Certain Gene Mutations Numbs Pain

A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge have discovered a rare genetic disorder. People with an inherited genetic disorder have been identified// who suffer no physical pain because of mutation of a particular gene. Members of the family affected, are noticed to be numb to pain.Thre...

No Link Found Between Birth Anesthesia and Learning Issues

...uring delivery posed no threat to the babies, but the researchers also determined that babies whose mothers had received an epidural anesthetic (which numbs the lower part of the body) were much less likely to have learning disabilities later in life. "The risk was reduced by about 40 percent compared t...

Mayo researchers find anesthesia not harmful for babies during birth process

...at the use of anesthesia during delivery was not harmful to the baby, they found that babies delivered by Cesarean using an epidural anesthetic (which numbs only the lower region of the body and does not involve the mother going to sleep) had a substantially reduced risk for learning disabilities later in ...

Mayo Researchers Find Anesthesia Not Harmful for Babies During Birth Process

...at the use of anesthesia during delivery was not harmful to the baby, they found that babies delivered by Cesarean using an epidural anesthetic (which numbs only the lower region of the body and does not involve the mother going to sleep) had a substantially reduced risk for learning disabilities later in ...

Single in the City? How the Holidays Leave the Fabulous Feeling More Like Failures

...guests duties. -- Don't be tempted by alcohol. If you feel lonely and sad, alcohol is never the solution. It doesn't minimize stress; it just numbs it for a while. Many harmful and dangerous things can happen when alcohol is involved, and sometimes people lose sight of moderation during the holida...

Route to obesity passes through tongue

... Obesity gradually numbs the taste sensation of rats to sweet foods and drives them to consume larger and ever-sweeter meals, according to neuroscientists. Findings from the P...

Dental Researchers Test No-Needle Anesthesia, No-Drilling Cavity Care

.... In one study, funded by a $100,000 grant by Apollonia, LLC, researchers in the school's Center for Dental Studies are testing a nasal spray that numbs the upper teeth. "If this study is successful," said Sebastian Ciancio, D.D.S., principal investigator on the study, "it may mean the end of dent...