Scientists Share Nobel Prize for Discoveries That Changed Pain Research
Latest Chronic Pain News MONDAY, Oct. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) Two American researchers have been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that could help ease chronic and acute pain. The prize was given jointly on Monday to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, the New York Times reported. Julius, […]
Targeting Bacteria in COPD Shows Promise
One study of an immunotherapy for reducing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations missed its primary endpoint and failed to show a statistically significant benefit even in the subgroup that showed the greatest response. Another study, involving a similar product, showed results so dramatic that an independent expert suspected they were “too good to be […]
Could Electrode ‘Pulses’ Cut Back, Leg Pain Without Drugs? – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Chronic Pain News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 26, 2021 A new approach to spinal cord stimulation may drastically reduce chronic back pain, a small pilot study suggests. The study, of 20 patients with stubborn low back pain, tested the effects of implanting electrodes near the spinal cord to stimulate […]
Could Electrode ‘Pulses’ Cut Back, Leg Pain Without Drugs? – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Chronic Pain News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 26, 2021 A new approach to spinal cord stimulation may drastically reduce chronic back pain, a small pilot study suggests. The study, of 20 patients with stubborn low back pain, tested the effects of implanting electrodes near the spinal cord to stimulate […]
New Data on Opioids for Chronic Pain: Less Than Meets the Eye?
“Prescription Opioid Use Among Adults With Chronic Pain: United States, 2019,” the government report’s title reads. Inside, based on responses from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) that year, it says, “22.1% of U.S. adults with chronic pain used a prescription opioid in the past 3 months.” Given that there might be no hotter topic […]
Busted Ankle? What’s Better, a Cast or Brace?
Latest Chronic Pain News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) Modern, flexible boots may be just as good as old-school plaster casts when it comes to treating broken ankles, new research suggests. Often related to sports, traffic accidents or falls, broken ankles can be simple breaks in one […]
When fawns perceive constant danger from many sources, they almost seem to relax: Researchers use trail cameras to study animals’ interaction, behavior in human-dominated landscapes
Burnout. It is a syndrome that is said to afflict humans who feel chronic stress. But after conducting a novel study using trail cameras showing the interactions between white-tailed deer fawns and predators, a Penn State researcher suggests that prey animals feel it, too. “And you can understand why they do,” said Asia Murphy, who […]
No Evidence Muscle Relaxants Can Ease Low Back Pain
Latest Chronic Pain News By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) Although tens of millions of Americans turn to muscle relaxants for lower back pain relief, a new Australian review finds little evidence that such drugs actually work. That’s the conclusion of a deep-dive into 31 prior investigations, which […]
Finerenone OK’d for Slowing Kidney Disease in T2D
The FDA approved the anti-mineralocorticoid agent finerenone (Kerendia) for slowing the progression of chronic kidney disease in type 2 diabetes patients, the agency announced on Friday. The first non-steroidal, selective mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist was approved to reduce the risk of sustained estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) decline, end-stage kidney disease, cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, […]
Heart, Death Risks Linked With CKD-Related Iron Deficiency
Regardless of anemia, iron deficiency in patients with late-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) was linked with adverse health outcomes, an observational study found. In 5,145 patients with stage 3-5 CKD not on dialysis, a transferrin saturation (TSAT) of 15% or less was associated with a higher risk for all-cause mortality before reaching dialysis or kidney […]