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Chronic pain in parents appears associated with chronic pain

Written by | 25 Feb 2013

Chronic pain in parents appears to be associated with chronic nonspecific pain and chronic multisite pain in adolescents and young adults, according to a study.

Children with higher intelligence less likely to report chronic widespread pain in adulthood

Written by | 25 Feb 2013

A UK-based study team has determined that there is a correlation between childhood intelligence and chronic widespread pain (CWP) in adulthood, according to a new study.

Amoxicillin appears to be ineffective for cough

Written by | 12 Feb 2013

Taken from The Lancet – by Bruce Sylvester – Patients with cough treated with amoxicillin do not recover significantly more quickly or have significantly fewer symptoms than other… read more.

More sleep appears to lower pain sensitivity

Written by | 5 Feb 2013

A study a appearing in the December, 2012 issue of the journal SLEEP suggests that more nightly sleep in mildly sleepy, healthy adults can increase daytime alertness and,… read more.

Treatment for moderate pain

Written by | 30 Jan 2013

This article has been initiated, funded and reviewed by Mercury Pharma.  The management of moderate pain can be a challenge as it calls for more than simple analgesics… read more.

Controlling spine metastases with tumour ‘separation surgery’ and high-dose stereotactic radiosurgery

Written by | 24 Jan 2013

Safe and effective – Researchers have found that tumour “separation surgery” followed by high-dose hypofractionated stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) or high-dose single-fraction SRS is safe and effective in controlling… read more.

Discovery could eventually help diagnose and treat chronic pain

Written by | 10 Jan 2013

The image (below), from a Brigham and Women’s Hospital study, shows the Default Mode Network in patients with chronic low back pain (cLBP) and in healthy subjects (CONTROLS)… read more.

World’s largest respiratory genetics study launches on World COPD Day

Written by | 21 Dec 2012

Researchers from the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester are leading the largest ever study of the genetics relating to lung disease.

Testing pain killers on humans could save money and speed the arrival of new drugs

Written by | 21 Dec 2012

Deliberately inflicting carefully controlled painful stimuli on human volunteers and seeing how well specific drugs reduce the feeling of pain can be an effective way of testing new… read more.

Social contact can ease pain related to nerve damage, animal study suggests

Written by | 21 Dec 2012

Companionship has the potential to reduce pain linked to nerve damage, according to a new study.

Putting a block on neuropathic pain before it starts

Written by | 21 Dec 2012

Liposomes packed with local anesthetic could block the nerve signals that reprogram pain centers and cause chronic, debilitating pain.

New mobile app helps migraine sufferers track and analyze pain

Written by | 21 Dec 2012

A new iPhone app developed at the University of Michigan lets migraine or facial pain patients easily track and record their pain, which in turn helps the treating… read more.

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