by The North American Menopause Society Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The loss of estrogen during the menopause transition can cause a number of physical changes and health concerns—from thinning hair and atrophied vaginal mucous membranes to hot flashes and increased risk for osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease. A new study suggests that it may also increase...
by Frontiers Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study is the first to investigate brain connectivity patterns at rest in veterans with both chronic pain and trauma, finding three unique brain subtypes potentially indicating high, medium, and low susceptibility to pain and trauma symptoms. The findings provide an objective measurement of pain and trauma susceptibility...
by Wolters Kluwer Health Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For patients with painful finger osteoarthritis, a nonsurgical procedure called lipofilling—in which fat obtained from another part of the body is transferred into the arthritic joints—produces lasting improvements in hand function and especially pain, suggests a study in the May issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official...
Scientists have provided the most substantial evidence yet that a protein that enables us to detect the cold sensation may also be responsible for migraines. The findings appear in the journal PAIN. Scientists at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences have found that blocking or removing a protein called TRPM8 in mice prevented them from experiencing migraine-like symptoms. In...
by British Medical Journal Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There’s “promising evidence” that osteopathy, the physical manipulation of the body’s tissues and bones, may relieve the pain associated with musculoskeletal conditions, finds a review of the available clinical evidence, published in the open access journal BMJ Open. But there’s little or only inconclusive evidence to back its...
by University of Birmingham Credit: CC0 Public Domain Patients who are most likely to suffer severe pain following an operation can be reliably identified using a new technique developed at the University of Birmingham. The technique could allow clinicians to plan additional preventative pain medication during surgery for vulnerable patients. This could mean patients are...
Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. By Keynote Contributor Professor Mike Hurley Clinical Director of the ESCAPE-pain programme at Orthopaedic Research UK Written by Keynote Contributor, Professor Mike Hurley. Worldwide chronic knee, hip and back pain are the commonest causes of pain. It impairs people’s mobility, physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing, independence, quality of life,...
by University of Birmingham Credit: CC0 Public Domain Patients who are most likely to suffer severe pain following an operation can be reliably identified using a new technique developed at the University of Birmingham. The technique could allow clinicians to plan additional preventative pain medication during surgery for vulnerable patients. This could mean patients are...
Chronic back pain can be a debilitating condition. It can severely impact patients’ quality of life, force people into retirement or prevent the usual fun activities, such as sports or taking a walk. Back pain is usually treated with drugs and physiotherapy, but now scientists at the University of Sydney said that the most effective back pain...
EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY IMAGE: THIS RESEARCH WAS LED BY ALEX SERAFINI (MIDDLE PHOTO, LEFT) AND JUSTIN FRERE (MIDDLE PHOTO, RIGHT) UNDER THE MENTORSHIP OF VENETIA ZACHARIOU FROM THE ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI (LEFT) AND BENJAMIN TENOEVER FROM NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (RIGHT). CREDIT: ALEX SERAFINI, ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI Philadelphia (April...
