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Pain: is felt when special nerves that detect tissue damage send signals to transmit data about the damage along the spinal cord to the brain. These nerves are known as nociceptors. Pain can be chronic or acute and take a variety of forms and severities.
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AUG 17, 2022Health & Medicine
Chronic pain caused by illness or injury affects millions of people. Arthritis pain alone affects more than 50 million A ...Written By: Zoe MichaudAUG 12, 2022Cannabis Sciences
Colorado State University researchers examined the pharmacokinetics of cannabidiol (CBD) and its impact on liver functio ...Written By: Kerry CharronAUG 11, 2022Cannabis Sciences
Are there risks to ingesting cannabis if you're over 40? Get the details here.Written By: Helaine KrysikAUG 11, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Tuberculosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is spread through the air when a person ...Written By: Zoe MichaudAUG 07, 2022Neuroscience
Sensorimotor retraining significantly improves pain intensity in chronic low back pain. The corresponding study was publ ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 02, 2022Neuroscience
Recent allegations of research misconduct have called years of Alzheimer's research into question. The controversy surro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2022Cancer
A growing number of states have legalized marijuana for medical and/or recreational purposes. Cannabis is a plant ...Written By: Katie KokolusJUL 31, 2022Microbiology
A bacterium that causes a deadly tropical disease called meliodosis, sometimes known as Whitmore's disease, has been det ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 27, 2022Neuroscience
Trigeminal neuralgia is an extremely painful disorder that usually impacts the lower face and jaw, but may also involve ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 21, 2022Plants & Animals
A recent study from the University of California, Riverside (UCR) and published in Science Advances discusses how plants ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 19, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Beginning in the early 1990’s, rates of thyroid cancer began to drastically increase. Though this trend has contin ...Written By: Zoe MichaudJUL 18, 2022Microbiology
For the first time, Marburg virus has been detected in Ghana after two people died from the disease. Marburg virus is si ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2022Cancer
Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) technique aiming to stimulate specific points in the body. In ...Written By: Katie KokolusJUL 13, 2022Neuroscience
People often think of pharmaceutical treatments and meditation to ease physical pain, but pain can be alleviated with mu ...Written By: Kerry CharronJUL 12, 2022Microbiology
Many fibromyalgia patients spent years waiting for clinicians to acknowledge their condition, and researchers have been ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
High-dose nitric oxide can reduce the length of hospital and ICU stay, as well as the need for supplemental oxygen, amon ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 08, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Long COVID is a term used to describe a wide variety of health problems that some people experience after an infection o ...Written By: Zoe MichaudJUL 05, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
As covered by Labroots in 2017, Powassan virus is an often-lethal tick-borne virus that currently has no treatment. Thou ...Written By: Zoe MichaudJUL 04, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Before she had even taken her first step in the United States in 1921, Marie Curie had already discovered the element ra ...Written By: Mandy WoodsJUL 01, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have developed a biocompatible, implantable device that relieves pain and harmlessly dissolves when no longe ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 01, 2022Cannabis Sciences
How does cannabis affect our aging process? Does it accelerate it or slow it down?Written By: Helaine KrysikJUL 01, 2022Immunology
Smallpox is caused by the variola virus, which can be spread though infectious droplets that are exhaled as people talk, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2022Health & Medicine
The National Institute of Health published its tips for water safety in the NIH News in Health June issue. This month&rs ...Written By: Alexandria BassJUN 24, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers found that pain medications with a high potential for abuse are more likely to be approved than medications ...Written By: Annie Lennon
AUG 17, 2022
Health & Medicine
Chronic pain caused by illness or injury affects millions of people. Arthritis pain alone affects more than 50 million A
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
AUG 12, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
Colorado State University researchers examined the pharmacokinetics of cannabidiol (CBD) and its impact on liver functio
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
AUG 11, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
Are there risks to ingesting cannabis if you're over 40? Get the details here.
Written By:
Helaine Krysik
AUG 11, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Tuberculosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is spread through the air when a person
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
AUG 07, 2022
Neuroscience
Sensorimotor retraining significantly improves pain intensity in chronic low back pain. The corresponding study was publ
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 02, 2022
Neuroscience
Recent allegations of research misconduct have called years of Alzheimer's research into question. The controversy surro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2022
Cancer
A growing number of states have legalized marijuana for medical and/or recreational purposes. Cannabis is a plant
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
JUL 31, 2022
Microbiology
A bacterium that causes a deadly tropical disease called meliodosis, sometimes known as Whitmore's disease, has been det
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2022
Neuroscience
Trigeminal neuralgia is an extremely painful disorder that usually impacts the lower face and jaw, but may also involve
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2022
Plants & Animals
A recent study from the University of California, Riverside (UCR) and published in Science Advances discusses how plants
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 19, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Beginning in the early 1990’s, rates of thyroid cancer began to drastically increase. Though this trend has contin
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JUL 18, 2022
Microbiology
For the first time, Marburg virus has been detected in Ghana after two people died from the disease. Marburg virus is si
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2022
Cancer
Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) technique aiming to stimulate specific points in the body. In
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
JUL 13, 2022
Neuroscience
People often think of pharmaceutical treatments and meditation to ease physical pain, but pain can be alleviated with mu
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JUL 12, 2022
Microbiology
Many fibromyalgia patients spent years waiting for clinicians to acknowledge their condition, and researchers have been
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
High-dose nitric oxide can reduce the length of hospital and ICU stay, as well as the need for supplemental oxygen, amon
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 08, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Long COVID is a term used to describe a wide variety of health problems that some people experience after an infection o
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JUL 05, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
As covered by Labroots in 2017, Powassan virus is an often-lethal tick-borne virus that currently has no treatment. Thou
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JUL 04, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Before she had even taken her first step in the United States in 1921, Marie Curie had already discovered the element ra
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
JUL 01, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have developed a biocompatible, implantable device that relieves pain and harmlessly dissolves when no longe
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 01, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
How does cannabis affect our aging process? Does it accelerate it or slow it down?
Written By:
Helaine Krysik
JUL 01, 2022
Immunology
Smallpox is caused by the variola virus, which can be spread though infectious droplets that are exhaled as people talk,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2022
Health & Medicine
The National Institute of Health published its tips for water safety in the NIH News in Health June issue. This month&rs
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
JUN 24, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers found that pain medications with a high potential for abuse are more likely to be approved than medications
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon