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New Study in SLEEP Finds That Sleep Disturbance Increases Spontaneous Pain in Women

...late and control pain, and can lead to spontaneous painful symptoms," said Smith. "Our research shows that disrupted sleep, marked by multiple prolonged awakenings, impairs natural pain control mechanisms that are thought to play a key role in the development, maintenance, and exacerbation of chronic pain." ...

Ancient Worm Disease Could Be Eradicated Within Two Years, UN Agency Reports

...rasitic disease causing tennis-ball-size ulcers so painful that victims feel as if they are on fire, could in less than two years// become the second illness after smallpox to be pushed into oblivion, thanks to water treatment and other preventive methods, the United Nations health agency reported today. ...

Debate in US: Who Should Decide for Disabled People?

...are workers. Such things could have precluded such painful invasion of the body, regrets Patricia Williams. Perhaps Ashley’s parents feared what would happen to her after them. Perhaps she would have to be institutionalized, whereas such homes are awfully managed. Even military hospitals are no exception, ...

Detection of Malignant Breast Tumors Made Simpler and More Effective

...lse positives, requiring additional screenings and painful biopsies for patients. In addition, studies show that traditional mammograms may miss 10 percent to 20 percent of breast cancers, especially if the tumor is buried in dense tissue. About half of women under 50 and a third of older women have natur...

Lesser the Better- Minimally Invasive Surgery Breakthrough

...de the hole in a cosmetically advantageous or less painful location,” Dr. Cadeddu said. Study researchers concluded that “the ability to reduce the number of trocars (holes) necessary for laparoscopic surgery has the potential to revolutionize surgical practice,” but noted that there will be a learning cur...

Postnatal Health and Sexual Problems Persist Even After a Year

Nearly one in three women still experience painful sexual intercourse a year after their baby is born and more than half have at least //one sex-related health problem, according to research. 482 women who had attended maternity units in Birmingham, UK, took part in a self-administered questionnair...

Tai Chi Augments Immune Response Against Shingles

... responsible for causing shingles which results in painful blistery rash on the body. Chicken pox is also caused by the same virus. People who are affected by chicken pox early in life are more prone to shingles. The virus remains latent in the body and manifests itself in a situation when immunity is low. T...

Postnatal Care Is The Need Of The Hour

...l Nursing found that 33% of women in UK experience painful intercourse after their delivery. //This study was conducted on 482 women who had some kind of sex related problems after child birth. It was also found that these issues were more prominent in Asian women, older women and in women who had larger b...

Cigarette Packs to Carry Graphic Warnings

...uld display the message "tobacco causes a slow and painful death". India is home to over 200 million tobacco users and losses thousands of people due to diseases related to its consumption. The health ministry has allocated Rs.400 million for anti-tobacco initiatives during 2007-08. Source-IANS...

Seeing is Believing – Cigarette Packs in India to Carry Graphic Description of Risk

...long with messages like "Tobacco causes a slow and painful death". The manufacturers of tobacco products have agreed to incorporate the warnings by June 2007. SA...

Wiping Out Memories Selectively, is Possible Now

...pped with ways of ridding the patients of the more painful of memories. The brain secures memories by transferring them from short-term to long-term storage, through a process called reconsolidation. It has been shown before that this process can be interrupted by drugs. Researchers at the Centre for Ne...

Nonsurgical Therapy Highly Effective for Pain and Infertility in Men

...he interventional radiology treatment is much less painful and does not have the risks associated with general anesthesia. “This interventional radiology procedure does not require hospitalization or general anesthesia, results are comparable or better than surgery and the recurrence rate is lower,” said ...

Free Kidney Check Up Camp in Kasturba Hospital on World Kidney Day

... The early symptoms include high blood pressure, painful urination, bulge around the eyes, swelling of feet, and a constant feeling of fatigue or lack of energy. Proper diet and intake of fluids and regular exercise keep kidneys healthy. Keeping blood sugar and blood pressure under control helps to preve...

Healing Bone With Stem Cells

...s that can't heal on their own typically undergo a painful bone biopsy in which a bone fragment is removed from the hip and then transplanted onto the site of the wound. But improvements to an alternative procedure developed in the past few years could soon make this process obsolete. In the procedure, ortho...

Vaccines Effective in Preterm Babies too

...ge. And a person who has had chicken pox can get a painful rash called shingles years later, according to the...lands, but it may also cause deafness, meningitis, painful swelling of the testicles or ovaries, and rarely, death. The rubella virus causes a rash, mild fever...

Foot Pain Ruining Your Golf Swing?

...ly does not require surgery. The three most common painful foot conditions that can ruin your golf swing are ...mas are nerves that become thickened, enlarged and painful because they’ve been compressed or irritated. A neuroma in the ball of your foot can cause significa...

Women Will Be Paid to Donate Eggs for Science

...ghted the medical dangers to women who undergo the painful and invasive three-stage process to remove the eggs. But one leading fertility doctor, who supports the move and did not want to be named, said there was no reason not to go ahead on grounds of medical risk because some women already took part in c...

Mothers Opting for C-Sections- Be Warned

...ts, mistakenly believe C-section is safer and less painful than natural birth. In some places, doctors suggest C-sections as their profits get raised. Says Pan Junfeng, a gynecologist in Beijing's Haidian District Hospital of Maternity and Child Care:"C-sections can cause some serious side effects to both...

Study to Explore Using Magnets to Correct 'sunken Chest'

...the struts are under significant pressure, and the painful recovery can take months. "The problem with pres...Harrison said. "Most are willing to undergo a big, painful and expensive surgery to fix it. Why not a simple little outpatient procedure to fix it?" Research...

Marijuana Relieves HIV Nerve Pain

...ronic HIV-associated nerve pain, including aching, painful numbness, and burning//, according to a study. For the study, 50 people with HIV-associated sensory neuropathy, the most common HIV nerve disorder, were admitted to a California hospital and randomly assigned to smoke either marijuana or identical...

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