A mainstay diabetes medication reduced pain and stiffness and improved function in overweight people with knee osteoarthritis, a new study has found. Effective pain reduction and improved mobility may mean that people with the condition can delay invasive knee replacement surgery.Continue ReadingCategory: Chronic Pain, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Osteoarthritis, Knee, Chronic p
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Best nerve pain treatments identified in up-to-date, global review
Posted by ArielTechGeek 8 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Nerve or neuropathic pain has long been a tricky condition to treat effectively. However, a new study has comprehensively evaluated current drug and non-drug therapies to provide up-to-date guidelines to inform treatment options for those with the condition.Continue ReadingCategory: Chronic Pain, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Neuropathic pain, Nerves, Chronic pain, Treatment, Neu
Pain pathway in a dish opens the door to better chronic pain treatments
Posted by ArielTechGeek 21 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Four tiny 3D organs connected themselves in a lab dish, forming a replica of the human pain pathway, in a new study. The discovery allows scientists to better understand chronic pain and how pain perception is affected by conditions like autism and offers an animal-free method of testing pain treatments.Continue ReadingCategory: Chronic Pain, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Chronic
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Low back pain: The non-drug treatments that work (and those that don’t)
Posted by ArielTechGeek 24 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Researchers have reviewed non-drug and non-surgical treatments for low back pain to assess which ones are more likely to reduce pain and improve function. What the review made clear is that more research into effective low back pain treatments is needed.Continue ReadingCategory: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & MindTags: Low back pain, Treatment, Chronic pain, University of New South Wal
Despite being prescribed fairly commonly, a new study has found that antidepressants provide little to no benefit when it comes to relieving low back pain and sciatica. More research is needed into the long-term benefits and harms of using antidepressants in this way.Continue ReadingCategory: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & MindTags: Back Pain, Sciatica, antidepressant, Neuroscience Res
Post-polio immune therapy aces human trials
Posted by ArielTechGeek 46 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Recent human trials of a new one-year-long immune-based treatment for post-polio syndrome, which can strike polio survivors years after the initial infection and be very debilitating, have produced positive results.Continue ReadingCategory: Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Polio, The Immune System, Immunotherapy, clinical trials
Rehab robotics and synced zaps restore movement after spinal injury
Posted by ArielTechGeek 48 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
A new study has tested innovative proof-of-concept technology that syncs electrical stimulation with rehabilitation robotics to enable individuals paralyzed after spinal injury to move more naturally. The tech should improve recovery outcomes.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical Innovations, Body & MindTags: Spinal cord injury, Paralysis, Rehabilitation robotics, Physical functioning, EPFL
Stem cell therapy trial reverses "irreversible" damage to cornea
Posted by ArielTechGeek 53 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Eye injuries that damage the cornea are usually irreversible and cause blindness. But a new clinical trial has repaired this damage in patients thanks to a transplant of stem cells from their healthy eyes.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Regenerative, Regenerative Medicine, Eye, Blindness, Sight, Vision, Massachusetts General Hospital, Stem Cells
Simple gene change grows much bigger tomatoes and eggplants
Posted by ArielTechGeek 55 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Scientists have identified new gene modifications that can make tomatoes and eggplants grow bigger, which could help boost yields in developing countries.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Food, Food security, Food technology, Crops, Genetic engineering, Genetics, Fruit, Plants, Johns Hopkins University, CRISPR
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