Women who take certain drugs for heartburn, acid reflux and peptic ulcers are raising their risk of hip fractures by as much as 50 percent according to researchers. The drugs, called proton pump inhibitors (PPI’s) are used by millions around the world who suffer from chronic and painful symptoms of indigestion. Researchers at Harvard Medical [...]
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A large scale study has demonstrated a link between obesity and pain — with higher rates of pain reported by the heaviest individuals. Researchers at Stony Brook University in New York analyzed the responses of over a million people who were surveyed by telephone by the Gallop Organization between 2008 and 2010. They calculated the [...]
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A British pharmaceutical company hopes to begin selling the world’s first marijuana based prescription drug in the U.S. by the end of 2013. GW Pharmaceuticals has asked the Food and Drug Administration to approve the use of Savitex as a treatment for severe cancer pain. Savitex is a mouth spray that contains a formulation of [...]
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Legislation that will build awareness of a severe chronic pain condition is another step closer to law in Ohio. The Ohio State House’s Health and Aging Committee approved Senate Bill 40 this week, which will educate Ohio physicians about Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). The reason for the bill? CRPS is very hard to diagnose. [...]
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Two new studies highlight how regular exercise can help relieve pain and improve the mood of people with chronic health problems. Researchers at Northwestern University and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago found that two in five adults who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were physically inactive. The study, which was published in the journal Arthritis [...]
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It’s a scene that may help George Clooney win an Academy Award. It’s also ironic, given the actor’s struggles with chronic pain. “Goodbye my love, my pain,” Clooney’s character says in “The Descendents” as he prepares to tell doctors to turn off the life support machine that keeps his brain dead wife alive. If Clooney [...]
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Do women feel more pain than men? Or are they just more likely to complain about it? The answer to both questions appears to be “Yes” according to a new study at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Researchers mined a large data base of electronic medical records and found that women report more acute [...]
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Scientists have a new understanding of what causes neuropathic pain to persist, a finding that could lead to development of new drugs to fight pain. Millions of people suffer from neuropathic pain, a chronic pain triggered by nerve damage. Why that pain persists has long been a mystery and current treatments are often ineffective. A [...]
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A major new public health campaign is needed in the U.S. to battle an “epidemic” of chronic pain, according to a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine. “The magnitude of pain in the United States is astounding,” wrote the authors of the perspective piece, Philip Pizzo, MD, dean of the Stanford University [...]
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Healthy people without a history of cardiovascular disease are unlikely to benefit from regular use of aspirin, according to a new British study. Doctors have long recommended a daily dose of the painkiller to reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke, but the study found that aspirin also raised the risk of internal bleeding. [...]
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