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April 19, 2024

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No Link Between Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children's Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability, Says Large Sibling Study

Apr. 9, 2024 — In the largest study to date on the subject, researchers found no evidence to support a causal link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD and intellectual ...

Why Some People With Rheumatoid Arthritis Have Pain Without Inflammation

Apr. 11, 2024 — Researchers have identified a suite of genes explaining the disconnect between diagnosis and ...

Did You Know That Physical Activity Can Protect You from Chronic Pain?

Mar. 27, 2024 — Reserachers found that people who were more active in their free time had a lower chance of having various types of chronic pain 7-8 years later. For example, being just a little more active, such as going from light to moderate activity, was ...

Gene Discovery Offers New Hope for People Living With Chronic Skin Disease

Mar. 25, 2024 — Scientists have discovered a gene mutation is responsible for causing psoriasis -- a chronic inflammatory skin disease that causes patients to develop red, scaly and itchy patches across their body. According to researchers, if two copies of this ...

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Molecular Causes of Different Functions of Opioid Receptors

Apr. 12, 2024 — Drugs that target opioid receptors sometimes have severe side effects. Thousands of people around the world die every day from overdoses involving opioids such as fentanyl. Researchers have taken a ...

New Consensus Statement Aims to Improve Endometriosis Evaluation

Apr. 9, 2024 — A new expert consensus statement aims to improve endometriosis evaluation. Endometriosis is a common condition with substantial diagnostic delay, leading patients to experience pain, infertility, ...

How the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Enters Our Cells

Mar. 28, 2024 — Researchers have identified how the tick-borne Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus enters our cells. The results are an important step in the development of drugs against the deadly ...

Poor Sleep Linked to Migraine Attacks

Mar. 13, 2024 — A new study has identified a link between poor sleep and migraine attacks that suggests improving sleep health may diminish migraine attacks in people with ...

Doctors Can Now Watch Spinal Cord Activity During Surgery

Mar. 7, 2024 — Scientists can make high resolution images of the human spinal cord during surgery. The advancement could help bring real relief to millions suffering chronic back ...

Coronary Artery Calcium Score Predictive of Heart Attacks, Strokes

Mar. 5, 2024 — Coronary artery calcium scoring with CT can identify symptomatic patients with a very low risk of heart attacks or strokes. Researchers said the findings may one day help some patients with stable ...

An Overgrowth of Nerve Cells Appears to Cause Lingering Symptoms After Recurrent UTIs

Mar. 2, 2024 — A perplexing problem for people with recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs) is persistent pain, even after antibiotics have successfully cleared ...

Clinical Trial Shows Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Could Prevent Disease

Feb. 13, 2024 — A drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis could also prevent the disease in individuals deemed to be at ...

Type 2 Diabetes Alters the Behavior of Discs in the Vertebral Column

Feb. 13, 2024 — Type 2 diabetes alters the behavior of discs in the vertebral column, making them stiffer, and also causes the discs to change shape earlier than normal. As a result, the disc's ability to withstand ...

Scientists Debunk Role of 'Junk Cells' in Fight Against Malaria

Feb. 8, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a previously unknown ability of a group of immune system cells, known as Atypical B cells (ABCs), to fight infectious diseases such as malaria. The scientists say ABCs ...

Safety of a Potential New Treatment to Manage Complications from Sickle Cell Disease

Apr. 11, 2024 — A drug approved to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension may be effective at managing hypertension and end-organ damage in patients with sickle cell disease, according to a new study. An early phase ...

Earlier Retirement for People With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Mar. 20, 2024 — Frequent musculoskeletal pain is linked with an increased risk of exiting work and retiring earlier, according to a new ...

Early Identification of Persistent Pain Plus Holistic Interventions Cut Opioid Use

Mar. 20, 2024 — In a new study, researchers found that a carefully worded, short questionnaire successfully identified people who were most likely to develop chronic pain. These patients were then steered to a more ...

Knee Pain Explained: The Size of Your Meniscus Matters

Feb. 7, 2024 — A team of researchers has shed light on why some patients with specific joint deformities, such as discoid lateral meniscus (DLM), are symptomatic while others are not. The researchers analyzed 61 ...

