Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is one of those big unsolved medical mysteries but scientists from Columbia University is bringing us closer to understanding this elusive disorder. They've found a specific metabolic fingerprint for the condition that could lead to a new diagnostic tool for doctors.
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The results of one of the longest in-depth studies examining cannabis use and chronic pain is raising doubts over whether cannabis reduces pain severity or opioid use. The study is proving controversial as its findings contradict a growing body of research suggesting exactly the opposite.
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A blood test that can identify chronic pain has been developed by a team of Australian researchers. The test can identify color changes in immune cells affected by chronic pain and give doctors a new way to diagnose the severity of pain in patients unable to adequately communicate it.
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For people suffering from chronic pain conditions, conventional painkillers often aren’t effective. Now, a new hope for relief might have been found in the strange case of an Italian family, who all have a genetic mutation that makes them feel almost no pain at all.
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Researchers at Stanford University have recently made a major breakthrough in pinning down the physiological origins of chronic fatigue syndrome, which may pave the way to developing a blood test that could diagnose this mysterious malady.
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A British research team has happened upon a technique that promises to cut the healing time of chronic wounds by a third, using simple low-intensity ultrasounds.
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