NEW DELHI - A team of medicos led by Delhi-based Ashok Rajgopal claimed to have set a new record by performing 24 knee replacement surgeries in a day, an official said Thursday.
SYDNEY - Analyzing the venom of a platypus may help scientists design new pain killers in the future.
Cystic Fibrosis is an inherited life-threatening disease involving a genetic mutation. There is no cure for CF, and most individuals with cystic fibrosis die young: many in their 20s and 30s from lung failure. Lung transplantation is often necessary as CF worsens.
Women are long viewed as to have a higher pain threshold and are less sensitive to pain than men. Now with the Canadian researchers , lets have a fresh look at the myth.
Sjogren’s Syndrome (SS) is one of many autoimmune disorders that is currently affecting the world’s population. It effects 1 to 4 million people, with 90 percent of whom are women. This is one kind of autoimmune disease which has no specific drug as cure, and so for cure one has to take specific precaution in [...]
Turkish researchers have identified facet joint effusion (the collection of fluid in the spinal joints) and interspinal ligament edema (swelling of the interspinal ligaments) as the major reason behind lower back pain. New MR techniques show the result.
According to a new study done by Dr Jill Jesurum of Swedish medical center, Seattle, WA, people having migraine with aura are more likely to experience migraine relief after Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) closure than that of the people having migraine without aura.
A new procedure, which has been approved by Food and Drug Administration called as low level laser therapy can be used to get relief from pain. The pain may be of neck, back or other Musculoskeletal organs.
Ann Welch is a 70 year Fayettecille women. She was suffering from an inflamed Sciatica nerve and degenerative arthritis. [...]
