News tagged with local anesthetic


Combo treatment might beat epidural to ease labor, study says

(HealthDay)—In the first stage of labor, a combined spinal-epidural technique provides faster and better pain relief compared to traditional epidural pain relief, a new study suggests.

Medical research created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Expensive arthritis treatment no better than steroid therapy

A randomized, double-blind clinical trial by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery has revealed that corticosteroids are more effective than the more expensive treatment, hylan G-F 20 (Synvisc One, ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Nov 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Therapy for stroke patients improved

Painkilling drugs that make many therapies possible are a blessing for patients. Thanks to modern anesthetics, not only can surgical operations be conducted without causing pain, they are also used for various ...

Neuroscience created Nov 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New dissolvable oral strip provides instant pain relief for burns

A dissolvable oral strip has been developed to immediately relieve pain from burns caused by ingestion of hot foods and liquids, such as coffee, pizza, and soup. This research is being presented at the 2012 American Association ...

Other created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Putting a block on neuropathic pain before it starts

Using tiny spheres filled with an anesthetic derived from a shellfish toxin, researchers at Boston Children's Hospital and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a way to delay the rise of neuropathic pain, ...

Medical research created Oct 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Brain cancer treatment options boosted with Gamma Knife

Until recently, Nanci Redd thought she would need brain surgery if she wanted to stay in Akron, Ohio, to treat uncontrolled dizziness caused by a non-cancerous growth in her head.

Cancer created Aug 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Teething baby? Avoid benzocaine, FDA says

(HealthDay) -- Parents should not use benzocaine products to relieve teething pain in babies except under the advice and supervision of a health care professional, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.

Medications created Jul 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Standard radiation therapy dose provides pain relief for painful heel spurs

Patients with plantar fasciitis (painful bone heel spur) experience significantly less pain and improved quality of life following a standard dose of external beam radiation therapy, a common cancer treatment similar to receiving ...

Cancer created Jul 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Magnets may help prevent rare complication of spinal anesthesia

An simple technique using local anesthetic mixed with magnetized "ferrofluids" may provide a new approach to preventing a rare but serious complication of spinal anesthesia, reports the June issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, offici ...

Other created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Moveable magnets used to forge gastric bypass in pigs

(HealthDay) -- In a scenario reminiscent of the film Fantastic Voyage, researchers have found a way to perform nearly surgery-free gastric bypass procedures in pigs using only a local anesthetic.

Surgery created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

An 'off' switch for pain: Chemists build light-controlled neural inhibitor

Pain? Just turn it off! It may sound like science fiction, but researchers based in Munich, Berkeley and Bordeaux have now succeeded in inhibiting pain-sensitive neurons on demand, in the laboratory. The crucial element in ...

Medical research created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researcher develops model to foster new drug development to treat pain and epilepsy

Drawing on X-ray crystallography and experimental data, as well as a software suite for predicting and designing protein structures, a UC Davis School of Medicine researcher has developed an algorithm that predicts what has ...

Medical research created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

For some, hypnosis eases pain, recovery of surgery

(AP) -- As the surgeons cut into her neck, Marianne Marquis was thinking of the beach.

Other created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A better way to remember

Scientists and educators alike have long known that cramming is not an effective way to remember things. With their latest findings, researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan, studying eye ...

Neuroscience created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1