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Low levels of vitamin D in women - but not men - may be contributing to chronic pain.
According to a study published in the journal Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 7000 men and women were studied using pain scores and blood test results to measure their levels of pain and vitamin D. Although there didn’t […]
Canadian Olympic archer J.D. Burnes has taken a side trip that he would rather have not have. He is in a Beijing hospital with complaints related to his appendix.
How devastating must that be. To train so hard and so long to reach something like the Olympics, only to be felled by your appendix. So […]
Endometriosis is a painful condition where the tissue of the uterus is found outside of the uterus. It attaches on to internal organs. Whenever a woman menstruates, the tissue still acts as if it is in the uterus and can cause severe pain. It can also cause infertility.
Scientists think they’ve found a cause of the […]
Want your smile whiter than white? Just be careful that you don’t end up losing your teeth while working on matching the Hollywood or glamor smiles.
Did you know that some of the products used to whiten teeth can burn your gums? That they can burn your gums to such a severity that you could require […]
Severe burns in children involve painful treatments to help remove burned tissue from their body. Staying in a burn unit is the best for most of this care, but the goal is to move them out of that intensive setting as quickly as possible.
A new study published in the Annals of Surgery, has found that […]
Quick! What’s your favorite food? Picture it. Imagine it. Taste it as if it was there.
According to a researcher at the University of Wisconsin, because pain is an emotional response, pleasurable emotions can help counteract pain. In this article, In Pain? Your Favorite Food May Get You Through It, the author writes, “With food […]
The pain of diabetic neuropathy has been described as being like walking on tacks, pointed side up. It is a long-term complication of diabetes. While it’s not inevitable, people with diabetes, particularly those whose sugar levels vary widely, are at risk.
There was hope that a medication called lacosamide (Vimpat) would help relieve the pain (New […]
Press Release:
FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Approval of ACTEMRA(R) (tocilizumab) for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
NUTLEY, N.J., July 29 /PRNewswire/ — Roche today announced that the Arthritis Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by a near unanimous (10-1) vote recommended approval of ACTEMRA(R) (tocilizumab), a novel interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor-inhibiting monoclonalantibody, for reducing […]
When someone goes for a joint replacement, they hope and look forward to a relatively pain-free existence after the rehabilitation process is complete. And, for many, that’s just what happens. Unfortunately, there are some patients who don’t do as well and end up needing a second surgery, a revision of the replacement or an outright […]
Seriously. The iShoe is in testing stages now, but I don’t think it’s what you think it might be.
A major health risk that many seniors face is falling. Because of their age and their body, seniors who fall are a high risk of breaking a hip and that can be life changing, and even fatal, […]
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