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Magnesium sulfate offers no help in migraine treatment

...was stopped after a maximum of three doses or when pain relief was obtained. Examination of visual analogue pain scores demonstrated that those in the placebo group showed greater pain reduction than those in the ...

Robots craft medical history

...o Computer Motion, Zeus will help decrease patient pain and trauma, and shorten convalescent periods. The company says using the Zeus system, surgeons have greater dexterity and precision. The system includes two holding instruments and another containing a laparoscope, or a tiny camera embedded in flexi...

No link between bad weather and rheumatism

... condition fibromyalgia, which is characterised by pain and stiffness in the muscles, joints and tendons. ...that weather played no role in levels of patients’ pain – neither causing the condition, nor worsening symptoms. The researchers found that women with fibro...

Why a headache?

...luster headaches are marked by a sudden tormenting pain on one side of the head around the eyes, temple or cheek, and can last for 20 minutes to 3 hours. Affecting 0.1% of the population - mainly men - they recur over a period of weeks or months before disappearing, hence their name. In the past, high-r...

Foremost gene therapy for chest pain

...e blood supply to the heart is limited, leading to pain on exertion. Initially the body tries to compensate by growing new blood vessels to bypass the restricted area. But, for some unknown reason, this process, known as angiogenesis, soon switches off again. Researchers at the Hopkins University, have ...

Headache splitter

...e regimen is for people with mild to moderate head pain that occurs more than 15 days a month for at least...they may be a better choice than over- the counter pain relievers, which can trigger rebound attacks in chronic sufferers....

Acupuncture to bring relief to patients with dry mouth

...an help ease a range of conditions, from arthritis pain and migraine to morning sickness. But researchers are still trying to apprehend it works. "When we try to explain the relief of (dry mouth) using ear acupuncture, we presume it is a function of a subtle activation of the autonomous nervous system," t...

Treating eye pain eases migraine

... a migraine attack. Some people with migraine have pain around the eye socket just before an attack starts.// The pain is due to inflammation of the trochlea tendon in the eye socket, a condition known as trochleitis. A...

Hope for tinnitus sufferers

...stortion also occurs in patients with phantom limb pain who have a shrunken area of that part of the brain which represents the amputated arm or leg. Researchers successfully treated amputees by asking them to identify the position and frequency of non-painful electric shocks applied to their amputated s...

Arthritis drug can prolong life

...g severe inflammation in the lining of the joints, pain and stiffness. It is also linked to an increased risk of heart disease. Methotrexate, a key drug for rheumatoid arthritis, could help people with the crippling disease live longer, possibly by decreasing their risk of heart disease. Researchers says...

Fatty deposits affect the stomach too

According to researchers, pain after eating may mean fatty deposits in the arteri...wn as chronic mesenteric ischemia, this results in pain after eating because of a reduction in the flow of blood to the digestive system. People who are aff...

Drug dilemma confronts users of painkillers

... than an older competitor and that it relieves the pain of rheumatoid arthritis in addition to the more common osteoarthritis. Vioxx and another popular competitor, Celebrex, work differently than older, cheaper painkillers known to cause stomach ulcers. Merck had fought for over a year to be allowed to...

Treadmill test displays hidden heart disease

... heart disease have no obvious symptoms like chest pain or breathlessness. According to researchers, treadmill testing can show up hidden weaknesses long before heart problems become obvious. They report on a study of nearly 2,000 men and 3,000 women given treadmill testing and then followed up for 20 ye...

How brain works

...an or other animal has any sensation- from feeling pain to hearing a sound or remembering something millions of neurons are sending signals in the form of neurotransmitters,Jorgensen said.The strength of a signal depends on the number of neurotransmitter filled membrane balloons released by each neuron.So...

Young women prone to heart attack

...also experience general malaise, nausea, abdominal pain and excessive fatigue. It may also be, they said, that women are more at risk of death after heart attack because of increased depression, social isolation and lack of support once they leave hospital. Because heart attacks are less common among wom...

Painkiller Linked to Deaths

...hs," the company wrote. While other prescription pain relievers such as Percocet, Percodan and Tylox contain oxycodone, they contain much lower doses of the drug. OxyContin contains anywhere from 10 mg to 160 mg of oxycodone, while the other drugs contain 2.25 mg to 5 mg of the drug....

Computer Program can assist to detect Heart Attack

...e computer program to diagnose patients with chest pain in "real time," the study's authors say. In the st...rt disease, characteristics of the patient's chest pain and other symptoms, medications, vital signs, results of a physical exam and a measure of the heart'...

Cholesterol lowering drugs increase neuropathy risk

...athy, a condition marked by weakness, numbness and pain in the hands and feet. The research team at the University of Texas looked at statin use among those who had peripheral neuropathy, comparing them to those without the condition. This revealed that statin users appear to run 16 times the risk of dev...

A new drug for bladder cancer

...r cause a number of adverse effects such as fever, pain on urination and reduced white blood cell counts. Gemcitabine works by blocking the growth of cancer cells. The scene is now set for larger trials of the new drug, which may offer much needed hope to those who have bladder cancer....

Healing a painful neck

... mastered since decades. The best way to cure that pain in your neck may be a treatment known as manual th...ely better to exercise therapy or treatment// with pain medications counseling and education. Neck pain is a common problem, affecting 10 percent to 15 per...

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