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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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APR 17, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis products are increasingly used to treat chronic pain from arthritis. As its non psychoactive ingredient, cannab ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 17, 2020Health & Medicine
Because it's a respiratory illness, it shares symptoms with many other common illnesses, including seasonal allergies. S ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis use is often associated with pain relief, but a recent study of medical marijuana use suggests that scientists ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 15, 2020Cannabis Sciences
As cannabis has become more and more popular for both medical and recreational use, researchers are increasingly able to ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 12, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Can spider venom offer pain relief? Apparently, yes! According to researchers at University of Queensland, compounds iso ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 12, 2020Microbiology
COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory illness, and ventilators have been critical for treating COVID-19.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 08, 2020Neuroscience
It's easy to gauge a dog or cat's emotion by reading their facial expression, but the same has been historically ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaAPR 04, 2020Cannabis Sciences
As more and more jurisdictions are decriminalizing cannabis usage, its popularity both for medicinal and recreational us ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 02, 2020Immunology
The coronavirus pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 is demanding the world's immediate attention.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 01, 2020Cardiology
Thankfully, children are free of many of the chronic diseases that plague older populations. That said, one of the most ...Written By: Abbie ArceMAR 31, 2020Cannabis Sciences
A remarkable amount of the cannabis genome is either missing from the map or has yet to be mapped at all. Researchers fr ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 29, 2020Plants & Animals
When snakes feel threatened, they may lash out at the aggressor with a painful bite out of self-defense. In some cases, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 28, 2020Cannabis Sciences
New research has found that the vast majority of legal cannabis products across the US are stronger than necessary for p ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 24, 2020Cardiology
Inflammation of the heart muscle can affect the hearts electrical system. This can reduce the heart's ability to pum ...Written By: Abbie ArceMAR 24, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Liquid biopsies often need to make many copies of RNA or DNA before they are detectable. New research aims to change tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 20, 2020Health & Medicine
Since the announcement of a French Health Minister in recent days linking usage of ibuprofen and other non-steroidal ant ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 19, 2020Cardiology
Around 700,000 people survive a heart attack in the US each year, with approximately 1 in 9 of these survivors experienc ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 18, 2020Immunology
In the words of C.S. Lewis, “Pain insists upon being attended to.” This is especially true for patients suff ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 17, 2020Microbiology
Intestinal stem cells help regenerate the lining of the intestine, and that lining or epithelium plays a number of criti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 16, 2020Plants & Animals
The animal world is chock-full of critters that do seemingly odd or unusual things. The decorator crab is one such examp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 16, 2020Cannabis Sciences
As the legalization of medical cannabis increases in the U.S. and around the globe, its effects on a variety of conditio ...Written By: Julia TraversMAR 15, 2020Microbiology
It now seems that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is spreading through communities in many places worldwide.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Isotretinoin is a highly effective marketed treatment for acne that has long been believed to have an association with t ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 13, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Ibuprofen is a popular painkiller and over-the-counter (OTC) that belongs to a group of drugs referred to as nonsteroida ...Written By: Nouran Amin
APR 17, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis products are increasingly used to treat chronic pain from arthritis. As its non psychoactive ingredient, cannab
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 17, 2020
Health & Medicine
Because it's a respiratory illness, it shares symptoms with many other common illnesses, including seasonal allergies. S
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis use is often associated with pain relief, but a recent study of medical marijuana use suggests that scientists
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 15, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
As cannabis has become more and more popular for both medical and recreational use, researchers are increasingly able to
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 12, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Can spider venom offer pain relief? Apparently, yes! According to researchers at University of Queensland, compounds iso
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 12, 2020
Microbiology
COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory illness, and ventilators have been critical for treating COVID-19.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 08, 2020
Neuroscience
It's easy to gauge a dog or cat's emotion by reading their facial expression, but the same has been historically
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
APR 04, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
As more and more jurisdictions are decriminalizing cannabis usage, its popularity both for medicinal and recreational us
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 02, 2020
Immunology
The coronavirus pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 is demanding the world's immediate attention.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 01, 2020
Cardiology
Thankfully, children are free of many of the chronic diseases that plague older populations. That said, one of the most
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
MAR 31, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
A remarkable amount of the cannabis genome is either missing from the map or has yet to be mapped at all. Researchers fr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 29, 2020
Plants & Animals
When snakes feel threatened, they may lash out at the aggressor with a painful bite out of self-defense. In some cases,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 28, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
New research has found that the vast majority of legal cannabis products across the US are stronger than necessary for p
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 24, 2020
Cardiology
Inflammation of the heart muscle can affect the hearts electrical system. This can reduce the heart's ability to pum
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
MAR 24, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Liquid biopsies often need to make many copies of RNA or DNA before they are detectable. New research aims to change tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2020
Health & Medicine
Since the announcement of a French Health Minister in recent days linking usage of ibuprofen and other non-steroidal ant
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 19, 2020
Cardiology
Around 700,000 people survive a heart attack in the US each year, with approximately 1 in 9 of these survivors experienc
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 18, 2020
Immunology
In the words of C.S. Lewis, “Pain insists upon being attended to.” This is especially true for patients suff
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 17, 2020
Microbiology
Intestinal stem cells help regenerate the lining of the intestine, and that lining or epithelium plays a number of criti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 16, 2020
Plants & Animals
The animal world is chock-full of critters that do seemingly odd or unusual things. The decorator crab is one such examp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 16, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
As the legalization of medical cannabis increases in the U.S. and around the globe, its effects on a variety of conditio
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
MAR 15, 2020
Microbiology
It now seems that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is spreading through communities in many places worldwide.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Isotretinoin is a highly effective marketed treatment for acne that has long been believed to have an association with t
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 13, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Ibuprofen is a popular painkiller and over-the-counter (OTC) that belongs to a group of drugs referred to as nonsteroida
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin