LONDON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- A new type of marijuana-like drug could alleviate pain in a similar way to marijuana without affecting the brain, London researchers said.
GLENVIEW, Ill., July 22 (UPI) -- Patients with accident- or trauma-related chronic pain often have post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, University of Michigan researchers said.
INDIANAPOLIS, June 29 (UPI) -- Cymbalta has been racking up U.S. government approvals for a variety of uses since it was introduced as an anti-depressant in 2004, healthcare analysts say.
COLUMBIA, Mo., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Acupressure, adaptive devices, relaxation, breathing techniques, imagery and visualization can all help with chronic back pain, a U.S. study found.
EVANSTON, Ill., June 4 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists believe they have discovered why people often suffer from life-altering chronic pain long after an injury has healed.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Marijuana effectively relieves chronic HIV-associated nerve pain, including aching, painful numbness and burning, says a U.S. study.
FRAZER, Pa., Jan. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. firm Cephalon said Tuesday studies of its pain drug Fentora shows the drug relieves breakthrough pain in patients with chronic pain.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. firm Pain Therapeutics said it has begun a phase 3 trial of potential painkiller Oxytrex, which it says is better than oxycodone.
TUCSON, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have determined a naturally produced pain reliever can exacerbate certain pain states rather than attenuate them in rodents.
KENT, Ohio, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- People who suffer with chronic pain, which often results in depression, may be helped with "guided imagery," finds a U.S. study.
HACKENSACK, N.J., April 24 (UPI) -- DOV Pharmaceutical said Monday its study drug bicifadine failed to meet its primary endpoint in treating lower back pain.
TORONTO, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A University of Toronto study indicates an inflamed injury may increase levels of a protein responsible for persistent pain.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., Oct. 24 (UPI) -- A new study says women really are more pain sensitive than men.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 17 (UPI) -- A pain specialist says black women with chronic pain experience more psychological distress and physical distress than white women.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Scientists at the University of Virginia say they've identified a new type of pain-sensing neuron in rats.
