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Brainstem blocks pain to protect key behaviors

...y in feeding rats. The suspected source of pain relief was a cluster of cells in the VMM. In 1979, Howard Fields of the University of California at San Francisco identified two groups of neurons in the brain stem that could enhance or inhibit pain. Neurons that "facilitate" pain, which he labeled "ON ce...

Minimally Invasive Cancer Treatments Highlighted

... the treatment provides effective and durable pain relief and is safe; there were no complications. (Author, Callstrom) ?A study of 75 patients assessing the combination of radiofrequency ablation and cementoplasty (reinforcing load-bearing bone with injectable medical-grade cement) shows that 92% of patien...

Amphetamines reverse Parkinson's disease symptoms in mice

...t suggest Parkinson's disease patients should find relief by taking amphetamines, which are drugs of abuse with many dangerous side effects. The findings rather indicate that drugs with similar chemical attributes might offer useful alternatives to current therapies, the researchers said. The new study als...

Muscle repair: Making a good system better, faster; implications for aging, disease

...acrophage functions; they may give some short-term relief following injury, but muscle repair may not be as efficient as it would be without these drugs." Striking, rapid differences in strength recovery In the current study, the investigators found that in mice lacking PAI-1, the activity of an enzyme ca...

Old drug, new tricks: Prospects for slashing the impact of malaria

...t year. Success in the trial would open the way to relief in the 10% of humanity infected with this debilitating and often fatal disease - over 500,000,000 people. The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research is collaborating with the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research (PNGIMR) and ...

Laboratory professionals in Africa receive training under AIDS Relief Plan

... The Emergency Plan is a $15 billion international relief effort. In addition to Ethiopia and Zambia, targeted nations include Botswana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Haiti, Guyana, Zambia, Lesotho, Swaziland and Viet Nam. ASCP will be working in E...

Endocannabinoids ?the brain's cannabis ?demonstrate novel modes of action to stress

...oya added, "cannabinoids are relevant to potential relief in such disease situations in the brain as multiple sclerosis and epilepsy, or feeding disorders. In these, their effects are similar to marijuana, except for the possible dangers of accidentally using the natural products at higher dosages." Scotti...

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

...prompts brain to release endorphins, bringing real relief to those in pain Just thinking that a medicine wi...t may help explain why so many people say they get relief from therapies and remedies with no actual physical benefit. And, it may lead to better use of cogni...

Siberian tigers hang tough

... that results are preliminary, the news is welcome relief to tiger conservationists around the world, who have seen spiraling decreases in tiger numbers in other parts of Asia. The announcement also comes just a few months after WCS conservationists learned the Olga, a 14-year-old Siberian tiger had been ki...

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

...ld not require people to smoke marijuana to obtain relief or wrestle with the legal issues surrounding the drug. Others from UGA involved in the study include faculty members Philip Holmes and Jonathon Crystal and students Richard Suplita, Nathan Bolton and Mark Neely. Authors from UC-Irvine include Darre...

Diabetic nerve therapy shows 'striking' results

...nt for nerve damage caused by diabetes could bring relief to millions of diabetic patients, say experts. The treatment might also reduce the number of amputations of toes and feet if early effects on nerve protection and regeneration are borne out long-term. Nerve disease in diabetes is the major cause of ...

Morphine for Chest Pain Increases Death Risk

...erin has been used for more than 130 years for the relief of chest pain, also known as unstable angina. It works by relaxing blood vessels and allowing blood flow to increase. "Nitroglycerin has a physiological effect that may, at least temporarily, influence the underlying ischemia," Meine said. "Morphine...

Hopkins AIDS experts issue warning about global efforts to provide drug therapies

...S worldwide are warning that limited international relief supplies of antiretroviral therapies currently being distributed in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean will not get to those who can least afford to pay for them. In an article appearing in the American Journal of Public Health online June 28, infectiou...

Insects, viruses could hold key for better human teamwork in disasters

...ays to improve human collaboration during disaster relief efforts. At the center of the scientists' sights ... civil engineers should be key players in disaster relief operations involving critical physical infrastructures -- a fourth group of "first-responders," alon...

Canada approves marijuana-based pain spray

...eloped as adjunctive treatment for the symptomatic relief of neuropathic pain in adults with multiple sclero...d that Sativex provided significantly greater pain relief than placebo. Sativex also significantly reduced pain-related sleep disturbance. Principal componen...

Rare surgery performed to remove pancreas, prevent diabetes

...ted, although radical last-resort, surgery to give relief from pain, usually from inflammation of pancreatitis. In the past, such surgery might eliminate the pain but would leave the patient with severe, poorly-controlled diabetes, since the insulin-producing islets of Langerhans would necessarily be discar...

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

...rbed into the body through the skin providing pain relief for up to three days (72 hours). The agency's approval is expected to provide patients with access to a lower cost alternative of this pain management system. At the same time that FDA approved Mylan's generic product, it acted on several citizens' ...

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

...rbed into the body through the skin providing pain relief for up to three days (72 hours). The agency's approval is expected to provide patients with access to a lower cost alternative of this pain management system. At the same time that FDA approved Mylan's generic product, it acted on several citizens' ...

No relief for Pacific Northwest drought

It does not appear there will be any major relief this spring or summer from the unusually dry weather that has recently hit the Pacific Northwest, according to new projections of drought severity and fire risk that are based on "general circulation" models that forecast global climate. The analysi...

Children's taste sensitivity and food choices influenced by taste gene

...er-insensitive children. "This knowledge may bring relief to parents who learn that their children reject foods that they themselves like because of inborn differences in taste ability, rather than rebelliousness or defiance of authority," explains Reed. The research continues and extends Monell's long-ter...

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