News tagged with pain killer
Use of opioid painkillers for abdominal pain has more than doubled
Across U.S. outpatient clinics between 1997 and 2008, opioid prescriptions for chronic abdominal pain more than doubled, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of the Am ...
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Nov 29, 2011 |
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Discovery may help fight late-stage ovarian cancer
A potential breakthrough in treating late-stage ovarian cancer has come from University of Guelph researchers who have discovered a peptide that shrinks advanced tumours and improves survival rates for this deadly but often ...
Nov 16, 2011 |
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For wounded Marines, a 'lollipop' to ease pain
US Marines badly wounded in Afghanistan may get a "lollipop" with a powerful pain killer from now on instead of the traditional shot of morphine, a Marine Corps spokesman said Tuesday.
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Nov 01, 2011 |
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Non-cocaine, topical anaesthetics can kill pain when repairing skin wounds
While some pain killers need to be injected into the damaged tissue in order to work, topical anaesthetics only need to be spread on the surface. The earliest examples of "topical" anaesthetics contained cocaine, but now ...
Jul 27, 2011 |
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UK doctor admits he helped patients die
(AP) -- A British doctor who admitted shortening the lives of nearly 20 patients - including his own son - may yet face charges, British investigators said Saturday.
Jun 21, 2010 |
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Spider secrets decoded in world-first database
(PhysOrg.com) -- Queensland scientists have developed a world-first database that catalogues the venom components from hundreds of spiders.
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Common Pain Relievers May Dilute Power of Flu Shots
(PhysOrg.com) -- With flu vaccination season in full swing, research from the University of Rochester Medical Center cautions that use of many common pain killers - Advil, Tylenol, aspirin - at the time of injection may blunt ...
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Nov 03, 2009 |
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New treatment method reduces pain in patients with vertebral compression fractures
Vesselplasty, a new minimally invasive procedure, increases mobility and reduces pain and the need for pain killers in patients with vertebral compression fractures (VCFs), according to a study performed at the Hospital Universitario ...
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Researchers show how morphine can be given more effectively
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have found a way to maintain the pain-killing qualities of morphine over an extended period of time, thus providing a solution for the problem of having to administer increasing ...
Apr 27, 2009 |
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