have taken a major step forward in understanding the causes of a disorder which causes chronic pain in…
Patients report high satisfaction with pain treatment
• Pain • Apr 27 14
An international research group with members from the University of Basel, several EU countries, Israel and the USA, analyzed patient satisfaction with pain treatment…
Low tolerance for pain? The reason may be in your genes
• Pain • Apr 21 14
Researchers may have identified key genes linked to why some people have a higher tolerance for pain than others, according to a study released…
U.S. OKs overdose treatment to fight spike in painkiller deaths
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Pain • Apr 03 14
U.S. regulators on Thursday approved a painkiller overdose treatment in a portable device that will allow people without medical training to use in emergency…
FDA chief defends new pain drug despite worries about abuse
• Drug News • • Pain • Mar 13 14
The head of the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday defended the agency’s approval of Zohydro, a powerful prescription opioid made by Zogenix Inc,…
At-Home Exercise Helps After Hip Break: study
• Backache • • Pain • Feb 20 14
Simple at-home exercises could help seniors regain mobility and independence after recovering from a broken hip, according to a new study.