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Researchers develop wearable system to monitor electrical activity in the stomach over 24 hours

A team of researchers has developed a wearable, non-invasive system to monitor electrical activity in the stomach over 24 hours--essentially an electrocardiogram but for the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract.

22 Mar 2018

Indian rural women lack awareness and knowledge about breast cancer

Women in rural India are waiting long before seeking medical care for breast cancer. Most of the Indian women do not know the possibility of inspecting their own body and many of them have not even heard of breast cancer. This is shown in a new dissertation at Umeå University, Sweden.

22 Mar 2018

Graphic: Opioid painkiller is top prescription in 11 states

Americans fill about 4.5 billion prescriptions each year, at a cost of more than $323 billion. But what are we actually buying? In 11 states, the top prescriptions are opioid pain pills that are mixtures of acetaminophen and hydrocodone (brand names Vicodin and Norco), according to new data from GoodRx, an online prescription cost service.

22 Mar 2018

Patients with vascular malformations have poor health-related quality of life

Patients with vascular malformations, which include blood vessel, artery and lymph vessel abnormalities, appear to have more pain and mental health distress than the general U.S. population and that can contribute to poor health-related quality of life.

21 Mar 2018

Chronic opioid users at increased risk of complications after spinal fusion surgery

Patients who have been taking opioid pain relievers for several months before spinal fusion surgery are at increased risk of complications after their surgery, reports a study in the journal Spine, published by Wolters Kluwer.

21 Mar 2018

NSAID use linked to increased risk of atrial fibrillation

Use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) was associated with an 18% increased risk of atrial fibrillation—an irregular, often rapid heart rate—in a study of middle-aged adults in Taiwan. The findings are published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.

21 Mar 2018

Columbia researchers identify nerve cells that drive fruit fly's escape behavior

Columbia University researchers have identified the nerve cells that initiate a fly's escape response: that complex series of movements in which an animal senses, and quickly maneuvers away from, something harmful such as high heat.

20 Mar 2018

Patients on replacement therapy with thyroid hormone may have more comorbidities

People who take replacement thyroid hormone may have more comorbidities and lower quality of life than those who don't take the hormone, a large population-based study from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands reports.

20 Mar 2018

Weight loss after lap-band surgery alleviates arthritic knee pain

A new report finds that extremely obese people who have a band surgically strapped around their stomachs to restrict food intake not only lose weight but also suffer less from arthritic knee pain.

20 Mar 2018

Antibiotics could benefit women suffering from chronic bladder pain

Antibiotics can successfully help rid a patient of chronic urinary tract infection symptoms. This is the finding of a new clinical study led by Sheela Swamy of University College London in the UK.

20 Mar 2018

Adults skipping vaccines may miss out on effective new shingles shot

Federal officials have recommended a new vaccine that is more effective than an earlier version at protecting older adults against the painful rash called shingles. But persuading many adults to get this and other recommended vaccines continues to be an uphill battle, physicians and vaccine experts say.

20 Mar 2018

HORIBA's Microsemi CRP analyzer improves quality of care in emergency pediatric units, study shows

HORIBA UK Ltd, Medical announces that in a study recently undertaken and published as a case study by the Oxford Academic Health Science Network, its Microsemi CRP point-of-care (POC) analyzer was found to enable more rapid clinical decision-making, saving time and reducing costs, in emergency pediatric units.

From HORIBA Medical 20 Mar 2018

Scientists discover rare childhood liver cancer's ability to metastasize to the brain

A surprising finding by Rockefeller University scientists about a rare liver cancer's behavior could lead to more comprehensive patient monitoring and hopefully better outcomes.

19 Mar 2018

Study reveals impact of prostate cancer on wives and partners of sufferers

Many wives of advanced prostate cancer sufferers feel that their lives are being undermined by their husband's illness, with nearly half reporting that their own health suffered.

19 Mar 2018

Researchers find the heart to be capable of arrhythmia termination after local gene therapy

The heart is capable of terminating arrhythmias itself after local gene therapy, potentially avoiding the need for patients to undergo painful electric shocks, according to a proof-of-concept study presented today at EHRA 2018, a European Society of Cardiology congress.

19 Mar 2018

Docs worry there’s ‘nowhere to send’ new and expectant moms with depression

Lawmakers in California will begin debate next month on a bill that would require doctors to screen new moms for mental health problems — once while they’re pregnant and again after they give birth.

19 Mar 2018

The other opioid crisis: Hospital shortages lead to patient pain, medical errors

Even as opioids flood American communities and fuel widespread addiction, hospitals are facing a dangerous shortage of the powerful painkillers needed by patients in acute pain, according to doctors, pharmacists and a coalition of health groups.

16 Mar 2018

Blood flow defies the laws of fluid dynamics

Researchers have developed a 3D simulation of blood cells travelling through realistic microvascular networks that has predicted several novel phenomena.

16 Mar 2018

Special issue aims to bring medical cannabis into mainstream medicine

Medicinal cannabis is safe and effective in pain relief, and researchers are calling for the treatment to be properly established in our modern medical arsenal.

15 Mar 2018

Artificial sweetener sucralose worsens gut inflammation in mice with Crohn's disease

In a study that has implications for humans with inflammatory diseases, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and colleagues have found that, given over a six-week period, the artificial sweetener sucralose, known by the brand name Splenda, worsens gut inflammation in mice with Crohn's-like disease, but had no substantive effect on those without the condition.

15 Mar 2018

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Latest Pain News and Research

Researchers develop wearable system to monitor electrical activity in the stomach over 24 hours

Indian rural women lack awareness and knowledge about breast cancer

Graphic: Opioid painkiller is top prescription in 11 states

Patients with vascular malformations have poor health-related quality of life

Chronic opioid users at increased risk of complications after spinal fusion surgery

NSAID use linked to increased risk of atrial fibrillation

Columbia researchers identify nerve cells that drive fruit fly's escape behavior

Patients on replacement therapy with thyroid hormone may have more comorbidities

Weight loss after lap-band surgery alleviates arthritic knee pain

Antibiotics could benefit women suffering from chronic bladder pain

Adults skipping vaccines may miss out on effective new shingles shot

HORIBA's Microsemi CRP analyzer improves quality of care in emergency pediatric units, study shows

Scientists discover rare childhood liver cancer's ability to metastasize to the brain

Study reveals impact of prostate cancer on wives and partners of sufferers

Researchers find the heart to be capable of arrhythmia termination after local gene therapy

Docs worry there’s ‘nowhere to send’ new and expectant moms with depression

The other opioid crisis: Hospital shortages lead to patient pain, medical errors

Blood flow defies the laws of fluid dynamics

Special issue aims to bring medical cannabis into mainstream medicine

Artificial sweetener sucralose worsens gut inflammation in mice with Crohn's disease

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