News tagged with placebo analgesia
In Between Mind-Body Split: Chronic Pain Relief
The Placebo effect has long been recognized as a factor in determining the efficacy of various medical intervention therapies. A newly published study, "Direct Evidence for Spinal Cord Involvement in Placebo Analgesia"*, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 19, 2009 |
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It's not all in your head: Descending neural mechanisms of placebo-induced pain control
A new study reveals that when it comes to pain control, the "placebo effect" involves evolutionarily old pain control pathways in the human brainstem, the part of the brain that is continuous with the spinal cord. The research, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Medication used to reduce nausea following tonsillectomies linked with increased risk of bleeding
Use of the steroid medication dexamethasone is effective in reducing nausea and vomiting after tonsillectomies for children, but also is associated with an increased risk of postoperative bleeding, according to a study in ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Medicinal marijuana effective for neuropathic pain in HIV
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to assess the impact of smoked medical cannabis, or marijuana, on the neuropathic pain associated with HIV, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School ...
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Aug 06, 2008 |
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Smoked cannabis proven effective in treating neuropathic pain
Smoked cannabis eased pain induced in healthy volunteers, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Center for Medical Cannabis Research (CMCR.) However, the researchers found ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 24, 2007 |
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