News tagged with facial pain


Endoscopic surgery effectively relieves sinusitis symptoms; large pooled study

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Endoscopic sinus surgery can significantly relieve symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis - inflammation of the sinus cavities - according to a research team, led by a Georgetown physician, which conducted the first large-scale ...





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Pain automatically activates facial muscle groups

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 27, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A study has found that people who facially express pain in a more intense way are not exaggerating if their perception of a painful stimulation is controlled. The study conducted by Miriam Kunz is published in the November ...


Better tools needed for assessing infant pain

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created Jun 24, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Currently used pain assessment tools may be underestimating the pain response in infants according to a study published in the open access journal PLoS Medicine this week. Dr Slater and colleagues (University College London ...


New technique for injectable facial fillers improves comfort, recovery

New technique for injectable facial fillers improves comfort, recovery

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created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Less pain during injections for wrinkle-fighting facial fillers. Less swelling afterward. Less time in the office waiting for anesthesia to take effect.


Pretermers bounce back from pain with a cuddle

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created Apr 24, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research published today in the open access journal BMC Pediatrics suggests that very preterm babies, born between 28 and 31 weeks, could benefit from skin-to-skin cuddling with their mother before and during painful proced ...


Researchers identify better laser for treating facial spider veins

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created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have concluded that the 940nm wavelength laser is superior for treating facial spider veins (telangiectasias) as compared to the 532nm wavelength ...


I feel your pain: Neural mechanisms of empathy

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created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Is it possible to share a pain that you observe in another but have never actually experienced yourself? A new study uses a sophisticated brain-imaging technique to try and answer this question. The research, published by ...


Women veterans less likely to report pain than male counterparts

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created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the first study to look at sex-specific pain prevalence in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans, researchers from the VA Connecticut Healthcare System and the Yale University School of ...


Infants' pain response to immunization varies based on which vaccine is first

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created May 04, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Infants who receive the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) following the combination vaccine for diphtheria, polio, tetanus, pertussis and Haemophilus influenzae type b (DPTaP-Hib vaccine) appear to experience less pain ...


Seeing is relieving: New hope for chronic pain sufferers

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An f1000 evaluation examines how pain relief improves greatly when the sufferer can actually see the area where the pain is occurring.


Improving security with face recognition technology

Improving security with face recognition technology

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A number of U.S. states now use facial recognition technology when issuing drivers licenses. Similar methods are also used to grant access to buildings and to verify the identities of international travelers. ...



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