News tagged with pain relief
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A new study shows how to boost the power of pain relief, without drugs
(Medical Xpress) -- Placebos reduce pain by creating an expectation of relief. Distraction—say, doing a puzzle—relieves it by keeping the brain busy. But do they use the same brain processes? Neuromaging suggests ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Different methods can reduce hospital fear in children
Undergoing surgery can be a terrifying experience for a child. But stress and fear, and the use of pain relief after the procedure, can be reduced with simple means: drawings, continuity and dialogue. This ...
Dec 20, 2011 |
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First study to reveal how paracetamol works could lead to less harmful pain relief medicines
Researchers at King's College London have discovered how one of the most common household painkillers works, which could pave the way for less harmful pain relief medications to be developed in the future.
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Researchers block morphine's itchy side effect
Itching is one of the most prevalent side effects of powerful, pain-killing drugs like morphine, oxycodone and other opioids. The opiate-associated itch is so common that even women who get epidurals for labor ...
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Pain characteristics suggest higher benefit from gallbladder surgery
According to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, better understanding of a patient's abdominal pain could help physicians know which patients will benefit most from surgical removal of the gallbladder. Clinic ...
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Bone-strengthening drug gives pain relief in prostate cancer bone metastases
Stockholm, Sweden: Many prostate cancer patients develop bone metastases, and controlling the pain these cause can be difficult. Now the first large randomised Phase III trial of a bisphosphonate drug in these patients has ...
Sep 25, 2011 |
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Chronic vulvar pain a reality for more than 100,000 women in southeast Michigan
For more than 100,000 area women, chronic vulvar pain (pain at the opening to the vagina) is so severe it makes intercourse, and sometimes sitting for long periods of time, painful, if not impossible.
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Pain relief can now be based on solid evidence
A Cochrane Review of data relating to about 45,000 patients involved in approximately 350 individual studies has provided an evaluation of the effect you can expect to get if you take commonly used painkillers at specific ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Lawson scientist presents joint pain treatment 2.0
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, affecting roughly 10% of Canadians. This degradation of the joints is painful and crippling, especially when it affects the knee. Although there are viable OA treatment ...
Aug 09, 2011 |
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Scottish data highlight dangerous practice in pediatric paracetamol prescribing
Many of the prescriptions issued by GPs for paracetamol either give less than recommended doses to older children or exceed recommended doses in young children. Under-dosing may result in insufficient pain relief and over-dosing ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 19, 2011 |
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Vibration helps reduces pain in chronic sufferers, researchers find
Rubbing or massaging is often an instinctive response to pain. Now researchers have found that another kind of touch, vibration, can also help reduce certain types of pain by more than 40 percent. The researchers are encouraged ...
Mar 23, 2011 |
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Better think positive: Pessimism can block therapy
Spine surgeon Anders Cohen puts a lot of stock in patients' expectations of pain relief. He prefers to operate only on those who "grab you by the collar and say, `I can't take it anymore.'"
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Expecting the best, fearing the worst with placebo effect
(PhysOrg.com) -- Poor expectations of treatment can override all the effect of a potent pain-relieving drug, a brain imaging study at Oxford University has shown.
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Under suspicion: The painkiller ziconotide could increase suicidal ideation
The active agent ziconotide, the synthetic toxin of the cone snail (Conus magus), was acclaimed a safe alternative to morphine when it was introduced six years ago. Now it is increasingly suspected of causing patients to com ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Inhaling nitric oxide eases pain crises in sickle cell patients
Inhaling nitric oxide appears to safely and effectively reduce pain crises in adults with sickle cell disease, researchers report.
Oct 19, 2010 |
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