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Patients with fibromyalgia resistant to more routine therapies have a new pain relief treatment available. Intravenous (IV) lidocaine infusion provided significant pain relief to fibromyalgia patients, although the pain ...

Researchers have carried out the first exome sequencing for non-infiltrating bladder cancer, the most frequent type of bladder cancer and the one with the highest risk of recurrence. The results reveal new genetic pathwa...

An international research team has discovered a genetic mutation linked to low-risk bladder cancer. The investigators identified STAG2 as one of the most commonly mutated genes in bladder cancer, particularly in tumors t...

For the more than 45 million Americans who suffer from chronic headaches, relief may be on the way in the form of an electric pulse. Electric stimulation of the peripheral nerve reduced average headache intensity by more...

Researchers have developed a new way to parse and understand how special proteins called "master regulators" read the genome, and consequently turn genes on and off.

Researchers have discovered how to determine which bipolar patients will benefit from Ketamine, a treatment commonly used for depression and pain relief.

Discovery of chemical compounds that block the ability of bacteria to make vitamins and amino acids, processes that are emerging as Achilles' heels for bacteria that infect the human body.

An international consortium of reseearchers has identified four genetic variants associated with an increased risk of esophageal cancer and its precursor, a condition called Barrett's esophagus.

The incidence of chronic pain following cardiac surgery can be reduced in patients when the drug pregabalin is used before surgery and for 14 days post-surgery. This study also found that patients at risk of developing l...

Researchers from the FOM Institute AMOLF and the University of Pennsylvania have fabricated a material which gives visible light a nearly infinite wavelength. The new metamaterial is made by stacking silver and silicon n...

The ozone hole that opens up seasonally over Antarctica has knock-on effects in the atmosphere that lead to a warming effect over southern Africa.

We now know that Einstein, one of history's greatest physicists, had an unusually well-connected brain. The new insight was gleaned from a recently discovered set of 14 photographs of Einstein's brain taken just after hi...

Propofol has never been used for executions, but some states are considering changes to their lethal injection protocols due to market unavailability of barbiturates that have been previously used.

Women in labor can enjoy a chocolate or vanilla protein shake during labor rather than being relegated to the tedium of ice chips, according to a study. Mothers who drank a protein drink during childbirth reported higher...

With the entry of "Millenials" into medical residency programs across the country, institutions have started to examine ways to improve programs to correspond with that generation's learning behaviors and preferences. A ...

Using intravenous (IV) acetaminophen with narcotics provides more effective pain relief to children having tonsillectomies, according to a study. Additionally, the combination therapy saves costs due to reduced use of na...

Evolution's matchmaker, a lost prehistoric code and obese pets are a few of the cool stories we found in Science this week.

(Monash University) Scientists have combined cutting edge computer modelling with pharmacology and medicinal chemistry to reveal new insights into how the body interacts with novel drug treatments, in research that could...