http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Stenting reopens completely blocked bowel arteries, preventing damage and even death from a condition that causes individuals severe pain and leads to excessive weight loss, notes research being presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 38th Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans, La. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-stenting-blocked-bowel-arteries.html Cardiology Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:00:03 EST news285143087 The creation of new blood vessels in the body, called "angiogenesis," is usually discussed in connection with healing wounds and tumors. But it's also an ongoing process in the female reproductive tract, where the growth and breaking of blood vessels is a normal part of the menstrual cycle. But abnormal growth of blood vessels can have painful consequences and resultant pathologies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-relief-gynecological-disorders.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:39:11 EST news284211538 (Medical Xpress)—The addition of a GP clinic at hospitals should reduce waiting times in emergency departments, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-co-located-gp-clinics-ease-ers.html Health Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:30:01 EST news281779792 Two months ago, Gary Rager's girlfriend asked him to do the unthinkable. The 44-year-old woman, who has suffered disabling pain for the past three years, asked Rager if he would help her end her life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-chronic-pain-patients-high-suicide.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:20:02 EST news278689198 (HealthDay)—About one-quarter of women who've had breast cancer surgery have significant and persistent breast pain six months after the procedure, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-chronic-pain-breast-cancer-surgery.html Cancer Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:30:01 EST news278100117 (Medical Xpress)—Caesarean section increases the risk of persistent pelvic girdle pain after delivery compared with vaginal delivery, according to a new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-vaginal-delivery-safest-option-women.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Thu, 17 Jan 2013 06:12:51 EST news277625561 Drivers who have taken even a small dose of opioid painkillers have an increased risk of being injured in a car accident, a new study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-small-doses-opioids-road.html Medications Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:30:12 EST news277493342 Today's Health Survey for England reveals more than 14 million sufferers of chronic pain - pain which has lasted for more than three months. The study found that pain is more common among some groups than others, pain incurs significant costs and has serious mental health and wellbeing implications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-health-survey-england-reveals-nation.html Health Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:10:01 EST news275294670 (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 (AP)—Ireland published an experts' report Tuesday recommending that the government define when a woman in a life-threatening pregnancy can receive an abortion, a major national issue since the death last month of an Indian woman in an Irish hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-ireland-cabinet-options-abortion-laws.html Health Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:40:03 EST news273259698 (AP)—The debate over legalizing abortion in Ireland flared Wednesday after the government confirmed that a woman in the midst of a miscarriage was refused an abortion and died in an Irish hospital after suffering from blood poisoning. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-ireland-probes-death-ill-abortion-seeker.html Health Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:27:04 EST news272107610 Patients who make $35,000 a year or less report better outcomes after knee replacement surgery than people who earn more, research by Mayo Clinic and the University of Alabama at Birmingham shows. The lower-income patients studied reported less pain and better knee function at their two-year checkups than wealthier people did. The study was being presented at the American College of Rheumatology annual meeting in Washington. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-lower-income-patients-fare-wealthier-knee.html Surgery Sat, 10 Nov 2012 16:30:03 EST news271662858 (HealthDay)—A significant number of hospitalized children have moderate to severe pain, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-hospitalized-children-severe-pain.html Health Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:30:05 EST news269107769 Scientists have used the venom of Africa's lethal black mamba to produce a surprising outcome in mice which they hope to replicate in humans—effective pain relief without toxic side effects. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-mamba-venom-pain-relief.html Medical research Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:23:56 EST news268500223 Chronic, debilitating pain and potential organ failure are what approximately 100,000 sickle cell patients in the United States live with each day. Yutaka Niihara, M.D., M.P.H. - lead investigator at The Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) and co-founder of Emmaus Medical, Inc., an LA BioMed spin-off company - is developing a low-cost, noninvasive treatment that helps provide relief for patients suffering from the debilitating effects of sickle cell disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-therapy-ease-pain-sickle-cell.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:08:06 EST news267790071 (HealthDay)—Although most victims of sexual assault experience severe pain after their attack, fewer than one-third receive medication to ease their discomfort, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-pain-sexual-assault-untreated.html Health Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:50:01 EST news266852936 (HealthDay)—Americans spend as much as $635 billion each year on the direct and indirect costs associated with chronic pain, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-chronic-pain-billion-year.