A groundbreaking therapy that encourages back pain patients to slowly take on movements they fear or that trigger pain, could relieve their suffering for at least three years, a study suggests. Researchers in Australia asked nearly 500 patients with chronic lower back pain that limited their daily movements to undergo cognitive functional therapy (CFT) for three months. The therapy involved participants …
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The parasite that turns off your body’s pain alarm and sneaks in
New research, published in The Journal of Immunology, discovered that a parasitic worm suppresses neurons in the skin to evade detection. The researchers suggest that the worm likely evolved this mechanism to enhance its own survival, and that the discovery of the molecules responsible for the suppression could aid in the development of new painkillers. Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection …
Read More »A Fit, Healthy 22-Year-Old’s Back Pain Was Blamed on New Office Job. Months Later, She Was Diagnosed with Blood Cancer
NEED TO KNOW Lara Muller, a “fit and healthy” 22-year-old woman in England, was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, in June Before her diagnosis, medical professionals blamed Muller’s tiredness on being anemic, and her back pain on sitting down all day at her new office job “I felt like I was going crazy. I knew there …
Read More »A Fit, Healthy 22-Year-Old’s Back Pain Was Blamed on New Office Job. Months Later, She Was Diagnosed with Blood Cancer
NEED TO KNOW Lara Muller, a “fit and healthy” 22-year-old woman in England, was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, in June Before her diagnosis, medical professionals blamed Muller’s tiredness on being anemic, and her back pain on sitting down all day at her new office job “I felt like I was going crazy. I knew there …
Read More »‘Active’ Mom of 2 Had No Symptoms Before Sudden ‘Agonizing Pain’ in Her Chest Led to Shocking Diagnosis – AOL.com
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Read More »Osteoarthritis patients report knee sleeve easing pain
An electronic knee sleeve is helping people with osteoarthritis to walk further and reduce pain, researchers have said. The wearable device has been developed by a team from the University of Southampton with input from physiotherapists and surgeons. The sleeve uses transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (Tens) – with electrodes printed around the knee area, which are connected to an electronic …
Read More »Kim Kardashian Says Stem Cell Treatments Helping Her With Chronic Back Pain
Kim Kardashian Gracias, Stem Cell Treatments … My Back Pain Is Gone!!! Published August 8, 2025 4:10 PM PDT | Updated August 8, 2025 5:27 PM PDT Kim Kardashian is praising the benefits of a regenerative medical procedure she says cured her from a torn shoulder and chronic back pain. In an Instagram post Friday morning, Kim opened up about …
Read More »Trump’s broad tariffs go into effect, just as economic pain is surfacing
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was set to officially begin levying higher import taxes on dozens of countries Thursday, just as the economic fallout of his monthslong tariff threats has begun to create visible damage for the U.S. economy. The White House said that starting just after midnight that goods from more than 60 countries and the European Union …
Read More »Christina Applegate, ‘Married With Children’ star, hospitalized: ‘So much pain. I’m screaming’
Christina Applegate has been hospitalized with “so much pain” she was “screaming” as a result of an infection in both kidneys. The 53-year-old “Married… With Children” actor revealed the ordeal as she recorded MeSsy, the podcast she co-hosts with Jamie-Lynn Sigler, from an L.A. hospital on Tuesday. “I’m not doing a podcast from the hospital because I felt like doing …
Read More »Vertex non-opioid pain candidate fails Phase 2 trial
Vertex Pharmaceuticals said Monday afternoon that its next-generation non-opioid pain reliever failed to significantly outperform placebo in a Phase 2 trial. The experimental drug, codenamed VX-993, is similar to the company’s recently approved pill Journavx but could potentially be given at higher doses and formulated as an IV infusion. The hope is that it could thus provide superior relief or …
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