Botox effective in headache pain relief
... taken in large doses can be an effective headache pain reliever, according to a University of Toronto stu...ents suffering from headaches associated with neck pain - one with targeted botox injections in the head and neck while the other received a saline solution...Genes or environment: what shapes the sensory homunculus?
...ability to resolve tactile information. We do feel pain when pinched in the ribs or lower leg, but would not use these parts to read Braille....Sea slug's shopping habits dictated by hunger, scientists report
... internal state changes, its responses to food and pain stimuli change, too. It is as if they make decisions based on a sliding scale of pleasure and pain. This is surprising for a simple invertebrate. Previously such behavior was thought to be exclusive to higher vertebrates." Hungry snails tempted wi...UCSF researchers find link between vitamin C and gallbladder disease
...present but which haven't yet caused abdominal pain and therefore remain undetected. Gallsto...h known gallbladder disease and with abdominal pain characteristic of gallbladder disease, there were 9,650 participants available to test the relat...Nerve protein shown crucial to sensations of pain from heat, injury
..., also showed that the receptor contributes to the pain experiencedwhen tissue is injured or inflamed. The...or drugs to reduce the sensitivity tosome kinds of pain caused by tissue injury." (In 1997, Julius and Michael Caterina, MD, PhD, then a post-doctoral resea...HSUS to launch effort to end research animal pain and distress at Washington news conference WHO:...News conference to launch The HSUS' efforts to end pain and distress in research animals by the year 2020.The HSUS will release a report documenting that su...Study finds elderly women can halt bone loss
...women in the study who had suffered from arthritis pain reported a decrease in symptoms due to better joint stability. Snow said more research needs to be done in the field and she is hoping to conduct a larger, multi-center clinical trial of her study to create a model for the prevention of falls and ...UCSF study finds danger in marathon runners drinking too much water
...ents in this study had been taking ibuprofin-based pain relievers, such as Advil, which can make the body retain even more water. "These drugs could make (hyponatremia) more likely, and could make it more severe," Arieff said. However, he added that this apparent correlation needs to be confirmed in a l...Blister beetles use sex and subterfuge to infiltrate bee's nests
...with the chemical cantharidin, which causes severe pain and blistering upon contact with the skin. This substance is also used in the dubious aphrodisiac "Spanish Fly," which, when ingested, causes severe burning in the urinary tract. The researchers believe the aggregations lure males into copulation thr...Scientists catch "molecular snapshot" of COX-2 in action
... of hormone-like prostaglandins that contribute to pain and inflammation. Elevated levels of COX-2 have al...to stimuli, whose prostaglandin products result in pain and inflammation. Aspirin and non-steroidal inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) target both enzymes, result...Genetically engineered foods: science and nature don't necessarily mix
...rkers sustain non-fatal injuries, such as low-back pain and fracture, according to the Bureau of Labor Sta...for fibromyalgia, a rheumatic syndrome that causes pain in certain tender points in the body. However, the health care community is finally beginning to re...Targeted Genetics presents clinical data on E1A cancer gene therapy
... for seven weeks. The most common side effect was pain at the injection site, and no serious adverse events related to tgDCC-E1A were reported. Of 20 evaluable patients, 45% showed objective responses or stabilization of their disease as assessed by CT analysis. A 5% complete response rate also was obse...Asprin-like drugs may be useful for cancer treatment, study suggests
...nly COX-2. This selectivity results in relief from pain and inflammation promoted by COX-2's prostaglandin products but leaves intact the stomach protection provided by COX-1's products. Strong evidence over more than a decade has associated longterm use of aspirin and/or NSAIDs with a reduced risk for c...UH lab identifies first gene mutations in blood vessel disease
...mature aging. The disease is also characterized by pain and cramps related to poor circulation in the legs, hypertension and stroke. Rupture of a membrane at the back of the retina causes bleeding that leads to blindness, and premature arteriosclerosis can necessitate heart bypass surgery in patients stil...UCSF finding could lead to long-sought alternative to morphine
UCSF researchers have discovered a pain relief strategy that could provide a long-sought a...years, but have long been dismissed as ineffective pain killers. Published studies have suggested that women prefer kappa-opioids to morphine during labor a...New test for presence of nitric oxide could improve medical knowledge
...atment; for example, nitroglycerin ameliorates the pain of angina by supplying nitric oxide to the blood vessels that supply the heart. The popular drug Viagra controls penile erection by regulating nitric oxide. To understand the mechanism of nitric oxide's action in the body, medical researchers...UF researchers find painless electrical stimulus helps restore hand movement for stroke patients
...ients to use their arms at all and leading to more pain and discomfort," Wolf said. Cauraugh speculates the electrical impulses may help reactivate the blocked communication pathway between the brain and the wrist or finger muscles, or encourage alternate pathways to form. "Many patients were able to m...Alleviating and managing pain in animals is focus of new guidebook
...en an animal is in pain. Managing and alleviating pain is the focus of a new guidebook written by small a... Medicine. "This book is targeted toward advancing pain recognition and guiding practitioners on various management techniques and concepts," said lead auth...Minimally invasive procedure offers long-term pain relief for patients with pancreatitis
...rn to a minimally invasive operation for long-term pain relief, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins ...ts in our study had few complications, needed less pain medication and improved their quality of life." Chronic pancreatitis, long-term inflammation of the ...Heart attack sufferers putting their lives at risk by failing to recognise symptoms
... of acute [heart attack] is only of crushing chest pain accompanied by collapse and unconsciousness, which...al, the symptoms intermittent, and the location of pain variable," say the authors. And Glasgow is not unique they add. And it's important to seek help qui...