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  Drug Shows Promise in Prostate Cancer Spread to Bone: Tumors Were Reduced on Bone Scans, Bone Pain Decreased After Patients Received Cabozantinib

  December 4, 2012 — A new drug demonstrated dramatic and rapid effects on prostate cancer that had spread to the bone, according to a new ... > full story
• Today's Healthcare
  Diseases and Conditions
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  Personalized Medicine
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  Listen Up, Doc: Empathy Raises Patients' Pain Tolerance

  December 3, 2012 — A doctor-patient relationship built on trust and empathy doesn't just put patients at ease -- it actually changes the brain's response to stress and increases pain tolerance, according to new ... > full story
• Opium
  Pain Control
  Neuropathy
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  Fibromyalgia
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  Promising New Approach in Therapy of Pain

  December 3, 2012 — The treatment of inflammatory pain can be improved by endogenous opioid peptides acting directly in injured tissue. Scientists have shown that pain can be successfully treated by targeting immune and ... > full story
• Sleep Disorder Research
  Sleep Disorders
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  Extended Sleep Reduces Pain Sensitivity

  December 1, 2012 — A new study suggests that extending nightly sleep in mildly sleepy, healthy adults increases daytime alertness and reduces pain ... > full story
• Bone and Spine
  Osteoporosis
  Menopause
  Women's Health
  Leukemia
  Today's Healthcare
   

  Steroid Injection Linked With Significant Bone Loss in Postmenopausal Women Treated for Back Pain

  December 1, 2012 — Postmenopausal women suffered significant bone density loss in their hip after they were treated with an epidural steroid injection for back pain relief, according to a new study. Bone density loss ... > full story
• Lyme Disease
  Spiders and Ticks
  Joint Pain
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  Virology
  Viruses
   

  Guineafowl May Spread, Not Halt, Fever-Bearing Ticks in Turkey

  November 29, 2012 — The country Turkey releases non-native guineafowl to eat ticks that carry deadly Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. Yet research suggests guineafowl eat few ticks, but carry the parasites on their ... > full story
• Pests and Parasites
  Pharmacology
  Marine Biology
  Fish
  Staying Healthy
  Sea Life
   

  Insects Beware: The Sea Anemone Is Coming

  November 29, 2012 — Insects are becoming resistant to insecticides, presenting a growing need to develop novel ways of pest control. New research shows that the sea anemone's venom harbors toxins that could pose a new ... > full story
• Intelligence
  Pain Control
  Fibromyalgia
  Psychology
  Workplace Health
  Mental Health Research
   

  Children With Higher Intelligence Less Likely to Report Chronic Widespread Pain in Adulthood

  November 29, 2012 — There is a correlation between childhood intelligence and chronic widespread pain (CWP) in adulthood, according to a new study. About 10-15 percent of adults report CWP, a common musculoskeletal ... > full story
• Autism
  Child Development
  Child Psychology
  Infant's Health
  Behavior
  Workplace Health
   

  Researchers Study Cry Acoustics to Determine Risk for Autism

  November 27, 2012 — Researchers have been studying the cry acoustics of six-month-old infants. At-risk infants produced pain related cries with higher and more variable fundamental frequency (commonly referred to as ... > full story
• Opium
  Today's Healthcare
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  High-Dose Opioid Treatment Associated With Mental Health and Medical Comorbidities

  November 27, 2012 — A new study shows that patients on higher doses of opioids had higher rates of psychiatric problems, co-prescriptions of sedatives and health care services ... > full story

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