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  New drug reduces chronic pain in shingles

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 3 Mar 2014

  A new drug treatment has been found to be effective against chronic pain caused by nerve damage, also known as neuropathic pain, in patients who have had shingles.

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  New pain target for bacterial infections

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 28 Feb 2014

  Components in the outer wall of bacteria directly activate pain sensors, triggering immediate pain and inflammatory responses. This finding by a multinational team sheds new light on pain… read more.

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  Sedation before nerve block increases risk, not pain relief

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 27 Feb 2014

  New research suggests that sedating patients before a nerve block needed to diagnose or treat chronic pain increases costs, risks and unnecessary surgeries, and sedation does nothing to… read more.

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  Restless sleep cause pain in elderly?

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 26 Feb 2014

  Researchers in the U.K. report that non-restorative sleep is the strongest, independent predictor of widespread pain onset among adults over the age of 50.

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  Breastfeeding reduce pain in preterms?

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 25 Feb 2014

  Effects evaluated in new study published in PAIN.  Poorly managed pain in the neonatal intensive care unit has serious short- and long-term consequences, causing physiological and behavioural instability… read more.

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  New blood cells fight MS brain inflammation

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 24 Feb 2014

  Hyperactivity of our immune system can cause a state of chronic inflammation. If chronic, the inflammation will affect our body and result in disease. In the devastating disease… read more.

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  Buprenorphine effective in all elderly age groups

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 21 Feb 2014

  A recent pharmacokinetic study with buprenorphine transdermal patches showed similar systemic exposures of buprenorphine in subjects aged 75 and 50–60 years. The current prospective, open-label study aimed to… read more.

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  Rejuvenate stem cell population enables muscle recovery

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 20 Feb 2014

  Researchers have pinpointed why normal aging is accompanied by a diminished ability to regain strength and mobility after muscle injury: Over time, stem cells within muscle tissues dedicated… read more.

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  Cell therapy shows ability to fight cancer

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 19 Feb 2014

  Genetically modified T cells induced complete remissions in 88 percent of advanced leukemia patients treated.  Investigators have reported more encouraging news about one of the most exciting methods… read more.

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  Press Release: One-quarter of high risk patients denied anticoagulation after AF ablation

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 18 Feb 2014

  Very good long-term results for Atrial Fibrillation catheter ablation across Europe.  Sophia Antipolis, 18 February 2014: One-quarter of high risk patients do not receive anticoagulants after ablation of… read more.

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  Muscles from fishing line and sewing thread

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 18 Feb 2014

  Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have created artificial muscles by twisting and coiling ordinary fishing line.  University of Texas researchers and their international collaborators have… read more.

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  Flu evolution may change history books

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 17 Feb 2014

  A new study reconstructing the evolutionary tree of flu viruses challenges conventional wisdom and solves some of the mysteries surrounding flu outbreaks of historical significance