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.
Dec 26, 2011
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An estimated 20 million people in the United States suffer from peripheral neuropathy, marked by the degeneration of nerves and in some cases severe pain. There is no good treatment for the disorder and doctors can find no ...
Jun 22, 2011
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Lawmakers in the West African nation of The Gambia have rejected a highly controversial push to try overturn a ban on female genital mutilation.
Jul 15, 2024
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Every year, several thousand cancer patients in Sweden risk receiving too little pain relief in the end of life, as the health care system fails to detect that the patients are suffering from pain. When patients cannot verbalize ...
Jun 3, 2024
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Hip replacement is a major, arduous elective surgery, and rehabilitation afterwards takes time, according to an expert from Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore.
May 21, 2024
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Hormel Foods' recall of two Planters peanut and mixed nuts products at two retailers in five states due to possible contamination with potentially deadly listeria doesn't surprise Northeastern University food policy expert ...
May 7, 2024
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April is IBS Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS.
Apr 26, 2024
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In August 2022, 217 COVID-19 convalescent patients who had been diagnosed with COVID-19 in February 2020 were recruited for a new study. These convalescent patients were residents of multiple districts in Wuhan, China.
Jan 4, 2024
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One of the world's leading experts in pediatric pain management is calling upon clinicians nationwide to join an "Ouchless Jab Challenge," to eliminate the pain, trauma and anxiety of needle jabs for young children.
Nov 18, 2023
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Severe weather conditions are enough to give anyone a headache, but temperature fluctuations are even more problematic for migraine sufferers.
Jul 27, 2023
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