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Antidepressants should be first-line approach for nerve tissue pain
New reviews of previous studies confirm that older-style antidepressants, as well as anticonvulsant drugs, can help ease the disabling pain caused by nerve tissue damage... click link for more info.
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All About Back Pain
Back pain is one of the most common ailments people endure and is one of the most frequent reasons for visits to the chiropractor or orthopedic doctor... click link for more info.
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High Health and Productivity Impact of Pain in the Workforce
Approximately 30 percent of corporate employees have problems with pain, which are linked to reductions in health, work performance, and productivity, reports a study in the July Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)... click link for more info.
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FDA Asks Purdue Pharma to Withdraw Palladone for Safety Reasons
After acquiring new information that serious and potentially fatal adverse reactions can occur when Palladone (hydromorphone hydrochloride) extended release capsules are taken together with alcohol, the U... click link for more info.
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Understanding and Diagnosing an Inherited Pain Syndrome
Yale School of Medicine researchers report the first demonstration that a single mutation in a human sodium channel gene can trigger pain in people with an inherited pain syndrome known as primary erythromelalgia, according to a study published this month in the journal Brain... click link for more info.
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Instant Heatpacks Deliver Pain Relief Directly to the Affected Area, Whether Sports Injury, Strain, Sprain or Arthritis
Harnessing the power of 'super cooled liquids', BenTasha Re-Useable Instant Heatpacks contain sodium acetate and water... click link for more info.
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Consumers Deserve Some Back Pain Relief Answers - And It's Available to Everyone for Free
This new health information book is the latest back pain research updated in a PDF eBook ... click link for more info.
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Chronic Back Pain - a Thing of the Past with Ergonomics
Ergonomics Expert and founder of ErgoPro, Inc Wendy Young, is eliminating Repetitive Stress Injuries, one office worker at a time... click link for more info.
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Report describes potential problem with new drug for seizures, pain
A report in the July Annals of Neurology describes a serious adverse event experienced by a participant in a clinical trial that may raise a new caution about the use of antiepileptic drugs for conditions other than epilepsy... click link for more info.
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Acupuncture No Better for Fibromyalgia than Sham Acupuncture
A 12-week study of 100 people with fibromyalgia compared true acupuncture therapy with three forms of sham or fake acupuncture and found that patients who received true acupuncture had no better pain relief than those who received the sham therapies (Article, p... click link for more info.
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Children in chronic pain need better support, say researchers
One in fifty children and adolescents live with severely debilitating and recurrent pain but there is an 'embarrassing' lack of data on the best ways to treat them, according to researchers... click link for more info.
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Women feel pain more than men, research shows
Women feel pain more than men despite the popular notion that the opposite is true, according to research... click link for more info.
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Wrapping Radiation Around Spine to Provide Cancer Pain Relief, Jefferson Neurosurgeons, Radiation Oncologists
Using the most advanced radiation technology currently available in the region, neurosurgeons and radiation oncologists at the Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia have for the first time wrapped beams of radiation around a patient's spine, relieving pain from several cancerous tumors there while avoiding the spinal cord... click link for more info.
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Outdated Regulations Across Europe Hinder Appropriate Access to Opioid Medications for Pain
Disparate and outdated Government policies and regulations on the use and prescription of opioids contribute to the inadequate treatment of pain across Europe, according to a new report, presented to the members of the European Parliament today... click link for more info.
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Painkillers and Heart Attacks, Statement from the Congress of the European League against Rheumatism
Speaking at the annual European conference of rheumatology, EULAR 2005, in Vienna, Austria, today (Friday 10 June 2005), Dr... click link for more info.
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Molecular miners find pain relief drugs from the sea
A cone snail toxin discovered by Melbourne researchers has proven to have great potential for easing pain and could provide an improved treatment for neuropathic pain associated with diabetes... click link for more info.
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Acetaminophen Provides Pain Relief Equal to Ibuprofen in Treatment of Ankle Sprains
The first study comparing acetaminophen against ibuprofen in alleviating the pain associated with ankle sprains shows that acetaminophen, the active ingredient in TYLENOL® (acetaminophen), offers relief comparable to that provided by over-the-counter doses of ibuprofen, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) commonly used to reduce the pain of sprains... click link for more info.
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Scientists use gene transfer technology and common virus to block neuropathic pain
Remember how it felt the last time you burned your finger on a hot stove? Imagine what it's like to have that burning pain in your hands or feet all the time and know there's virtually nothing you can do about it... click link for more info.
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Hispanics Less Likely To Seek Professional Treatment for Chronic Pain, Study Finds, USA
Seventy percent of Hispanics who have chronic pain reported seeing a doctor for the condition within the past three months, compared with 84% of whites and 85% of blacks, according to the results of a survey published last week in the... click link for more info.
