The results of a new study remind us that the longer we stick with an exercise program, the less physically discomfiting it will feel.
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Acetaminophen No Better Than Placebo for Back Pain
In a large trial, researchers discovered that pills like Tylenol and Anacin worked no better than a placebo, but could help with other pains.
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Well: Weather May Not Affect Back Pain
Many people think the weather affects their back pain, but a new study shows they are probably wrong.
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Well: Reading Pain in a Human Face
Researchers have found that a computer is much better than people are at telling the difference between real and faked pain, a discovery that may lead to methods to detect children’s pain and to treat depression.
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Well: Pain Relievers Tied to Heart Rhythm Disorder
A new study found that the popular pain relievers known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or Nsaids, may increase the risk for the most common type of irregular heartbeat, atrial fibrillation.
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Pain Relievers May Amplify Flu Spread
Taking drugs like aspirin, acetaminophen or ibuprofen when you have the flu reduces fever and makes you feel better, but it may increase disease transmission, a new study suggests.
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Palliative Care, the Treatment That Respects Pain
Contrary to a common misconception, palliative care is not meant just for the dying, but a shortage of doctors trained in it remains an obstacle to its wider use.
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Using a Robot to Ease a Child’s Pain
Health care workers have a new tool to ease needle anxiety in children: a talking robot.
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Well: The Problem With Pain Pills
In the new e-book “A World of Hurt: Fixing Pain Medicine’s Biggest Mistake,” the New York Times reporter Barry Meier makes a strong case that opioid drugs used to treat chronic pain, like OxyContin, not only are addictive and deadly but often don’t work for many people who use them and lead to a range of additional health problems.
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No Consensus on a Common Cause of Foot Pain
The mysteries of the heel and arch pain of plantar fasciitis underscore how little is understood, medically, about overuse sports injuries in general and why they remain so insidiously difficult to treat.
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