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Genetically modified rice in China benefits farmers' health, study finds

... any headaches, nausea, skin irritation, digestive discomfort or other health problems during or after spraying pesticides on their farms. If so, the researchers asked them if they had visited a doctor, gone home to recover or taken other actions to deal with the symptoms. If they had, it was recorded as a case...

Experimental shingles vaccine proves effective in nationwide study

...l vaccine recipients, the total burden of pain and discomfort due to shingles was 61 percent lower than in placebo recipients. Moreover, the zoster vaccine reduced the incidence of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN)--a form of chronic nerve pain that is the most common serious complication of shingles--by two-thirds ...

Updated data on novel HPV vaccine confirms efficacy in large population

...mmon adverse event reported in the trial was local discomfort at the injection site. The study is part of an ongoing phase III program involving more than 25,000 people in 33 countries. For the FUTURE II study, a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, women aged 16 to 26 years were ...

Brainstem blocks pain to protect key behaviors

... Overactive OFF cells during sleep could mask the discomfort of oxygen deprivation. Fields suspects that the link between eating and pain relief, in a society where the risks of caloric plenty far exceeds those of predation, may even be related to obesity. "Are OFF cells promoting bravery," he asked, "or glu...

Master genetic switch found for chronic pain

...ene, called Runx1, also showed lack of response to discomfort caused by heat and cold and inflammation. The researchers said that their findings, reported in the February 2, 2006, issue of Neuron, could have implications for the design of improved pain therapies. In their experiments, Qiufu Ma and colleagues ...

Study challenges myth that sex late in pregnancy hastens birth

... activity, and that women who experience abdominal discomfort or pelvic pressure ?possible signs of earlier delivery ?won't be inclined to want to have sex. Schaffir also said that because of the highly personal nature of sexual behavior, the study does not address specific components of sexual behavior that mi...

Fat stem cells being studied as option for breast reconstruction

... loss of one or both breasts can cause significant discomfort and psychosocial distress. More than 80,000 breast reconstruction operations are performed each year, according to American Society of Plastic Surgeons statistics. ...

Got inexpensive contrast agent? Milk plays new role in imaging

...T with oral and intravenous contrast for abdominal discomfort to compare cost effectiveness and patient toleranc...estionnaire, 24 (42 percent) experienced abdominal discomfort such as cramps, diarrhea and nausea, while only 27 (23 percent) of the 117 patients who received mil...

Like a snail through the intestinal canal

... thin and flexible tube that causes patients great discomfort and pain. For this reason, researchers have been trying to develop alternative medical devices, such as, for example, a small robot that moves independently through the intestinal tract. There is a layer of slime, called mucus, on the inside of the l...

Common parasitic infection leads to increased risk for HIV infection

...rong-smelling yellow green discharge, and may feel discomfort during intercourse and urination, as well as itching of the genital area. Lower abdominal pain occurs in rare cases. The study, conducted by R. Scott McClelland, MD, MPH, and colleagues at the University of Washington in Seattle, the University o...

Scientists sequence genome of parasite responsible for common sexually transmitted infection

...low-green or gray vaginal discharge, vaginal odor, discomfort during sexual intercourse and urination, irritation and itching of the genital area and, in rare cases, lower abdominal pain. In men, trichomoniasis is most common in the urethra; however, infected men often do not have symptoms. Those that do may ex...

Rapid oral HIV test shows great promise according to MUHC-led research

...7 per cent specificity). There was little reported discomfort during sample collection for the oral test, but 66 per cent of the individuals reported discomfort with the finger testing. Although the oral OraQuick test has been approved by the US Food and Dr...

Old memory traces in brain may trigger chronic pain

... appears in a different part of the brain than the discomfort of burning your finger, for example. With a functional MRI, he found that chronic back pain shows up in the prefrontal cortex. By contrast, the acute sensory pain of the burned finger appears in the sensory part of the thalamus. Apkarian also fou...

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