http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Examining venom from a variety of poisonous snakes, a group of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has discovered why the bite of one small black, yellow and red serpent called the Texas coral snake can be so painful. http://phys.org/news240746910.html Biology Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:08:45 EST news240746910 Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have for the first time accomplished a laboratory synthesis of a rare natural product isolated from the bark of a plant widely employed in traditional medicine. This advance may provide the scientific foundation to develop an effective alternative to commonly prescribed narcotic pain treatments. http://phys.org/news225344317.html Chemistry Mon, 23 May 2011 04:39:14 EST news225344317 A new compound appears to prevent the traffic jam of cells that causes debilitating pain crises and associated mortality in sickle cell disease, Georgia Health Sciences University (formerly Medical College of Georgia) researchers report. http://phys.org/news215782436.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:00:01 EST news215782436 There may be a very good reason that people naturally clutch their hand after receiving an injury. A new report published online on September 23 in Current Biology shows that self-touch offers significant relief for acute pain under experimental conditions. The researchers suggest that the relief comes from a change in the brain's representation of the rest of the body. http://phys.org/news204463540.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:26:13 EST news204463540 Researchers have made a discovery that could lead to a brand new class of drugs to treat chronic pain caused by inflammatory conditions such as arthritis and back pain without numbing the whole body. http://phys.org/news201265816.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:50:04 EST news201265816 A University of Minnesota Medical School research team led by Kalpna Gupta, Ph.D., has discovered that cannibinoids offer a novel approach to ease the chronic and acute pain caused by sickle cell disease (SCD). http://phys.org/news199023771.html Medicine & Health Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:23:09 EST news199023771 The advice and treatment given to patients with vertebral compression fractures is not satisfactory. A thesis presented at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that the majority of patients still have severe pain one year after the fracture. http://phys.org/news159700955.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:23:18 EST news159700955 Oral etoricoxib is at least as effective as other drugs commonly used for pain relief after surgery. A Cochrane Systematic Review has confirmed the effectiveness of the drug, which is sold under the brand name of Arcoxia. http://phys.org/news158992301.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:32:17 EST news158992301