News tagged with facial pain

Electric stimulation of brain releases powerful, opiate-like painkiller

Researchers used electricity on certain regions in the brain of a patient with chronic, severe facial pain to release an opiate-like substance that's considered one of the body's most powerful painkillers.

Neuroscience Jan 02, 2013 | 4.1 / 5 (7) | 0 |

Alternative medicine may help ease chronic sinusitis

(HealthDay) -- When used in tandem with standard Western treatments, alternative therapies such as acupuncture, acupressure and dietary changes may spell significant relief for patients battling chronic sinusitis, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mar 21, 2012 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0