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Poverty, race have no impact on total knee replacement revision or failure

Previous studies have established that black patients have a higher risk for knee replacement revision. Black patients also report significantly more pain and worse joint function two years after surgery compared to white patients.

29 Oct 2019

Researchers discover cause of new inherited form of pancreatitis

What began as a 51-year-old mystery comes down to a single gene, as researchers from the University of Chicago and University of California, San Francisco discovered the cause of a new inherited form of pancreatitis.

29 Oct 2019

Bortezomib drug helps re-balance disrupted muscle growth, prevent contractures

When children experience brachial plexus injury at birth, or are born with cerebral palsy, some of the most disabling problems that follow are muscle contractures, or tightness of muscles, that severely restrict limb function.

29 Oct 2019

Young breast reduction surgery patients report long-term benefits decades after the procedure

Women who underwent breast reduction surgery before age 25 continue to report lasting benefits 10 to 30 years following the procedure, according to a study in the November issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

29 Oct 2019

Eating potatoes provides as much fuel as carbohydrate gels for athletes

Eating a potato during exercise provides as much fuel and results in similar performance in trained athletes as carbohydrate gels.

29 Oct 2019

Gabapentinoid medications increasingly prescribed off-label for adults with cancer

Between 2005 and 2015, as the opioid crisis in America came into focus, prescriptions for gabapentinoid medications -- gabapentin and pregabalin -- to adults with cancer saw a two-fold increase, a University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center study has found.

29 Oct 2019

New study could lead to personalized treatment for debilitating autoimmune condition

A new study has shed light on a debilitating autoimmune condition by identifying a number of subtypes of the disease which could lead to personalised treatment for patients.

29 Oct 2019

Flinders University study provides new insights into how the colon functions

New insights into how the colon functions and actually expels its contents have been revealed for the first time following decades of study by Flinders University researchers.

29 Oct 2019

Dental health, diet may have an impact on psoriasis development and severity

Dental health and diet may have an impact on the development and severity of psoriasis, according to a study by dermatologists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Psoriasis is a skin disease that causes thick, itchy patches of red skin with silvery scales and affects more than 8 million Americans.

29 Oct 2019

Work in progress on medicine for treatment of ulcerative colitis

IKBFU center for clinical research scientists have participated in the international VARSITY clinical research. It's the world's first research aimed at finding the most effective drug among anti-inflammatory ones for the treatment of ulcerative colitis.

28 Oct 2019

Teen e-cigarette use epidemic blamed on flavoured cartridges

Researchers from University of Southern California have found that more and more teenagers are sticking to vaping e cigarettes if they are being offered choices of different candy and fruity flavours.

28 Oct 2019

Some plant foods causing paralysis, death, in malnourished populations

There are a lot of plants eaten for food that may also contain toxins that harm the brain and the nervous system, when present in amounts that cross the limit of individual tolerance. This happens when such toxin-containing foods are the chief or only source of nutrition.

26 Oct 2019

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine releases statement in response to PROLONG trial results

The Society for Maternal-Fetal released the following statement in response to the published results of "Progestin's Role in Optimizing Neonatal Gestation," more commonly referred to as the PROLONG trial, which was recently published in the American Journal of Perinatology.

25 Oct 2019

Coaxial electrospinning could lead to new medical innovations

When you visit Andrew Steckl's lab at the University of Cincinnati, you see a nondescript glass box that weaves together different fibers.

25 Oct 2019

Decision support tool could avert needless referrals of low-risk patients to cardiac specialists

Few events strike more fear in parents than hearing their child's heart "hurts."

25 Oct 2019

Functional medicine model linked to improvements in health-related quality of life

In the first retrospective cohort study of the functional medicine model, Cleveland Clinic researchers found that functional medicine was associated with improvements in health-related quality of life. The study was published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open.

25 Oct 2019

Pain News and Research

Latest Pain News and Research

Poverty, race have no impact on total knee replacement revision or failure

Researchers discover cause of new inherited form of pancreatitis

Bortezomib drug helps re-balance disrupted muscle growth, prevent contractures

Young breast reduction surgery patients report long-term benefits decades after the procedure

Eating potatoes provides as much fuel as carbohydrate gels for athletes

Gabapentinoid medications increasingly prescribed off-label for adults with cancer

New study could lead to personalized treatment for debilitating autoimmune condition

Flinders University study provides new insights into how the colon functions

Dental health, diet may have an impact on psoriasis development and severity

Work in progress on medicine for treatment of ulcerative colitis

Teen e-cigarette use epidemic blamed on flavoured cartridges

Some plant foods causing paralysis, death, in malnourished populations

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine releases statement in response to PROLONG trial results

Coaxial electrospinning could lead to new medical innovations

Decision support tool could avert needless referrals of low-risk patients to cardiac specialists

Functional medicine model linked to improvements in health-related quality of life

AAO highlights dangers of wearing illegal costume contact lenses

New ADA guideline: Antibiotics not recommended for toothaches

Specialist orthotics care varies depending on where patients live

AAOMPT opposes use of 'degenerative disc disease' as diagnostic term for neck, back pain

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Pain News and Research

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Innovation in neuroscience drug discovery - eBook eBook

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How GLP‑1 Agonists Are Shaping the Future of Obesity Treatment With Dr Bryony Henderson

Flow chemistry, AI, and NMR: A next-gen approach to scalable API production

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