Researchers have found that recreational exercise has no effect on the risk of developing knee osteoarthritis (OA). The results of their study, which monitored 1,279 older adults over a 9-year study period, suggested that older adults—even people who are overweight—can participate in recreational exercise without worrying that they might develop knee OA as a result. […]
0ne day, painkillers could be colour-coded for each sex. That’s what University of McGill psychology professor Jeffery Mogil thinks, based on new research into the different ways males and females process pain.
Mogil is co-chair for the International Society for the Study of Pain. The popular assumption is that women tolerate pain better than men because […]
Taking a substance used in the plastic surgery industry and suggesting it be used for headaches is probably one of the fastest and easiest ways to stir up controversy. Botulinum toxin A also called Botox, comes from the same group of bacteria that cause tetanus.
What is Botox?
You may already be familiar with the term ‘tetanus’ […]
University of Manchester researchers said their finding could lead to the next generation of analgesics designed for such chronic conditions as migraines and backache.
The scientists examined microscopic amoeboid organisms commonly called slime moulds in a bid to gain greater insight into pain molecules known as ‘P2X receptors’.
“In humans, P2X receptors look identical to one another […]
Scientists believe they may have identified the parts of a molecule which regulate pain in humans.
A study appearing in today’s edition of the Nature journal by researchers from the University of Manchester says chronic pain, which is usually dealt with through pain management medication, could be tackled more effectively now the structure of the P2X […]
Women in labor at Woodland Healthcare now have a wide range of options when it comes to pain relief. Patient controlled epidural anesthesia was recently introduced as a pain relief choice at Woodland’s Labor and Delivery unit.
The regional block can reduce the discomfort of labor and provide either analgesia - the full or partial relief […]
06-July-2007: Hedex Extra was meant to be the drug that pushed the envelope for millions of low-income Kenyan blue-collar workers shopping for a pain reliever.
It was heavily marketed as one of the country’s most potent painkillers, but now global pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is having a headache over the recall of this product.
Yesterday, it emerged […]
The venom of the predatory marine snail Conus Magus is one of the most potent painkillers on the planet. It has a greater potency than morphine, but works in an entirely different way.
The snail’s venom – which it uses to stun and paralyse its prey – targets proteins in cell membranes whose job it is […]