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Why You Should Choose CEFALY for Migraine Relief
When you’re experiencing a migraine, you want an effective solution to relieve symptoms fast. While you have treatment options such as pain relief medication or caffeine, these remedies may not be suitable or help to prevent future migraines. CEFALY is clinically proven to reduce pain while helping to prevent future migraines for a safe and functional treatment option. ...
By CEFALY
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Reducing Chronic Pain for Employees on Their Feet - Retail Case Study
When it Hurts to Stand Michelle is a Pharmacist at one of the largest pharmacy store chains in America. Working 7–12 hour shifts on her feet, she began to experience chronic knee pain 2 years ago. She was in so much pain that she no longer found pleasure in activities she enjoyed, such as hiking, and began to avoid them. As her days began to consist almost entirely of work and sitting on ...
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Reducing Chronic Pain at a Processing Plant - CPG/Manufacturing - Case Study
Pain at Work Brian is a 55-year-old Maintenance Tech at a leading food processing company. With over 20 years of chronic knee pain, it was difficult to do his job. All of the climbing, kneeling, lifting, and squatting needed to do his job was aggravating his knee pain. As a result, he resorted to working in awkward positions to try and avoid pain. Brian’s doctor told him he had arthritis in ...
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Hargreaves Test-A Brief Overview
The Hargreaves test is one of the classic experiments used to detect thermal pain responses in rodents. The test is commonly used to quantify the thermal threshold to radiation or infrared thermal stimulation in the hind paw of mice and rats. In the Hargreaves test, a radiant or infrared heat source is usually placed underneath the rodent and aimed at the plantar surface of the rodent's hind ...
By Protheragen
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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy with the FreeHold Duo Retractor - Case Study
Introduction The first laparoscopic cholecystectomy was reported in 1987, introducing an era of minimally invasive surgery for this common procedure. Advantages of the laparoscopic approach include reduced postoperative pain and recovery time and improved cosmesis.17 Since its introduction, the laparoscopic approach has been modified to reduce even further the number of incisions and trocars ...
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Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy: lessons learned for success
Since its introduclion approximately 20 years ago, laparoscopic cholecystectomy has rapidly become the treatment of choice Tor symptomatic cholelithiasis [1—3]. Conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy generally is performed through four small incisions in the abdominal wall [4]. Fn recent years, a less invasive method has been sought in an effort to reduce postoperative pain and ...
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Finite Element Study of a Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Nucleus Replacement Device
Nucleus replacement technologies are a minimally invasive alternative to spinal fusion and total disc replacement that have the potential to reduce pain and restore motion for patients with degenerative disc disease. Finite element modeling can be used to determine the biomechanics associated with nucleus replacement technologies. The current study focuses on a new nucleus replacement device ...
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Why We Need to Change the Cycle of Silence Around Heavy Periods
Menstruation has long since been linked to stigma surrounding the discussion of a period. Whether it is about one’s flow, one’s preference of menstrual products, or anything remotely related to one’s ‘time of the month,’ women often feel ashamed for speaking openly about periods. Women are taught to view their periods as a fact of life, and as a result, do not ...
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Corey’s Story: First Patient Treated with BEAR® Implant Going Strong After Six Years
Before any new medical technology is approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a considerable number of courageous patients must first agree to participate in clinical trials of the new technology – without any data on potential success rates. For the BEAR® Implant, that brave patient was Corey Peak, a recreational athlete who tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ...
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Laser Application in Periodontics
The use of lasers for periodontal treatment has become more complicated because the periodontium consists of both hard and soft tissues. Non-surgical Periodontal Therapy Dental plaque is known as the principal etiologic factor for the inflammatory periodontal disease; therefore, it is evident that treatment of the disease is dependent upon how much the plaque and its retentive factors are ...
By PIOON
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Techcomp Products for Medical Marijuana
Medical marijuana uses the chemicals within the marijuana plant to help reduce pain and treat certain diseases. The plant contains more than 100 different chemicals called cannabinoids. Each one has a different effect on the body, with delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) being the main chemicals used in medicine.The legality of marijuana for medical use varies by country, in ...
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Techcomp Products for Medical Marijuana
Medical marijuana uses the chemicals within the marijuana plant to help reduce pain and treat certain diseases. The plant contains more than 100 different chemicals called cannabinoids. Each one has a different effect on the body, with delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) being the main chemicals used in medicine.The legality of marijuana for medical use varies by country, in ...
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Combatting the Opioid Crisis with Cell Therapies for Chronic Back Pain
It’s no secret that opioid addiction is at an all-time high and represents a major public health threat. The CDC estimates that opioid addiction resulted in a record 72,000 drug overdose deaths in 2017 alone. What strikes me as one of the most tragic parts of this narrative is that so many of these deaths were people who became addicted to opioids after simply seeking relief ...
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Treatment for shoulder pain - Case Study
Treatment for shoulder pain Gabi Zeilig, MD, Dept of Neurological Rehabilitation The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel. Purpose of the study: to test the efficacy of the TerraQuant medical device on shoulder pain resulting from inflammation (OA, Tendonitis, Bursitis). Background: TerraQuant is a unique device which combines low level pulse laser therapy (LLLT), pulsating ...
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How CBD benefits you with worst period problems
Rumor has it that even Queen Victoria sought CBD benefits for relief from menstrual cramps. And it’s no wonder, doctors have described period cramps as “painful as a heart attack” or “cutting your finger off without anesthesia.” Prostaglandins are the main reason why period cramps hurt. The body releases this hormone into the lining of the uterus to make the ...
By Relevium
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Phoebe’s Story: A Cross-Country Journey to Repair a Torn ACL
Some patients go to great lengths to ensure they receive the best treatment for an injury — even if it requires traveling to the opposite side of the country. That was the case with Phoebe Anderson, a collegiate athlete at the University of California at Berkeley who suffered an ACL tear while playing rugby. Twenty-year old Phoebe and her mother, Larissa, learned about the BEAR® ...
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Best Material To Practice Your Suturing Skills
You've probably heard amazing stories of surgeons performing successful, yet extremely delicate and risky procedures such as open-heart surgery, separation of conjoined twins, craniotomy, thoracic aortic dissection repair, oesophagectom, spinal osteomyelitis surgery, and many more. As a medical student, you wonder how a surgeon can do such an incredible job. Well, the answer lies in lots of ...
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California Prop65 list
1. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is an active ingredient in Nabiximols, a specific extract of Cannabis that was approved as a botanical drug in the United Kingdom since 2010 as a mouth spray for people with multiple sclerosis to reduce neuropathic pain, spasticity, overactive bladder, and other symptoms. Nabiximols (as Sativex) is available as a prescription drug in ...
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Luna’s Story: Teen Trailblazer Becomes First BEAR Implant Patient in Connecticut
Very rarely does a high school student who aspires to study medicine get a first-hand opportunity to be a medical trailblazer. But 15-year-old Luna Martini stepped comfortably into that role when she became the first patient in Connecticut to receive a BEAR® Implant to treat her torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). A freshman at Farmington High School, Luna aspires to be a doctor herself ...
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Why CBD is your best workout buddy
CBD, short for cannabidiol, is the latest health buzzword but this healthful compound had been around since the year 2737 BC. According to The Center for Advancing Health, CBD was first brewed as tea to promote health and later used as a pain relief supplement during Victorian times. Today, you can find it in everything from face serums to workout supplements. It’s most commonly ...
By Relevium
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