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Insights into the biology of the monkeypox virus

Researchers provided insights into monkeypox virus structural characteristics, epidemiology, transmission, zoonotic reservoirs, pathogenesis, and clinical management.

23 Aug 2022

Study yields critical clues for successful inflammatory recovery

Inflammation is the body's first line of defense, occurring as droves of immune cells rush to the site of injury or acute illness to make repairs and stem further damage.

22 Aug 2022

Study: Sexual enjoyment after childbirth is unaffected by different modes of delivery

Sexual enjoyment in the years following childbirth is unaffected by the way in which the baby is delivered, according to new research.

22 Aug 2022

Medical cannabis patients may not be getting consistent guidance from clinicians, analysis suggests

Due to a lack of publicly available data, understanding what products medical cannabis patients use for various conditions has mostly come from survey responses.

22 Aug 2022

Medical cannabis used for chronic pain linked with elevated risk of heart rhythm disorders

Cannabis prescribed for chronic pain is associated with an elevated risk of heart rhythm disorders, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2022.

22 Aug 2022

Serious health events rare in children after COVID-19 vaccine booster, says CDC study

Researchers published the effects of a homologous booster dose of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine in children aged five to 11 years.

22 Aug 2022

Scientists begin phase 2 clinical trials of lupus pill

Lupus is an autoimmune disease that attacks organs and can be fatal. There's no cure, so current treatments aim to limit damage and ameliorate symptoms.

22 Aug 2022

Flexible e-learning program improves neonate pain management knowledge and skills for nurses

Adults self-report their pain on a one to 10 numerical score, while children can point to an equivalent face scale - from a green smiling face to a red crying face - to indicate their pain.

19 Aug 2022

Researchers investigate human monkeypox infection without sexual exposure or viral prodrome

In a new study, researchers investigated a case of human monkeypox infection without sexual exposure or viral prodrome.

19 Aug 2022

Exploring a paralytic poliomyelitis case in an unvaccinated person

Researchers investigated the public health response to a paralytic poliomyelitis case in an unvaccinated person.

19 Aug 2022

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers challenge the prevailing belief on how nasal cells process scent

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have evidence to potentially overturn a prevailing belief in a type of important signaling within cells.

18 Aug 2022

UC San Diego Health first to offer new injectable medication to patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis

UC San Diego Health is first in the nation to offer a new injectable medication to patients with nerve damage caused by hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis, a rare disease that can be fatal without management.

18 Aug 2022

Key gene sheds light on how people develop tolerance to pain-relievers over time

UF Scripps Biomedical Research scientists have a discovered a key gene that is shedding light on how people develop tolerance to pain-relievers over time, a problem that raises risk of addiction and overdose.

18 Aug 2022

ER physician shows how empathy, creativity, and imagination are the cornerstones of clinical care

To be an emergency room doctor is to be a professional listener to stories. Each patient presents a story; finding the heart of that story is the doctor's most critical task. More technology, more tests, and more data won't work if doctors get the story wrong.

16 Aug 2022

Neither cholesterol nor statins can explain an increased risk of developing dementia

Many patients stop taking medication for high cholesterol because they are afraid it may have negative side effects. But the observed association between risk of dementia and high cholesterol, may be caused by your lifestyle.

16 Aug 2022

After wiping out $6.7 billion in medical debt, this nonprofit is just getting started

Soon after giving birth to a daughter two months premature, Terri Logan received a bill from the hospital. She recoiled from the string of numbers separated by commas.

16 Aug 2022

Study determines the impact of withholding nitrous oxide for labor analgesia

Birthing women denied nitrous oxide ('laughing gas') to relieve labor pain during the COVID-19 pandemic have turned to opioids instead, without any adverse outcomes for mother or child, according to a new study by Australian clinicians.

16 Aug 2022

Lung transplantation at Cedars-Sinai has outstanding success rates

A new report on lung transplantation success rates confirms that Cedars-Sinai patients experienced one-year survival outcomes of 91.49%, an achievement above the national average of 89.46%.

15 Aug 2022

‘Still a lot of pain’: Four years after mass shooting, Texas community grapples with fallout

In May 2018, after a high school shooting killed 10 people, the Santa Fe Resiliency Center opened in a church. Any resident could see a counselor, attend a support group, and take part in a healing mandala coloring class, music therapy, or a workshop on emotional first aid — all free of charge.

15 Aug 2022

For medically vulnerable families, inflation’s squeeze is inescapable

Deborah Lewis rose from bed before dawn and signed in to her phone so she could begin delivering fast food, coffee, and groceries to residents in this western patch of the Mojave Desert where test pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier generations ago.

15 Aug 2022

Pain News and Research

Latest Pain News and Research

Insights into the biology of the monkeypox virus

Study yields critical clues for successful inflammatory recovery

Study: Sexual enjoyment after childbirth is unaffected by different modes of delivery

Medical cannabis patients may not be getting consistent guidance from clinicians, analysis suggests

Medical cannabis used for chronic pain linked with elevated risk of heart rhythm disorders

Serious health events rare in children after COVID-19 vaccine booster, says CDC study

Scientists begin phase 2 clinical trials of lupus pill

Flexible e-learning program improves neonate pain management knowledge and skills for nurses

Researchers investigate human monkeypox infection without sexual exposure or viral prodrome

Exploring a paralytic poliomyelitis case in an unvaccinated person

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers challenge the prevailing belief on how nasal cells process scent

UC San Diego Health first to offer new injectable medication to patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis

Key gene sheds light on how people develop tolerance to pain-relievers over time

ER physician shows how empathy, creativity, and imagination are the cornerstones of clinical care

Neither cholesterol nor statins can explain an increased risk of developing dementia

After wiping out $6.7 billion in medical debt, this nonprofit is just getting started

Study determines the impact of withholding nitrous oxide for labor analgesia

Lung transplantation at Cedars-Sinai has outstanding success rates

‘Still a lot of pain’: Four years after mass shooting, Texas community grapples with fallout

For medically vulnerable families, inflation’s squeeze is inescapable

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