Researchers from the UK’s University of Oxford have identified a gene they say is involved in chronic pain levels in humans. The gene, NCX3, regulates pain sensitization by amplifying pain signals within the spinal cord, researchers said in a statement. The researchers said that NCX3 was identified as being involved in chronic pain through tests on mice….
Study Discovers Gene Involved in Chronic Pain, Offers Hope in Developing New Treatment
Rune Labs Gets FDA Clearance to Use Apple Watch to Track Parkinson’s Symptoms
San Francisco-based startup Rune Labs on Monday said it received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to use the Apple Watch to monitor tremors and other common symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease. The Rune Labs software uses motion sensors built into the Apple Watch, which can already be used to detect when…
WHO Convenes Experts to Decide If Monkeypox Is a Global Health Emergency
GENEVA—The World Health Organization (WHO) will convene an emergency committee of experts to determine if the expanding monkeypox outbreak that has mysteriously spread outside Africa should be considered a global health emergency. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Tuesday he decided to convene the emergency committee on June 23 because the virus has shown “unusual”…
Study Finds Mechanism of Regeneration After Heart Attack, Potential Use as Treatment
A Canadian study has found the mechanism underlying regeneration of damaged heart tissue in zebrafish, with researchers optimistic that the findings may give rise to heart regeneration therapeutics for human use. “This discovery will make it possible to study the potential of this molecule for treatment purposes in people with heart damage,” one of the authors…
Genetically Engineered Hens Made to Kill Their Own Chicks
In an effort to stop the barbaric culling of male chicks, scientists plan to create GE hens that pass on lethal genes to their male offspring, killing them before they hatch. But the biotechnology raises equally disturbing ethical and safety issues. STORY AT-A-GLANCE Each year, more than 6 billion male chicks are killed worldwide, up…
Thin Evidence of Cannabis Pain Relief Benefits Despite Popular Medical and Recreational Use: Study
A federally funded study reviewing research on cannabis has found very little concrete evidence on its benefits as a chronic pain reliever, despite popular media and academic coverage of its medicinal potential. “With so much buzz around cannabis-related products, and the easy availability of recreational and medical marijuana in many states, consumers and patients might…
Homemade Fresh Fig Jam Recipe
The jam recipe is vegan, vegetarian and egg free. Ingredients: 7 pints fresh figs 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla bean paste 1/4 cup Tuaca 1/4 cup cognac Steps/Methods: Add all ingredients together except the cognac in a 6 qt stockpot and bring to a boil. Then turn down temperature to low and add…
Resentment Is a Toxin That Gives You Wrinkles and Makes You Age Faster
Everyone has more or less negative emotions, such as resentment and dissatisfaction. These emotions will usually pass after a while. However, if you often feel resentment, you should beware of the negative emotion’s ability to make you grow wrinkles early and age faster. Why is that? Have you ever noticed? When you are in a…
Hypercoagulability: ‘Sticky’ Blood Is Present in Nearly all Chronically Ill Patients, This Is Why
Hypercoagulability is present to some degree at one time or another in almost every chronically ill patient. Everyone has experienced a flu-like illness with fever, headache, body aches and pains, fatigue, nausea and insomnia in their lives. When we acquire an acute infection, our bodies respond with a brisk innate immune system response. Part of…
FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines for Babies, Toddlers
A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel on June 15 voted to recommend the FDA give emergency authorization to the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months of age. The panel unanimously voted during a virtual meeting after presentations from the companies and the FDA. The FDA has yet…
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