News tagged with facial pain

New method of infant pain assessment

Recently, the accuracy of current methods of pain assessment in babies have been called into question. New research from London-area hospitals and the University of Oxford measures brain activity in infants to better understand ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sugar for newborns does not relieve pain: study

Contrary to international guidelines, sugar given to newborn babies does not ease pain, according to a study published on Thursday by The Lancet.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists create mouse grimace scale to help identify pain in humans and animals

A new study by researchers from McGill University and the University of British Columbia shows that mice, like humans, express pain through facial expressions.

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Endoscopic surgery effectively relieves sinusitis symptoms; large pooled study

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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




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UGA discovery uses 'fracture putty' to repair broken bone in days

Broken bones in humans and animals are painful and often take months to heal. Studies conducted in part by University of Georgia Regenerative Bioscience Center researchers show promise to significantly shorten the healing ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Neurons from stem cells could replace mice in botulinum test

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using lab-grown human neurons, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised an effective assay for detecting botulinum neurotoxin, the agent widely used to cosmetically smooth the wrinkles ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Traumatic to be on a ventilator treatment while conscious

More and more people being cared for on ventilators are conscious during the treatment, but what is it like to be fully conscious without being able to communicate with the world around you? A thesis from ...

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created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cyberknife radiation relieves stabbing pain of facial nerve condition

A technique that delivers highly focused beams of radiation, known as Cyberknife, can relieve the stabbing pain of the facial nerve condition trigeminal neuralgia, indicates a small study published online in the Journal of ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Improved technology may obviate need for drug when assessing patients for a coronary stent

A new method for measuring narrowing in the arteries of the heart may allow patients to be assessed for a stent without having to take a drug with unpleasant side effects.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Engineered botulism toxins could have broader role in medicine

already used medically in small doses to treat certain nerve disorders and facial wrinkles — could be re-engineered for an expanded role in helping millions of people with rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

First large-scale study of pain reveals risk factors

Millions of Americans are affected by painful jaw problems known as TMD, temporomandibular disorders, but predicting who is at risk has been extremely difficult.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Charging toward better neural implants

Electrical implants that shut down excessive activity in brain cells hold great potential for treating epilepsy and chronic pain. Likewise, devices that enhance neurons’ activity may help restore function ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fixed appliances best and cheapest

Society could save millions of crowns each year if more children were fitted with fixed appliances. This is shown in unique studies performed by Sofia Petrén, a dentist and orthodontic specialist at the Department of ...

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created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Few health problems are caused by vaccines, report finds

An analysis of more than 1,000 research articles concluded that few health problems are caused by or clearly associated with vaccines. A committee of experts convened by the Institute of Medicine to review the scientific ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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