Sickle cell 'causes daily pain'
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Daily pain from sickle cell disease may be far more common - and severe - than previously thought, research suggests.
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In a scathing report on 11 deaths last year at the District's St. Elizabeths Hospital for the mentally ill, an advocacy group for the disabled told city officials yesterday that medical neglect resulted in "needless pain and suffering" for most of the patients "and may well have contributed to...
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Brain scans of people in chronic pain show a state of constant activity in areas that should be at rest, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday, a finding that could help explain why pain patients have higher rates of depression, anxiety and other disorders.
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NEW YORK  - African Americans have a   two-fold higher risk of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a   type of "hardening of the arteries" in the legs, than other   groups. The risk among African Americans is equivalent to   smoking one pack of cigarettes every day over a 20-year period,   experts say, making screening for this condition even more   important in this population.
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The 10 percent of children with sickle cell disease who are at risk for a stroke need ongoing blood transfusions to reduce their risk, according to a study at 25 sites in North America.
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An antibiotic often used in hospital intensive care units to treat serious staph infections resistant to other medicines may cause a sometimes-fatal bleeding condition, researchers said on Wednesday.
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ARTHRITIS sufferers were yesterday warned that a widely-used painkiller increases the risk of heart attack and strokes and were urged to contact their doctors.
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Staff who struggle into work when they are ill risk potentially shortening their lives, researchers believe. Some workers who do not take time off when ill had twice the rate of heart disease, the 10-year study of 10,000 civil servants showed.
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NEW YORK  - Daily aspirin is usually recommended for people at increased risk for heart disease, and people with diabetes come into that category.
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A new journal focuses on common ailments that afflict the worldâs poor.
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People with conditions such as back pain and arthritis need to stay in work as much as possible, a UK report says.
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NEW YORK  - People who suffer from chronic pain may find their memory taxed by everyday "multitasking," a new study suggests.
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Ernestine Diamond says her intensely painful sickle cell crises started when she was a baby, but her doctors back then knew nothing about the disease.
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NEW YORK  - People with sickle cell disease or cystic fibrosis -- two genetic disorders -- are twice as likely to be denied health insurance coverage compared with those with other chronic illnesses, according to the results of a survey.
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PATIENTS suffering from chest pain have been offered an unusual cure - putting on a pair of vibrating trousers. The Alexandra Hospital in Cheadle is one of the first in the country to start treating patients
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The toll of chronic pain is physical, emotional and, often, economic.
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Using a recently developed technique for turning skin cells into stem cells, scientists have cured mice of sickle cell anemia -- the first direct proof that the easily obtained cells can reverse an inherited, potentially fatal disease.