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:20:01 EST news266853006 Women having surgery for breast cancer are up to three times more likely to have severe pain in the first week after surgery if they suffer from other painful conditions, such as arthritis, low back pain and migraine, according to a Cancer Research UK study published today (Wednesday) in the British Journal of Cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-uncovers-simple-severe-pain-breast.html Cancer Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:05:44 EST news266065538 After Group Health Cooperative introduced video-based "decision aids" for people with knee and hip arthritis, rates of knee and hip replacement surgeries dropped sharply: by 38 and 26 percent, respectively, over six months. The cost of caring for those patients also declined: by 12 percent to 21 percent, according to an article in the September Health Affairs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-decision-aids-surgery-arthritis.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:00:01 EST news265964898 The researchers base their findings on 90 patients with knee osteoarthritis, who were referred for group acupuncture to two knee pain clinics in St Albans, Hertfordshire, in 2008 and subsequently monitored for two years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-acupuncture-alternative-knee-surgery-osteoarthritis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:30:01 EST news264694259 (HealthDay) -- Hospice patients with cancer are more likely to be able to die in the setting of their choice if they receive at least one hospice visit per day during the first four days of hospice care, according to research published online June 25 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-hospice-affects-ability-die-home.html Cancer Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:21:37 EST news260040085 Despite the fact that the majority of women presenting to emergency departments for care after sexual assault experience severe pain, very few receive pain treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-acute-severe-pain-common-sexual.html Health Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:20:01 EST news259401493 Severe pain is a major symptom of pancreatic cancer. The results of a new study show that four different factors involved in the growth and maintenance of nerves are elevated in a mouse model of pancreatic cancer. This is a step forward in understanding the relationship between the development of pain and the progression of pancreatic cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-nerve-growth-factors-elevated-pancreatic.html Cancer Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:06:03 EST news259322748 (Medical Xpress) -- Endometriosis, which can cause severe pain and even infertility in the estimated 8.5 million U.S. women it affects, is driven by one of the cell's master regulators ­ steroid receptor coactivator 1 or SRC-1, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears online today in the journal Nature Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-coactivator-stokes-endometriosis.html Cancer Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:47:42 EST news258004052 An estimated 3.5 million cancer patients around the globe are in severe pain from their disease, but many get no relief. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-implantable-pain-disk-cancer.html Medical research Fri, 25 May 2012 10:50:02 EST news257159816 A University of Colorado Boulder-led research team has discovered that two protein receptors in the central nervous system team up to respond to morphine and cause unwanted neuroinflammation, a finding with implications for improving the efficacy of the widely used painkiller while decreasing its abuse potential. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-morphine-side-effects.html Medical research Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:00:12 EST news252585704 More than 60 years ago, scientists discovered the underlying cause of sickle cell disease: People with the disorder produce crescent-shaped red blood cells that clog capillaries instead of flowing smoothly, like ordinary, disc-shaped red blood cells do. This can cause severe pain, major organ damage and a significantly shortened lifespan. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-technology-blood-sickle-cell-disease.html Medical research Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:00:01 EST news249734613 The pain suffered by older adults is the shared focus of the two newest entries in The Gerontological Society of America's (GSA) From Publication to Practice series. Together they address both pain management and new labeling changes for one of the most popular pain medications, acetaminophen. Both issues aim to provide readers with information on how new advances in pain prevention, treatment, and management may improve care and quality of life for older adults. The From Publication to Practice series was launched last year to promote the translation of research into meaningful health outcomes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-gsa-resources-foundation-relieving-seniors.html Health Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:00:33 EST news247240826 Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, who teamed with colleagues at five universities around the United States, analyzed past studies of cancer-related pain reduction and found that psychosocial interventions can have a beneficial effect on cancer patients' pain severity. They also found that certain psychosocial interventions provide better pain management and are effective in reducing the degree to which pain related to cancer and its treatment interferes with patients' lives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-cancer-patients-pain-psychosocial-interventions.html Cancer Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:29:22 EST news247163304 Drug companies are working to develop a pure, more powerful version of the nation's second most-abused medicine, which has addiction experts worried that it could spur a new wave of abuse. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-powerful-painkiller-abuse-experts.html Medications Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:16:40 EST news244142182