Discovery May Enable an Effective Long-Term Lupus Treatment

Feb. 6, 2024 — Researchers have worked out how to fix a defect that causes lupus, and hope their discovery will offer effective long-term ...

Scientist Shows Focused Ultrasound Can Reach Deep Into the Brain to Relieve Pain

Feb. 5, 2024 — Scientists have found soundwaves from low-intensity focused ultrasound aimed at a place deep in the brain called the insula can reduce both the perception of pain and other effects of pain, such as ...

Researchers Uncover Potential Non-Opioid Treatment for Chronic Pain

Jan. 31, 2024 — A new approach to treating neuropathic pain is making a key step forward. Neuropathic pain is among the most difficult types of pain to alleviate and current treatments are often ineffective. ...

Brain Changes Behind Pain Sensitivity May Affect Older Women More

Jan. 31, 2024 — A new study has found that the brain system enabling us to inhibit our own pain changes with age, and that gender-based differences in those changes may lead females to be more sensitive to moderate ...

Mood Interventions May Reduce Inflammation in Crohn's and Colitis

Jan. 24, 2024 — New research reveals that interventions which improve mood can reduce levels of inflammation in people with inflammatory bowel disease by 18 per cent, compared to having no mood ...

Good and Bad News for People With Low Back Pain

Jan. 22, 2024 — Low back pain is a major cause of disability around the globe, with more than 570 million people affected. New research shows that many people with persistent low back pain (more than 12 weeks) ...

'Exhalation' System Improves Symptoms for Most Common Form of Chronic Sinus Infections

Jan. 18, 2024 — An exhalation delivery system that uses a patient's own breath to carry the anti-inflammatory compound fluticasone (EDS-FLU) directly to the sinuses reduced chronic sinus infection (sinusitis) ...

Incurable Autoimmune Disease Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): New Genetic Findings Open Up Perspectives for Future Therapeutic Approaches

Jan. 14, 2024 — Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease, in which the immune system that normally protects the body from invading microbes turns against the body's own cells. Researchers ...

Pain-Based Weather Forecasts Could Influence Actions

Jan. 13, 2024 — For individuals who experience chronic pain, weather can be a significant factor in their day-to-day plans. In a recent study, about 70 percent of respondents said they would alter their behavior ...

Different Pain Types in Multiple Sclerosis Can Cause Difficulty Staying Active

Jan. 9, 2024 — Chronic pain can present in multiple forms for multiple sclerosis patients. Some forms make it harder to stay active than ...

Scientists Use High-Tech Brain Stimulation to Make People More Hypnotizable

Jan. 4, 2024 — Scientists used transcranial magnetic stimulation to temporarily enhance hypnotizability in patients with chronic pain, making them better candidates for ...

Older Adults With Newly Diagnosed Migraine Disorder Three Times More Likely to Have Motor Vehicle Crash

Jan. 3, 2024 — A new study finds that older adult drivers who are recently diagnosed with migraines are three times as likely to experience a motor vehicle crash. Older adult drivers who reported having ever had ...

Epilepsy Drug Shows Promise in Slowing Joint Degeneration in Osteoarthritis

Jan. 3, 2024 — Researchers have identified a drug target that may alleviate joint degeneration associated with osteoarthritis, a debilitating condition that afflicts as many as 30 million people in the United ...

Two Types of CBT Are Equally Effective in the Treatment of Fibromyalgia

Dec. 22, 2023 — There does not appear to be any profound differences between so-called exposure-based CBT and traditional CBT in the treatment of fibromyalgia. Both forms of treatment produced a significant ...

Childhood Trauma Increases Risk of Chronic Pain in Adulthood, Research to-Date Highlights

Dec. 19, 2023 — Physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, or neglect, either alone or combined with other types of childhood trauma, increases the risk of chronic pain and related disability in adulthood, according to ...

Researchers Reveal Prevalence of Persistent Symptoms in Patients With Microscopic Colitis

Dec. 13, 2023 — A new study examines how multiple factors contribute to the miscommunication and understanding of the digestive disease, microscopic ...