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Study: Women remain at higher risk of dying or developing heart failure after a heart attack

Women face a 20 per cent higher risk than men of dying or having heart failure during the five years following a heart attack, according to a new study from University of Alberta cardiology researchers.

16 Dec 2020

FDA grants marketing authorization for new ACL implant

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted marketing authorization—under the De Novo premarket review pathway—for an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) implant, intended to serve as an alternative to ACL reconstruction to treat ACL tears.

16 Dec 2020

Regulating a protein channel responsible for transporting chloride across cell membranes

Laboratory cell experiments and computer simulations have revealed molecular mechanisms regulating a protein channel responsible for transporting chloride and other charged molecules across cell membranes.

16 Dec 2020

Study provides valuable interaction about animal host and pathogen during pneumococcal infections

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine published one of the most comprehensive analyses of how genes get expressed during infection (known as a transcriptome). The analyses include three different strains of the bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae, which causes pneumonia, meningitis, and middle-ear infections.

15 Dec 2020

Compound derived from thunder god vine could improve outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients

The results of a pre-clinical study led by researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute, an affiliate of City of Hope, suggest how a compound derived from the thunder god vine -- an herb used in China for centuries to treat joint pain, swelling and fever -- is able to kill cancer cells and potentially improve clinical outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer.

14 Dec 2020

Mindfulness-based stress reduction may provide benefit to people with migraine

Migraine is a neurological disease that can be severely debilitating and is the second leading cause of disability worldwide.

14 Dec 2020

Experts debate how to transform services to improve UK mental health support

New research into the concerns of people with healthcare needs amid COVID-19 were explored, as a panel of industry leaders debated how to transform services to improve UK mental health support, in Connect Health’s latest Change webinar.

14 Dec 2020

Expansion of telepsychiatry may outlast the COVID-19 pandemic

Once the COVID-19 pandemic is over, a lot of things will go back to normal. We'll stop wearing masks. We'll crowd into restaurants. We'll walk whatever direction we want to down grocery store aisles. But some changes that the pandemic spurred might be here to stay. Among them: the expansion of telepsychiatry.

11 Dec 2020

Researchers investigate whether tailored online exercise benefits ‘long Covid’ patients

Researchers at the University of Warwick and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust are to investigate whether a tailored online exercise and support programme would benefit those experiencing long-term symptoms of Covid-19 - what has been dubbed 'long Covid'.

11 Dec 2020

Stairs test can help assess heart health

Climbing four flights of stairs in less than a minute indicates good heart health, according to research presented at EACVI - Best of Imaging 2020, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology.

11 Dec 2020

Study sheds new light on reflexive behaviors

When you touch a hot stove, your hand reflexively pulls away; if you miss a rung on a ladder, you instinctively catch yourself.

10 Dec 2020

New survey to understand the prevalence of marijuana use among cancer patients

Marijuana use is illegal in South Carolina, even for medical purposes. But national survey data shows that the use of marijuana for medical reasons is common, regardless of whether the people who use it live in a state with a legal marketplace.

10 Dec 2020

Antiepileptic drug reduces early signs of clinical dysfunction in people with ALS

The antiepileptic drug ezogabine reduced pathologic excitability of cortical and spinal motor neuron cells that are early signs of clinical dysfunction in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a study conducted by the Neurological Clinical Research Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital.

10 Dec 2020

$20.6 billion to restore crumbling services for women, newborns, children and adolescents

The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening three decades of improvement in health and social services for women, newborns, children and adolescents.

10 Dec 2020

Study: Paclitaxel-coated devices do not increase mortality for patients with peripheral artery disease

An interim analysis from the Swedish Drug-Elution Trial in Peripheral Arterial Disease (SWEDEPAD) has now been presented.

10 Dec 2020

Recommended biomarker screening is highly underutilized, shows study

About five percent of patients experience heart muscle injury around the time of their surgery for a noncardiac condition, yet guideline recommendations to identify patients at risk using biomarkers are not being followed.

10 Dec 2020

Physicians don't always recognize radiation therapy side effects in cancer patients

Physicians did not recognize side effects from radiation therapy in more than half of breast cancer patients who reported a significant symptom, a new study finds.

9 Dec 2020

Symptom under-recognition may be common in breast cancer patients treated with radiotherapy

Among patients with breast cancer treated with radiotherapy, under-recognition of symptoms was common in reports of pain, pruritus, edema, and fatigue, with younger patients and Black patients having significantly increased odds of symptom under-recognition, according to data presented at the 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 8-11.

9 Dec 2020

Mastectomy and reconstructive surgery may increase risk of becoming persistent drug users

Women who receive mastectomy and reconstructive surgery as part of breast cancer treatment may face the risk of developing persistent use of opioids and sedative-hypnotic drugs, according to data presented at the 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 8-11.

9 Dec 2020

Bilayered delivery system offers new solution for treating IBS-C patients

Patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) have long needed an upgrade in treatment.

9 Dec 2020

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Latest Pain News and Research

Study: Women remain at higher risk of dying or developing heart failure after a heart attack

FDA grants marketing authorization for new ACL implant

Regulating a protein channel responsible for transporting chloride across cell membranes

Study provides valuable interaction about animal host and pathogen during pneumococcal infections

Compound derived from thunder god vine could improve outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients

Mindfulness-based stress reduction may provide benefit to people with migraine

Experts debate how to transform services to improve UK mental health support

Expansion of telepsychiatry may outlast the COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers investigate whether tailored online exercise benefits ‘long Covid’ patients

Stairs test can help assess heart health

Study sheds new light on reflexive behaviors

New survey to understand the prevalence of marijuana use among cancer patients

Antiepileptic drug reduces early signs of clinical dysfunction in people with ALS

$20.6 billion to restore crumbling services for women, newborns, children and adolescents

Study: Paclitaxel-coated devices do not increase mortality for patients with peripheral artery disease

Recommended biomarker screening is highly underutilized, shows study

Physicians don't always recognize radiation therapy side effects in cancer patients

Symptom under-recognition may be common in breast cancer patients treated with radiotherapy

Mastectomy and reconstructive surgery may increase risk of becoming persistent drug users

Bilayered delivery system offers new solution for treating IBS-C patients

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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