http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Changing the parameters used to deliver radiofrequency (RF) treatment greatly affects the size of the resulting heat lesion, researchers reported today in a study expected to deliver greater precision and more treatment options in interventional pain management. Results were presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-full-range-treatment-effects-radiofrequency.html Cancer Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:57:25 EST news284918238 Among fibromyalgia patients taking either of two commonly prescribed drugs to reduce pain, 22 percent report substantial improvement while 21 percent had to quit the regimen due to unpleasant side effects, according to a new review in The Cochrane Library. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-drugs-fibromyalgia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:20:05 EST news278844198 (HealthDay)—The symptoms of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) are widespread among men in the United States, according to research published in the January issue of The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-prevalence-interstitial-cystitischronic-prostatitis-idd.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:30:02 EST news276802917 (Medical Xpress)—The brain's perception of space can determine whether a part of a body which occupies that space is either healthy or "neglected". http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-mind-negative-spaces-body.html Neuroscience Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:40:38 EST news275132424 A pilot study led by University of Kentucky researchers shows that the gene expression analysis of urine sediment could provide a noninvasive way to analyze interstitial cystitis in some patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-bladder-pain-syndrome.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:50:01 EST news249215500 The Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), also known as Morbus Sudeck, is characterised by "disinhibition" of various sensory and motor areas in the brain. A multidisciplinary Bochum-based research group, led by Prof. Dr. Martin Tegenthoff (Bergmannsheil Neurology Department) and Prof. Dr. Christoph Maier (Bergmannsheil Department of Pain Therapy), has now demonstrated for the first time that with unilateral CRPS excitability increases not only in the brain area processing the sense of touch of the affected hand. In addition, the brain region representing the healthy hand is simultaneously "disinhibited". The group has been performing research on and treatment of CRPS for a number of years. The researchers are reporting the new findings in the renowned journal Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-disinhibited-brain.html Neuroscience Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:27:18 EST news235823200 New findings show that treatment with a specific alpha blocker helps reduce symptoms and improve quality of life for men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-experimental-treatment-relief-painful-prostate.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 17 May 2011 15:05:46 EST news224863524