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Ibuprofen is a household name—the go-to remedy for everything from headaches to period pain. But recent research suggests this everyday drug might be doing more than easing discomfort. It could also have anti-cancer properties.
Oct 19, 2025
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Patients placed on mechanical ventilation are commonly put under deep sedation, to ease the stress and discomfort of having a machine breathe for them.
Oct 16, 2025
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An increasing number of people are dying from drug-related accidental injuries. The rate has risen by nearly 60% within the last five years, according to new study findings.
Oct 3, 2025
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Drug use disorder (DUDs), also called drug addiction, is the chronic and relapsing use of psychoactive substances in spite of considerable harm to the patient. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime has estimated that more than ...
Oct 2, 2025
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Deaths due to illicit ketamine use have increased 20-fold since 2015—but these deaths are increasingly occurring in complex polydrug settings, raising doubts over whether single-substance drug policies can reduce harms.
Sep 29, 2025
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Asking people how much money they would accept to experience pain again can provide a more accurate and comparable measure of pain levels than the familiar 1–10 scale, according to an international research team led by ...
Sep 29, 2025
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Scientists at the NYU Pain Research Center have identified which receptor in prostaglandins—the hormone-like substance targeted by common painkillers—causes pain but not inflammation. The findings, published in the journal ...
Sep 25, 2025
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A recent analysis reveals a modest decline from 2016 to 2020 in new and additional opioid prescriptions for patients with cancer. Among those patients with metastatic cancer, prescribing remained stable for those reporting ...
Sep 22, 2025
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All current local anesthetics block sensory signals—pain—but they also interrupt motor signals, which can be problematic. For example, too much epidural anesthesia can prevent mothers in labor from being able to push. ...
Sep 17, 2025
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Providing timely pain relief may reduce chances of hospitalization for children presenting to the emergency department with a sickle cell crisis, according to a study published online Sept. 2 in JAMA Pediatrics.
Sep 10, 2025
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