Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Blood markers may reveal active spinal degenerative disease

(HealthDay)—Serum biomarkers may be a measure for assessment of active degenerative spinal disease in older adults, according to a study published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Skip the steroids for shoulder pain?

(HealthDay)—For relief of shoulder pain, physical therapy and steroid shots provide similar results, a new study finds.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Ibuprofen relieves women's hurt feelings, not men's

(Medical Xpress)—For years, researchers have known that physical pain relievers such as ibuprofen can also help ease emotional pain, but new research suggests that ibuprofen has contrasting effects on men and women: Men ...

Health

New hope for chronic pain sufferers

A new study by a University of Reading researcher has found that painful areas on our body can be controlled through the power of positive thinking.

Neuroscience

Teaching the brain to reduce pain

People can be conditioned to feel less pain when they hear a neutral sound, new research from the University of Luxembourg has found. This lends weight to the idea that we can learn to use mind-over-matter to beat pain.  The ...

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