Katarina Fink, an associate in the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, and colleagues analyzed the influence that multiple sclerosis (MS) has on a woman's fertility – an area that has remained unclear. The findings will be described in a poster session at the 31st Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS 2015) in Barcelona, Spain.
Pharmacologic approaches are still "the most widely used therapeutic options to ameliorate persistent pain," according to this overview from UpToDate. But with growing awareness of the potential negative outcomes associated with long-term opioid therapy, a newly discovered approach may be just what the doctor ordered.
Pain is not fully understood; and while that isn't a revelation, the way that it connects to pain empathy in the brain is noteworthy. Similar brain regions activate during both phenomena, potentially opening the door for researchers to gain that understanding.
Have you ever wondered what that ringing "in the ears" sensation is all about? Well it appears that the brain region responsible for the phenomenon shares a gateway with chronic pain.
Negative emotions can affect more than your mental health; a recent report concluded they also make painful conditions even worse.
Not all flu virus strains are created equal. After all, some are better equipped to transmit from host to host than others and new research has pinpointed an intricate factor that allows the virus to do so through the air.
The link between testosterone therapy and cardiovascular risks has been a hot topic of debate, with researchers offering competing evidence and statements supporting or refuting the existence of link between testosterone supplementation and increased cardiovascular risk. Now, physicians from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) have publicly stated their position on the issue.
While everyone should keep their cholesterol levels under control, those who suffer from migraine headaches may want to pay extra attention to their diet and exercise routine.
Cardiovascular patients are the focus of the recent drug approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Branded under the name Durlaza, the 24-hour extended-release aspirin is the first of its kind and is expected to become available before the end of the year.
There could be a new first-line treatment for hypertension in patients needing diuretic therapy, according to research presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress conference in London, UK.
The debate over whether influenza vaccines are valuable in elderly patients may be put to end as a study from Brown University has verified that the strategy has made a positive impact.
It would be ideal to stop the Ebola virus before it even gets the chance to enter cells; and with a new understanding that may become a reality.
Although a vaccine induced antibodies specific to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), it failed to protect against the infection.
It may be cool to sip on a Coca-Cola that features your name right on the product, but a report that's been making the rounds details the metabolic roller coaster ride that drinking even a single can unleashes on the body.
A dissolvable microneedle patch provides just as much protection against the flu as typical needle delivered vaccines, according to researchers from Osaka University.
Two major changes in opioid dispensing that were placed into action in 2010 have made significant impacts on the prescription drug abuse epidemic.
Patients who suffer from migraine headaches may find relief in the severity, frequency, and duration with the help of 2 procedures.
The number-one cause of death in children under the age of 5 worldwide has also been shown to harm DNA.
Patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who are also "elite controllers" may hold the answer to the next generation of effective treatments.
Study results show that the combination of metformin and glibenclamide is as effective as insulin in achieving glycemic control in women with gestational diabetes and may be a more acceptable and cost effective therapy.
With certain strains already proving to be resistant to treatment with antibiotics, Staphylococcus aureus is posing another major health threat.
Skin-to-skin contact is not necessary to spread the virus that is responsible for over 50% of gastroenteritis cases worldwide.
In addition to causing pain and discomfort and requiring antibiotics, a Danish study revealed that infections can negatively affect cognitive ability.
The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) may have finally met its match with a new approach to eradicating the harmful infection.
To prescribe or not to prescribe? – That is the question that practitioners face regarding antibiotics. While they can be extremely beneficial, the medication proved to be the deadly approach for one patient.
Canada- and Switzerland-based researchers discovered that a specific gene, that is typically associated with a rare disease, plays an important role in how pain is processed in the body.
Not only have researchers established a successful way to kill the potentially fatal Ebola virus, but the treatment can do so just days after infection.
New evidence has made it easier to differentiate between multiple sclerosis and vanishing white matter disease, conditions that can show considerable similarities.
Commonly found in pain relievers, acetaminophen gets rid of more than just physical agony – it also diminishes emotions.
How could an effective, inexpensive hepatitis C virus (HCV) drug have been available at local pharmacies without clinicians and patients knowing it? Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have the answer.