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Pain drugs get addiction warning
(BBC 04/09/2009)
Over the counter painkillers containing codeine can become addictive in just three days, the government's drug watchdog has said. Packets of the medicines, which include Nurofen Plus and Solpadeine Plus, will now come with stronger warnings on the risk of dependency. It comes after a parliamentary report warned of the dangers of the drugs. Figures show 27 million packs of codeine-containing painkillers are sold every year in the UK. It has been reported that 30,000 people have become addicted to medicines containing codeine - an effective analgesic which is combined with other painkillers such as paracetamol for sale by the pharmacist.
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(BBC 11/08/2009)
Research, conducted by the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, comes a few years after other studies found that people with red hair are typically and more sensitive to pain more resistant to anaesthesia - and require about 20% more of it to be effective. This new study measured the anxiety that redheads feel about the dentist and concluded that they are not only nervous, but are more than twice as likely to avoid a visit altogether compared with their brunette and blonde counterparts.
Swearing: a good way to cope with pain
(BBC 13/07/2009)
Uttering expletives when you hurt yourself is a sensible policy, according to scientists who have shown swearing can help reduce pain. A study by Keele University researchers found volunteers who cursed at will could endure pain nearly 50% longer than civil-tongued peers. They believe swearing helps us downplay being hurt in favour of a more pain-tolerant machismo. The work by Dr Richard Stephens' team appears in the journal NeuroReport.
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NHS 'should get tough over pain'
(BBC 14/11/2008)
A Help the Aged survey of more than 1,000 people found nearly two-thirds thought hospitals should be penalised for poor "pain management". The charity said the issue needed to be made a key priority like MRSA and waiting times - instead of being seen as doctors as inevitable in old age.
Why faith in God really can relieve pain
(Daily Mail 28/09/2008)
In a bizarre experiment, academics at The Oxford Centre For Science Of The Mind 'tortured' 12 Roman Catholics and 12 atheists with electric shocks as they studied a painting of the Virgin Mary. They found that the Catholics seemed to be able to block out much of the pain and were able to activate part of the brain associated with conditioning the experience of pain.
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Why a big hug is better than medicine
(Daily Mail 11/09/2008)
When we're feeling under the weather, most of us welcome a big hug. And scientists say there's a good reason why. For a soothing touch really can ease away pain.
Will this hurt, doctor? Much more if you are a woman
(The Independent 24/08/2008)
Women experience more severe pain, more often and for longer than men but are less likely to get the right treatment, researchers have discovered.
'Pain treatment is a human right '¦ We should be able to guarantee it to anyone'
(The Scotsman 19/08/2008)
Tristan Stewart-Robertson talks to Prof Michael Bond about how to bridge the divide between the West and the developing world
Doctors told to heed painful truth on different ways the sexes suffer
(The Scotsman 19/08/2008)
WOMEN are being left in pain because doctors do not listen to them and they are forgotten in clinical research, a conference heard yesterday.
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