F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE DISCLOSURES Welcome to Impact Factor, your weekly dose of commentary on a new medical study. I’m Dr F. Perry Wilson of the Yale School of Medicine. When you stub your toe or get a paper cut on your finger, you feel the pain in that part of your body. It...
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10 Self-Massage Moves to Ease Aches and Pains
Anyone who’s ever had a professional massage can attest to how great you feel afterward. You emerge from the room like you’re walking on air. Stress has melted away, and muscle pains are a distant memory. With benefits like that, we all should be getting weekly massages. Too bad we’re all busy—and not made of money. Enter self-myofascial release (SMR)....
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How to treat and prevent leg muscle cramps
Muscle cramps are painful, visible contractions of a muscle or part of a muscle. Many people experience muscle cramps in the calf. In most cases, the cramp can last for a few seconds to a few minutesTrusted Source before spontaneously resolving. Keep reading to learn about the causes, treatments, and prevention of leg muscle cramps....
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Tips for healing a sprained ankle fast
A sprained ankle is an injury to one or more ligaments in the ankle. Mild sprains may involve overstretching and irritating the ligaments, while severe sprains can cause the ligaments to tear completely. Ankle sprains are common injuries, particularly among people who play sports. They can be very painful, and severe sprains can require months of recovery....
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Regular use of prescription drugs for pain and sleep increases frailty risk by 95 percent
ORI, FAU study first to show statistically significant links between regular use of pain and/or sleep prescriptions and frailty risk in older adults OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE Researchers from the Oregon Research Institute (ORI) and Florida Atlantic University (FAU) are the first to demonstrate statistically significant links between self-reported regular use of prescription drugs for pain...
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Novel formulation of an injectable drug to treat joint inflammation acts for ten days
Tests in rats showed enhanced efficacy of the drug as well as the absence of side effects, such as stomach bleeding; this innovation could be used to treat temporomandibular joint inflammation FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO Thanks to a new injectable formula, Brazilian researchers have succeeded in enhancing the efficacy...
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Study finds that Bisphenol A increases the pain sensation of mice
by Asociacion RUVID University of Alicante (UA) and Miguel Hernández University (UMH) researchers have found out the mechanism of action of bisphenol A (BPA) in nociceptor neurons that transmit the sense of pain. BPA is a chemical substance used to make plastic containers, thermal paper and coating resins for the inside of food or soft...
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One in three pain patients suffer side effects after ketamine infusion therapy
by American Society of Anesthesiologists As the opioid epidemic continues to devastate the United States, ketamine use has grown as a pain management alternative, yet more than one in three patients may experience side effects such as hallucinations and visual disturbances, suggests new research presented at the Anesthesiology 2019 annual meeting. Ketamine is a powerful...
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Cloudy with a Chance of Pain? Smartphone study shows pain more likely on humid, windy days
People with long-term health conditions are 20 percent more likely to suffer from pain on days that are humid and windy with low atmospheric pressure according to new research from the University of Manchester scientists. The study, funded by Versus Arthritis, was based on the experience of people with conditions such as arthritis, fibromyalgia, migraine...
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Three reasons you have neck pain – and why ‘bad posture’ probably isn’t one of them
by Christian Worsfold, The Conversation If you suffer from neck pain, you’re not alone. Spinal pain is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide and its occurrence has increased dramatically over the past 25 years. While most episodes of neck pain are likely to get better within a few months, half to three-quarters of...