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Curry Spice Could Offer Treatment Hope for Tendinitis
August 9, 2011 A derivative of a common culinary spice found in Indian curries could offer a new treatment hope for sufferers of the painful condition tendinitis, researchers have shown. The researchers have shown ... > full story -
Predicting Spinal Disc Degeneration
August 4, 2011 About 80 percent of the active population suffers from low back pain at some point in their lives. Researchers now show that overloading on already degenerated discs is less damaging than on discs ... > full story -
Molecular Mechanisms Offer Hope for New Pain Treatments
August 4, 2011 By working with individuals suffering from a severe disorder that causes sensory neurons to degenerate, researchers have discovered how a specific genetic mutation causes their patients' condition, ... > full story -
Major Initiative Established to Prevent Opioid Abuse and Overdose
August 4, 2011 Fatal overdoses involving prescribed opioids tripled in the United States between 1999 and 2006, climbing to almost 14,000 deaths annually -- more than cocaine and heroin overdoses combined. Now a ... > full story -
Why Knee Osteoarthritis Afflicts More Women Than Men
August 3, 2011 An orthopedic surgeon suspects that the nagging pain and inflammation that women can experience in their knees may be different from what men encounter, and she has been chosen to lead a novel ... > full story -
Basis for Battery-Powered Skin Patch for Wider Range of Protein-Based Medicines
August 3, 2011 Scientists have confirmed the feasibility of using a new drug delivery system -- the basis for a battery-powered skin patch -- to administer medication that shows promise for treating peripheral ... > full story -
Majority of Adolescents With Prescriptions for Pain, Stimulant, Sleeping and Antianxiety Medications Take Them Appropriately, Study Finds
August 1, 2011 Adolescents who misuse controlled medications (e.g., pain, stimulant, sleeping and antianxiety medications) for which they have a legitimate prescription may be more likely to abuse other substances ... > full story -
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Childhood Adversities and Early-Onset Mental Disorders Associated With Higher Rates of Chronic Physical Problems in Adulthood
August 1, 2011 Children who experience psychosocial adversities and early-onset mental disorders appear to be at increased risk of developing chronic physical conditions later in life, according to a new ... > full story -
Don't Suffer in Silence With Toe Pain
August 1, 2011 While deformities of the lesser toes (all toes other than the big toe) can be very painful, there are numerous surgical and nonsurgical treatments for these conditions that are usually quite ... > full story -
In the Battle to Relieve Back Aches, Researchers Create Bioengineered Spinal Disc Implants
August 1, 2011 Engineers and doctors have created a biologically based spinal implant that could someday spell relief for these countless back and neck pain ... > full story
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