Hailed as one of the most important medical advances, the discovery of general anesthetics—compounds that induce unconsciousness, prevent control of movement and block pain—helped transform dangerous and traumatic operations ...
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In experiments with mice, researchers have studied neuronal mechanisms and found a way to, by and large, prevent spasticity from developing after spinal cord injuries. A new study from the University of Copenhagen shows that ...
Apr 16, 2020
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Herbal supplements are natural, so they must be safe, right? Not necessarily.
Mar 5, 2020
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Migraines affect not only adults but also children and adolescents. Researchers from the University of Basel have concluded that in this age group, the preventive pharmacological treatment of migraine is no more effective ...
Feb 10, 2020
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We've all felt the effects of an adrenaline rush. Faced with danger, real or perceived, the heart beats faster, breathing quickens and muscles tighten as the body prepares to fight a threat or flee from it.
Jan 23, 2020
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Patients with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) often suffer from type 2 diabetes. This phenomenon has long remained mechanistically enigmatic. Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a molecular ...
Dec 9, 2019
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Every year, more than half a million Americans visit the emergency room for kidney stone problems. In most cases, the stones eventually pass out of the body on their own, but the process can be excruciatingly painful.
Dec 2, 2019
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An international research team including scientists from the University of Cologne have identified a new mechanism for the development of Parkinson's disease, which could prove to be the starting point for the development ...
Nov 12, 2019
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Between 2005 and 2015, as the opioid crisis in America came into focus, prescriptions for gabapentinoid medications—gabapentin and pregabalin—to adults with cancer saw a two-fold increase, a University of Michigan Rogel ...
Oct 28, 2019
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Drugs based on a molecule called dihydropyridine are commonly prescribed by doctors to treat high blood pressure and angina, a chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart. However, there's a chance that these same ...
Oct 11, 2019
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