4+ day, 27+ min ago   (588+ words) Sept 9 (Reuters) – Female reproductive organ development may be impacted by a mother’s use of Tylenol during pregnancy, according to researchers who emphasize that their study does not prove the pain medicine is to blame and does not indicate any effect…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (258+ words) CDC Analysis Finds Cannabis Was Sole Drug Involved in Just 9 of 209,166 Overdose Deaths Over Four-and-a-Half-Year Period University of Michigan researchers have received federal funding for a study examining a personalized coaching program designed to help adults with chronic lower back…...

5+ day, 52+ min ago   (291+ words) DEXMEDETOMIDINE reduced epidural analgesic use after VATS lobectomy while improving early pain control and patient satisfaction. The prospective, randomized, double-blind study enrolled 68 patients undergoing elective video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) lobectomy. Of these, 61 were included in the final analysis, comprising 31 patients who…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1143+ words) Switching off a cluster of cells in the mouse brainstem eased nerve pain, and restoring one receptor reversed months of hypersensitivity. The brain runs a painkiller of its own. At the base of the skull, a small cluster of cells…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (816+ words) Hospitalized cancer patients who also struggle with opioid dependence face measurably worse clinical outcomes than their counterparts without the condition, according to a large national study published in the journal Medical Oncology. Drawing on a nationally representative database of U.S....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (215+ words) The study authors assert that opioid overdoses can cause immediate brain damage, especially in teens- and this information is not considered in existing treatment protocols. A study by addictions experts was released last week that urges a massive change in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (495+ words) Analysis of 2.5 million people points to mostly neurological genes linked to the pain disorder A vast genetics study uncovered 26 fibromyalgia risk factors, many linked to genes with neural roles. The work suggests the disorder is one of the brain and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (622+ words) Being bored is usually filed under mildly annoying. A randomized controlled trial out of Sweden suggests it does something measurable to the body: it makes pain arrive sooner. Researchers put 114 pain-free adults through a boring video, a funny one, or…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (63+ words) Although opioid use disorder is “relatively common” in rheumatology settings, fewer than 15% of patients with this disorder and rheumatic disease receive medications to treat it, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.“Patients with rheumatic…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (375+ words) Acute postoperative pain remains a major challenge in surgical care, and opioid medications continue to play a central role despite concerns over dependence and adverse effects. Therefore the focused is on developing non-opioid therapies that target pain pathways more precisely....