News tagged with pain symptoms

Physically abused children report higher levels of psychosomatic symptoms

Children who display multiple psychosomatic symptoms, such as regular aches and pains and sleep and appetite problems, are more than twice as likely to be experiencing physical abuse at home than children who do not display ...

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created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Marijuana use associated with cyclic vomiting syndrome in young males

Researchers have found clear associations between marijuana use in young males and cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS), where patients experience episodes of vomiting separated by symptom free intervals.

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created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 11

Women with celiac disease suffer from depression, disordered eating

(Medical Xpress) -- Women with celiac disease -- an autoimmune disorder associatedwith a negative reaction to eating gluten -- are more likely than the general population to report symptoms of depression and disordered eating, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A third of women with secondary breast cancer are needlessly living in pain, research shows

(Medical Xpress) -- New research released today by Breast Cancer Care and the University of Southampton reveals that more than a third (34 per cent) of women with secondary breast cancer are unnecessarily living with uncontrolled ...

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created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find anti-depressants reduce pain in opioid-dependent patients

In what is believed to be the first study of its kind to demonstrate an association between the antidepressant escitalopram and improved general pain, researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), have found ...

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created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

Just one drink per day for women -- two for men -- could lead to small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and subsequently cause gastrointestinal symptoms like bloating, gas, abdominal pain, constipation and diarrhea, ...

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created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Raising awareness about Sjogren's syndrome

Oakland, Calif., physician Sarah Schafer is a trim woman with robust color in her cheeks, bright blue eyes and a pleasant smile. She is the outward picture of health - an image that doesn't begin to tell the inside story.

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created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 ...

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created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mothers with breastfeeding difficulties more likely to suffer postpartum depression

Women who have breastfeeding difficulties in the first two weeks after giving birth are more likely to suffer postpartum depression two months later compared to women without such difficulties.

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created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Supply of hospice services strongly associated with local area's median household income

Wealth, population size, race and age associate with the supply of hospice care available in a county, according to a study published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management this month.

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created May 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Poor sleep quality is associated with greater disability in rheumatoid arthritis patients

A study in the Feb. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that poor sleep quality correlated with higher levels of depressive symptoms, greater pain severity, increased fatigue, and greater functional disabi ...

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created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The end of chronic pain

Patients with constant pain symptoms and extreme fear of this pain can be treated effectively by repeatedly exposing them to 'scary' situations. This is the conclusion of Dutch researcher Jeroen de Jong. Patients with pain ...

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created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Abused children more likely to suffer unexplained abdominal pain, nausea or vomiting

Children who have been abused psychologically, physically or sexually are more likely to suffer unexplained abdominal pain and nausea or vomiting than children who have not been abused, a study led by University of North ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0