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New insight into how Tylenol (acetaminophen) works to provide pain relief.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 2, 2025 Source:Tylenol Doesn’t Work the Way We Thought – Scientists Just Made a Surprising Pain Relief Discovery Reference:Acetaminophen inhibits diacylglycerol lipase synthesis of 2-arachidonoyl glycerol: Implications for nociception
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Research into new pain management medication options has produced a new pain pill approved in U.S. designed to cut risk of addiction
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 5, 2025 Source:New pain pill approved in U.S. designed to cut risk of addiction
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Men and women process pain differently, study finds
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 23, 2024 Source:Men and women process pain differently, study findsReference:
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Study evaluates the placebo effect in randomized clinical trials assessing cannabis-based pain management therapies. It seems that there was no difference between them. Let the fireworks begin.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 5, 2022 Source:Pain relief from marijuana comes from a belief it helps, study finds Reference: Placebo Response and Media Attention in Randomized Clinical Trials Assessing Cannabis-Based Therapies for Pain. A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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Study states that acetaminophen is not an effective pain reliever for osteoarthritis; NSDAIDS are more effective
Health Headlines Commentary for March 21, 2016 Source: Paracetamol is useless at treating arthritis pain – whatever the dose, major study finds. Paracetamol ‘useless’ in treating osteoarthritis pain Reference: Effectiveness of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for the treatment of pain in knee and hip osteoarthritis: a network meta-analysis. The Lancet. Published online March 17 2016
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Pain management for infants and children needs to be more aggressively implemented
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 18, 2014 Source: Alberta study suggests more can be done to control pain for children Reference: Paediatric pain management practice and policies across Alberta emergency departments
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Cannabis plant bred to relieve pain but avoid the high
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 4, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: “Highless” marijuana on a roll in Israel
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Newly identified sunburn-mediated protein offers new insight into pain management research
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 14, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Sunburn Pain Discovery Could Benefit Inflammation Conditions Reference: CXCL5 Mediates UVB Irradiation-Induced Pain.” John M. Dawes, Margarita Calvo1, James R. Perkins, Kathryn J. Paterson, Hannes Kiesewetter, Carl Hobbs, Timothy K. Y. Kaan, Christine Orengo, David L. H. Bennett, Stephen B. McMahon. Sci Transl Med 6 July…
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The Canadian National Palliative Care Survey
The relief of suffering is one of the central goals in all of health care, but very little research has examined how common suffering is and what it actually means to patients. Now, a new study of patients receiving palliative care for cancer has revealed that suffering may be far less common than traditionally assumed.…