Documents tagged 'Pain'
New Test Helps Predict Cardiac Risk
Author: Katte 
Published: 15/11/2008
Doctors have identified a protein that when spotted in a blood test can determine if someone is in imminent or future danger of a heart attack, a team reports in a study released today. A test based on the protein could be made commercially available within a year, researchers from the...Cancer Patients, More Pain Relief When Treatment Guidelines Are Followed
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
media contact@ Amy Austell (919) 684-4148 or (919) 660-1303 amy.austell@duke.edu Durham, N.C. (USA) -- For ’a few more pennies a month,’ health-care providers can consistently manage and control cancer pain much more effectively using guideline-based care than more traditional...Millions of working days lost by chronic pain sufferers
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
Up to 15 million people a year in Europe consider suicide because of chronic pain, according to a new study. It costs the European economy more than 24m a year due to nearly 500 million lost working days, with as many as one in five people affected. The Pain in Europe report, published to...Study Links Forgiveness To Less Back Pain, Depression
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
Forgiving nature benefits back A new study from Duke University Medical Center demonstrates that among people who have chronic back pain, those who have forgiven others experience lower levels of pain and less associated psychological problems like anger and depression than those who have not...Chronic pain: treatment, rehabilitation, and quality of life
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
Contact: Judith LaVoie Judith@vard.org 410-962-1800 x 229 VA Research Communications Service The current issue of the Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development (JRRD), a publication of Rehabilitation Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), includes a special...UGA researchers find caffeine reduces muscle pain during exercise
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
Contact: Michael Childs mchilds@coe.uga.edu 706-542-5889 University of Georgia That cup of coffee in the morning does more than wake you up. It can also help you feel less pain during your morning workout. That’s what researchers at the University of Georgia have found in a recent study...Study finds music can ease labor pain
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
Contact: Jeffrey Bendix jeffrey.bendix@case.edu 216-368-6070 Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND (USA) - - Many women approach childbirth labor (British English = Labour) fearful of the pain they may experience, but are also unwilling or unable to take medication to ease the pain....Continuous use of the pill curbs pelvic pain
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
NEW YORK - The menstrual pain caused by endometriosis can be relieved by taking oral contraceptive pills without the usual monthly interruption, Italian physicians report. In fact, they say, this approach has a lot of benefits for women who have endometriosis, a condition in which the tissue...Hot pepper chemical links tongue to heart
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
Contact: Valerie Gliem vgliem@psu.edu 814-865-9481 Penn State Discovery of ’hot pepper’ receptor in heart may explain chest pain, lead to new treatments The secret to heart attack chest pain may be on the tip of your tongue.Although they may seem unlikely bedfellows, Penn State College of...Neck pain therapies do not work
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
Two treatments for alleviating neck pain have been dismissed by scientists as a waste of money. Researchers in Finland examined dynamic muscle training and relaxation therapy to see if they can cure neck pain. These therapies, which involve learning how to strengthen or relax key muscles,...
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