Monday, 29 December 2025

Study identifies risk factors for severe COVID-19 in individuals with sickle cell disease

Added: 05.11.2021 21:25 | 311 views | 0 comments

New research finds that certain factors, such as a history of severe pain episodes and coexisting organ conditions, increase the risk of severe COVID-19 illness, including hospitalization, in individuals living with sickle cell disease (SCD). According to researchers, the study results underscore the need for COVID-19 risk reduction strategies and vaccination for this medically vulnerable population.

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Consuming a diet with more fish fats, less vegetable oils can reduce migraine headaches, study finds

Added: 05.11.2021 21:25 | 309 views | 0 comments

A diet higher in fatty fish helped frequent migraine sufferers reduce their monthly number of headaches and intensity of pain compared to participants on a diet higher in vegetable-based fats and oils, according to a new study.

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Light therapy helps burn injuries heal faster by triggering growth protein

Added: 05.11.2021 21:25 | 213 views | 0 comments

The research found that photobiomodulation -- a form of low-dose light therapy -- sped up recovery from burns and reduced inflammation in mice by activating a protein that controls cell growth and division.

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Vitamin D reduces the need for opioids in palliative cancer

Added: 05.11.2021 21:25 | 364 views | 0 comments

Patients with vitamin D deficiency who received vitamin D supplements had a reduced need for pain relief and lower levels of fatigue in palliative cancer treatment, a randomized and placebo-controlled study shows.

Tags: Cancer

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Research shows many with mild COVID-19 infections still experience long-term symptoms

Added: 05.11.2021 21:25 | 209 views | 0 comments

Data from a University of Arizona Health Sciences longitudinal study on COVID-19 shows that 67 percent of people with mild or moderate COVID-19 infection develop long COVID, with symptoms that last more than 30 days after a positive test.

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'Where does it hurt?' predicts chronic pain outcomes, study shows

Added: 05.11.2021 21:25 | 225 views | 0 comments

Pain distribution as reported on a body map, on its own, can be used to assign patients to distinct subgroups that are associated with differences in pain intensity, pain quality, pain impact and clinically-relevant three-month outcomes, according to a new study.

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Is reducing opioids for pain patients linked to higher rates of overdose and mental health crisis?

Added: 05.11.2021 21:25 | 216 views | 0 comments

A new study found a 68% increase in overdose events and a doubling of mental health crises among patients who were on stable opioid therapy but had their doses tapered.

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Early COVID-19 symptoms differ among age groups, research finds

Added: 05.11.2021 21:25 | 213 views | 0 comments

Symptoms for early COVID-19 infection differ among age groups and between men and women, new research has found.

Tags: Women

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Tiny wireless device illuminates neuron activity in the brain

Added: 05.11.2021 21:25 | 210 views | 0 comments

A team lights a path forward for improved treatment of conditions including addiction and epilepsy and chronic pain. In a new article, they report on a wireless transcranial optogenetic simulation device that can send light through the skull rather than physically penetrating the blood-brain barrier.

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Gene associated with autism linked to itch response, study finds

Added: 05.11.2021 21:25 | 211 views | 0 comments

A gene associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and pain hypersensitivity may actually decrease itch response, according to new research.

Tags: Autism , Genes

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Patients report long-term favorable effects of weight loss surgery in their daily lives

Added: 05.11.2021 21:25 | 215 views | 0 comments

A new study shows that over the course of five years, patients who had bariatric and metabolic surgery to treat uncontrolled type 2 diabetes reported greater physical health, more energy, less body pain, and less negative effects of diabetes in their daily lives, compared with patients who had medical therapy alone for their diabetes.

Tags: Surgery , Lost

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Lifting advice doesn't stand up for everyone, study finds

Added: 05.11.2021 21:25 | 214 views | 0 comments

Commonly accepted advice to keep a straight back and squat while lifting in order to avoid back pain has been challenged by new research. The research examined people who had regularly performed manual lifting through their occupation for more than five years and found those who experienced low back pain as a result were more likely to use the recommended technique of squatting and keeping a straight back, while those without back pain tended not to adhere to the recommended lifting advice.

Tags: Beer

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Study shows Cannabis terpenes provide pain relief, contribute to 'entourage effect'

Added: 05.11.2021 21:25 | 212 views | 0 comments

Researchers have found that terpenes mimic cannabinoids and produce similar pain-relieving effects, which are amplified when the two are used together.

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

What you say in the first minute after a vaccine can be key in reducing a child's distress

Added: 05.11.2021 21:25 | 205 views | 0 comments

New pain research finds what you say in the first minute after a vaccine can be key in reducing a child's distress.

Tags: Fire

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Preferred life expectancy and its association with hypothetical adverse life scenarios

Added: 05.11.2021 21:25 | 221 views | 0 comments

A new study sheds light on how the specter of dementia and chronic pain reduce people's desire to live into older ages. Among Norwegians 60 years of age and older the desire to live into advanced ages was significantly reduced by hypothetical adverse life scenarios with the strongest effect caused by dementia and chronic pain.

Tags: Norwegian , Dementia

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

For pediatric patients with Crohn's disease, factors associated with statural growth differ by sex

Added: 05.11.2021 21:25 | 204 views | 0 comments

Growth impairment, a common complication of Crohn's disease in children, occurs more often in males than females, but the reasons are unclear. Now, a physician-scientists have found that factors associated with statural growth differ by sex.

Tags: Children

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Virtual learning may help NICU nurses recognize baby pain

Added: 05.11.2021 21:25 | 213 views | 0 comments

Babies younger than four weeks old, called neonates, were once thought not to perceive pain due to not-yet-fully-developed sensory systems, but modern research says otherwise.

Tags: Babies

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Pioneering noninvasive technique for neurological conditions

Added: 05.11.2021 21:25 | 222 views | 0 comments

Researchers are developing a new, noninvasive brain stimulation technique to treat neurological disorders, including pain, traumatic brain injury (TBI), epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and more.

Tags: Pioneer

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Fibromyalgia likely the result of autoimmune problems

Added: 05.11.2021 21:25 | 226 views | 0 comments

New research has shown that many of the symptoms in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) are caused by antibodies that increase the activity of pain-sensing nerves throughout the body. The results show that fibromyalgia is a disease of the immune system, rather than the currently held view that it originates in the brain.

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Study identifies risk factors for severe COVID-19 in individuals with sickle cell disease

Added: 05.11.2021 21:25 | 217 views | 0 comments