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Why do aneurysms form? New studies suggest leading role for white blood cells

...hich cause few symptoms except for occasional back pain or abdominal discomfort. If they are detected during this stage, for instance on a routine physical exam, X-Ray, MRI or CT scan, they can be repaired successfully 95 percent of the time. Recently, new ideas about why aneurysms form have begun to tak...

Molecular miners find pain relief drugs from the sea

...ater its effectiveness in treating the neuropathic pain associated with diabetes. From the University of ... "ACV1 has been shown to be effective in treating pain in several experimental animal models of human pain syndromes, including post-surgical and neuropath...

Defect in gene causes 'neuralgic amyotrophy'

...eritable disease causes prolonged acute attacks of pain in the shoulder or arm, followed by temporary para...ophy (HNA) is characterized by repeated attacks of pain in a shoulder, arm, and/or hand, followed by total or partial paralysis of the affected area. The pa...

Malfunctioning bone marrow cells sabotage nerve cells in diabetes

...s. Neuropathy is a common complication that causes pain and ultimately loss of sensation in the extremities and can lead to amputation. Previously, Chan and members of his laboratory had found that bone marrow cells were among a group of cells in organs other than the pancreas that unexpectedly produced ...

Thinking the pain away? Study shows the brain's painkillers may cause 'placebo effect'

...lease endorphins, bringing real relief to those in pain Just thinking that a medicine will relieve pain is enough to prompt the brain to release its own natural painkillers, and soothe painful sensations,...

Men Estimate Men's Risks Of Common Disorders Higher Than Women Do, And Vice Versa

...(One study found that 30 year old women with chest pain were much less likely than 30 year old men to be given a cardiac diagnosis, much more likely to be given a psychiatric diagnosis, and around seven times more likely to be considered not to need medical treatment). The University of Glasgow study rev...

Sleeping Sickness Epidemic Spreading in Uganda

...omach ulcers that occur in people who take certain pain relievers for arthritis. Misoprostol is now more c...reatment with the drug could bring about abdominal pain and cramping. The researchers treated minor pain caused by the treatment with ibuprofen and treated ...

Drug Offers Alternative to Surgical Treatment After Miscarriage

...omach ulcers that occur in people who take certain pain relievers for arthritis. Misoprostol is now more c...reatment with the drug could bring about abdominal pain and cramping. The researchers treated minor pain caused by the treatment with ibuprofen and treated ...

Scientists discover the body's marijuana-like compounds are crucial for stress-induced pain relief

...d analgesia ?the body's way of initially shielding pain after a serious injury. The work, led by scientis... possible to design a pill that will have the same pain relieving effects as smoked marijuana, but through an indirect mechanism that could also reduce unwa...

Scripps research scientists identify infertility molecule

...- in mice, and can also participate in neuropathic pain models. Wanting to go further, they created what is known as a knock-out mouse model for a specific LPA receptor. These are special mice that lack one or more particular genes of interest -- in this case, a gene that encodes a particular LPA recepto...

Diabetic nerve therapy shows 'striking' results

...f neuropathy that can cause numbness and sometimes pain and weakness in the hands, arms, feet and legs. Currently, patients are treated with painkillers and antidepressants that do not treat the underlying nerve damage. Progression to amputation is not inevitable but is always a threat. Problems may als...

Morphine for Chest Pain Increases Death Risk

... with sufficient doses of nitroglycerin to relieve pain before resorting to morphine. In their analysis o...er." Morphine was first used to relieve the chest pain associated with heart attacks in 1912 and has been used regularly ever since. Nitroglycerin has been...

Study finds adult stem cells can replicate

... to tissue and cartilage damage in joints, causing pain and limiting mobility. "Cathepsin G affects a very early step in this kind of immune response, so inhibiting it has attractive potential for developers of therapeutics," says senior author Christine T.N. Pham, M.D., assistant professor of medicine a...

Enzyme's newly discovered role may make it target for arthritis treatment

... to tissue and cartilage damage in joints, causing pain and limiting mobility. "Cathepsin G affects a very early step in this kind of immune response, so inhibiting it has attractive potential for developers of therapeutics," says senior author Christine T.N. Pham, M.D., assistant professor of medicine a...

Chronic Sinus Infection Thought To Be Tissue Issue, Mayo Clinic Scientists Show It's Snot

...postnasal drip, nasal discharge, and head and face pain lasting three months or longer. It notably decreases the quality of patients' lives, impairing physical and social functioning, vitality and general health, according to the Mayo Clinic researchers. ...

Molecular thermometers on skin cells detect heat and camphor

...rently under investigation for alleviating chronic pain target the action of a protein called TRPV1 (VR1), which is similar to TRPV3. Molecular Thermometers TRPV3 and TRPV1 are both proteins that belong to a class of molecules known as "transient receptor potential" channels. There are at least six of t...

Canada approves marijuana-based pain spray

...reatment for the symptomatic relief of neuropathic pain in adults with multiple sclerosis (MS). Canada bec.../risk assessment for the approved use. “Effective pain control and management are extremely important in a disease like MS,?said Dr. Allan Gordon, Neurolog...

Rare surgery performed to remove pancreas, prevent diabetes

...emoving his pancreas to eliminate constant, severe pain from chronic pancreatitis. The patient, Leonard S...tis. In the past, such surgery might eliminate the pain but would leave the patient with severe, poorly-controlled diabetes, since the insulin-producing isl...

Scientists Propose Sweeping Changes to Naming of Bird Neurosystems to Acknowledge Their True Brainpower

...ed to treat patients suffering from severe chronic pain that cannot be managed with alternative analgesics...this patch technology delivers fentanyl, an opioid pain medication that is slowly absorbed into the body through the skin providing pain relief for up to th...

FDA Clears the Way for Generic Versions of Transdermal Patches to Treat Chronic Pain

...ed to treat patients suffering from severe chronic pain that cannot be managed with alternative analgesics...this patch technology delivers fentanyl, an opioid pain medication that is slowly absorbed into the body through the skin providing pain relief for up to th...

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