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Patients with Severe Neck Pain Need Better Treatment, UK
Brunel University calls for national guidelines to ease misery of UK's estimated 19 million neck pain sufferers - Current clinical treatment for severe neck pain prolongs distress and results in unnecessary sick leave, according to a study from Brunel University... click link for more info.
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Exercise Programme as Beneficial as Spinal Surgery in Treating Lower Back Pain, MRC Study
The largest ever clinical trial of surgery versus exercise treatments for chronic low back pain has found that patients may obtain as much benefit from an intense physical exercise programme as from spinal surgery... click link for more info.
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Narcotic drugs effective for severe, chronic pain in older patients
Narcotic medications can safely and effectively ease severe, chronic pain in older people with little risk that these patients will seek ever-increasing doses, UCSF medical scientists have found... click link for more info.
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Fibromyalgia patients may benefit from cough remedy, UF study finds
Dextromethorphan, an over-the-counter medication that silences coughs, may help fibromyalgia patients quiet over-reacting nerves that amplify ordinary touches into agony... click link for more info.
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New method evaluates bending stiffness during treatment for low back pain
This study develops a method of measuring the bending stiffness of the spine when subjected to posteroanterior mobilization force, a popular treatment for low back pain... click link for more info.
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Aerobic exercise offers relief from low back pain
This study examines whether individuals with chronic low back pain demonstrate exercise-induced pain reduction... click link for more info.
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Weak back muscles related to low back pain in people with amputations
This study compares the physical and functional impairments of individuals with lower-limb amputation (LLA) with and without low back pain... click link for more info.
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Back muscle activation imbalances difficult to assess in low back pain patients
This study tests the use of electromyographic (EMG) contralateral imbalances (differences in left and right back muscle use) to measure back muscle impairment... click link for more info.
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Is your pain medication safe?
With recent news associating certain pain medications with increased heart attack risks, it's a good time to discuss pain medication options with your doctor... click link for more info.
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NIH funding helps PNNL researchers
Two National Institutes of Health grants, totaling nearly $3 million, aim to alleviate painful conditions that affect millions of Americans... click link for more info.
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Low-Level Heat Wrap Therapy Can Significantly Reduce Acute Low Back Pain, Study
A new study released today supportsthat continuous low-level heat wrap therapy (CLHT) can significantly reduceacute low back pain and improve functional outcomes in patients who use CLHTwith exercise as compared to those who do not... click link for more info.
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Many Americans suffering from physical pain, more than half the population
More than half of all Americans are limping through life these days with the aggravation of on-again, off-again pain or the utter misery of hard-to-treat chronic pain... click link for more info.
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Emerging Lifestyle of Pain In America, New Survey Reveals
Seventy-two percent of people with chronic pain have lived with it for more than three years, including a third (34 percent) who have lived with pain for more than a decade, according to results from the Americans Living with Pain Survey (ALPS), designed to uncover insights regarding attitudes and perceptions about chronic pain... click link for more info.
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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Affects More Than Twice as Many Women as Men
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome(CRPS), also known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome (RSD), is acomplex and poorly understood neurological syndrome characterized by severepain... click link for more info.
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Morphine for chest pain increases death risk
While patients hospitalized for a heart attack have long been treated with morphine to relieve chest pain, an analysis by researchers from the Duke Clinical Research Institute has shown that these patients have almost a 50 percent higher risk of dying... click link for more info.
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Treat depression and chronic pain separately, U-M researchers say
The two conditions often go together but should not just be treated with antidepressants alone, study finds - Depression often causes a duet of anguish among people already suffering from chronic pain... click link for more info.
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Shingles and Shingles-Associated Nerve Pain, ZOSTAVAX™ Submitted to FDA for Biologics Licence
Merck & Co, Inc announced today that it has submitted to the U... click link for more info.
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Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome May Affect More Than 1.2 Million
Paula Abdul's story about herstruggle with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome (RSD), also known asComplex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) highlights this complex and poorlyunderstood disorder... click link for more info.
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Special Physical Therapy Technique Successful for Chronic Back Pain
A physical therapy method is successful in treating people with severe back pain due to disc disease, according to research that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology 57th Annual Meeting in Miami Beach, Fla... click link for more info.
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New Synthetic Delta-9-THC Inhaler Offers Safe, Rapid Delivery, Phase I Study
Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc announced the results of a Phase I study evaluating the safety and tolerability of pulmonary dronabinol administered in a one-time dose using a pressurized metered dose inhaler... click link for more info.
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Drug that reduces pain of fibromyalgia and improves sleep, study
A study of a drug that reduces the pain of fibromyalgia and improves sleep is being published by a University of Kentucky physician in the peer-reviewed journal, Arthritis & Rheumatism... click link for more info.
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