http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Severe chronic pain associated with conditions such as bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis often require the use of opioid medication, with the risk of dependency and serious adverse reactions. An alternative treatment strategy increases the levels of a naturally occurring painkiller in and around the nerves that deliver pain signals to the bladder. This new therapeutic approach is described in an article in Human Gene Therapy, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-treatment-approach-bladder-pain-herpes.html Genetics Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:03:51 EST news282485022 Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have described what may be a newly identified disease that appears to explain some cases of widespread chronic pain and other symptoms in children and young adults. Their report that will appear in the April issue of the journal Pediatrics, and has received early online release, finds that most of a group of young patients seen at the MGH for chronic, unexplained pain had test results indicating small-fiber polyneuropathy, a condition not previously reported in children. The MGH investigators call this new syndrome juvenile-onset small-fiber polyneuropathy or JOSeFINE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-nerve-underlie-widespread-unexplained-chronic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:40:05 EST news282216182 The belief that nervous shock can cause you to go grey overnight (medically termed canities subita) is one of those tales which could nearly be true. There are certainly cases in medical literature of rapid greying over quite short periods of time. And reported cases go back to antiquity including such legendary figures as Thomas More and Marie Antoinette. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-medical-myth-stress-hair-greyovernight.html Health Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:10:01 EST news281178027 The antidepressant drug duloxetine, known commercially as Cymbalta, helped relieve painful tingling feelings caused by chemotherapy in 59 percent of patients, a new study finds. This is the first clinical trial to find an effective treatment for this pain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-antidepressant-relieve-pain-chemotherapy.html Cancer Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:20:07 EST news257925118 Mental distractions make pain easier to take, and those pain-relieving effects aren't just in your head, according to a report published online on May 17 in Current Biology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-pain-relief-distraction-.html Medical research Thu, 17 May 2012 12:00:07 EST news256474692 Neuropathic pain, caused by nerve or tissue damage, is the culprit behind many cases of chronic pain. It can be the result of an accident or caused by a variety of medical conditions and diseases such as tumors, lupus, and diabetes. Typically resistant to common types of pain management including ibuprofen and even morphine, neuropathic pain can lead to lifelong disability for many sufferers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-drug-resistant-chronic-pain.html Neuroscience Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:10:01 EST news255009100 Experts from the Rush Pain Center at Rush University Medical Center are the first in Chicago to offer patients a neurostimulation system that uses new, motion sensor technology found in smart phones and Wii video gaming systems to help patients manage chronic leg and back pain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-motion-sensor-technology-smart-chronic.html Other Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:36:38 EST news250842985 Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine have discovered a peptide that short circuits a pathway for chronic pain. Unlike current treatments this peptide does not exhibit deleterious side effects such as reduced motor coordination, memory loss, or depression, according to an article in Nature Medicine posted online June 5, 2011. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-pain.html Neuroscience Sun, 05 Jun 2011 13:00:09 EST news226496956