News tagged with pain intensity
Women report feeling pain more intensely than men: study
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 ...
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Can breastfeeding reduce pain in preterm infants?
Poorly managed pain in the neonatal intensive care unit has serious short- and long-term consequences, causing physiological and behavioral instability in preterm infants and long-term changes in their pain sensitivity, stress ...
Oct 19, 2011 |
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We discount the pain of people we don't like
If a patient is not likeable, will he or she be taken less seriously when exhibiting or complaining about pain? Reporting in the October 2011 issue of Pain, researchers have found that observers of patients estimate lower ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 03, 2011 |
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The 'disinhibited' brain
The Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), also known as Morbus Sudeck, is characterised by "disinhibition" of various sensory and motor areas in the brain. A multidisciplinary Bochum-based research group, led by Prof. Dr. ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Yoga boosts stress-busting hormone, reduces pain
A new study by York University researchers finds that practicing yoga reduces the physical and psychological symptoms of chronic pain in women with fibromyalgia.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 27, 2011 |
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Smoked cannabis reduces chronic pain
For people suffering chronic pain, smoked cannabis reduces pain, improves mood and helps sleep, according to new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Aug 30, 2010 |
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Resting brain activity associated with spontaneous fibromyalgia pain
A recent study from researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and University of Michigan provides the first direct evidence of linkage between elevated intrinsic (resting-state) brain connectivity and spontaneous pain ...
Jul 29, 2010 |
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Overtreated: More medical care isn't always better
(AP) -- More medical care won't necessarily make you healthier - it may make you sicker. It's an idea that technology-loving Americans find hard to believe.
Jun 07, 2010 |
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Premature babies become more sensitive to pain in later life
(PhysOrg.com) -- Premature babies who undergo painful treatments whilst in intensive care become more sensitive to pain compared to healthy newborns, according to new research by scientists at UCL (University ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 10, 2010 |
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High systolic BP in patients with chest pain linked with favorable prognosis
New research finds that there is an inverse association between the level of supine (lying face up) systolic blood pressure measured on admission to an intensive care unit for acute chest pain and risk of death at one year, ...
Mar 23, 2010 |
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Warmer is better: Research suggests sickle cell-related pain intensifies during seasonably colder weather
(PhysOrg.com) -- The debilitating pain experienced by people with sickle cell disease becomes more intense when temperatures drop in the fall and winter months, according to a multi-center study led by a Virginia Commonwealth ...
Jan 26, 2010 |
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Barrow researcher reports that slow breathing reduces pain
Research performed by a scientist at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has shown that controlled breathing at a slowed rate can significantly reduce feelings of pain.
Jan 20, 2010 |
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Program helps improve management of chronic pain
Patients with chronic pain who took part in a collaborative care intervention that included patient and clinician education and symptom monitoring and feedback to the primary care physician had improvements in pain-related ...
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Study tests reliability of more accurate measure of patient pain
A new study appearing in Pain Practice successfully established the reliability a newly developed device for assessing pain. This device is called the continuous pain score meter (CPSM). It enables continuous real time p ...
Mar 09, 2009 |
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