Posts Tagged ‘ease’
Could Acetaminophen Ease Psychological Pain?
Headaches and heartaches. Broken bones and broken spirits. Hurting bodies and hurt feelings. We often use the same words to describe physical and mental pain. Over-the-counter pain relieving drugs have long been used to alleviate physical pain, while a host of other medications have been employed in the treatment of depression and anxiety…
Could The Hot Stuff In Chili Peppers Ease Your Tingling Nerve Pain?
Millions of people suffer peripheral pain and other troubling sensations accompanying diseases as varied as diabetes, AIDS, shingles and arthritis. Cancer patients also often suffer these so-called peripheral neuropathies because of their therapies. Peripheral neuropathies include disorders of a nerve or nerves outside the brain and spinal cord; they can precipitate tingling, numbness, weakness, burning pain and other unwelcome sensations.
To Ease Aching Back, Exercise More, Not Less
People with lower back pain are better off exercising more, not less. A University of Alberta study of 240 men and women with chronic lower-back pain showed that those who exercised four days a week had a better quality of life, 28 per cent less pain and 36 per cent less disability, while those who hit the gym only two or three days a week did not show the same level of change.
Inexpensive TENS Unit Can Ease Labor Pain
There are many ways to deal with the pain of giving birth, but women and their obstetricians can always benefit from having another choice. A Cochrane review has concluded that women in labor should have the option of using transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) a non-drug method of pain management. “There is only limited evidence that TENS reduces pain in labor and it does not seem to have any negative or positive impact on other outcomes for mothers and babies.
BUPA Launches Online Exercise Classes To Ease Arthritis Pain
Britain’s nine million arthritis sufferers can now find relief from symptoms and boost their wellbeing by following free online exercise videos launched today by Bupa, the health and care company. The videos represent a first on the web for arthritis treatment .They’ve been developed with Bupa doctors and physiotherapists to educate people with arthritis about the benefits of gentle exercise in helping to relieve symptoms.
Blocking Protein May Help Ease Painful Nerve Condition
Scientists have identified the first gene that pulls the plug on ailing nerve cell branches from within the nerve cell, possibly helping to trigger the painful condition known as neuropathy, which is a side effect of some forms of chemotherapy and can also afflict patients with cancer, diabetes and other ailments.



