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Grünenthal and King’s College London collaborate to develop human induced pluripotent stem cell-based microfluidic cultures for pain research

• Dr Ramin Raouf from King’s College London and Grünenthal strive to develop reliable microfluidic culture models relevant for pain research based on human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons• Grünenthal has expertise in developing human induced pluripotent stem cells towards sensory neurones and will support the lab of Dr Raouf with a total consideration of… Read More »

Opioid Crisis — A Result of Poverty, Availability and Pain

Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published January 16, 2020. In recent years, the devastating effects of wanton opioid use have become unmistakable, with opioid overdoses killing 47,600 Americans in 2017 alone.1 As of June 2017, opioids became the leading cause of death among Americans under the age of 50,2 and… Read More »

Combat Arthritis Pain With These Foods

When used correctly, food is medicine. Put another way, you are what you eat. You can’t get away from the fact that your body requires nutrients to function optimally, and those nutrients come from the food you consume. The small choices you make each day, such as a donut as a midday snack or a… Read More »

Pain in Lower Abdomen When Coughing? 6 Reasons

Coughing is a natural reflex of the body that it uses to remove the irritants in the throat. In several cases, certain people feel immense pain in their chest and abdominal area while coughing forcefully. Frequent sessions of pain in lower abdomen when coughing may be a sign of serious ailments, and it’s essential to… Read More »

‘On That Edge of Fear’: One Woman’s Struggle With Sickle Cell Pain

Lisa Craig, who has struggled for years to manage the pain associated with her sickle cell disease, received an echocardiogram at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. ‘On That Edge of Fear’: One Woman’s Struggle With Sickle Cell Pain Cures for a disease that mostly afflicts Black people seem near, but may come too late… Read More »