Study: some parents pass pain to their teenagers
Xinhua News Agency - We want to know how much of a child’s response to migraine pain is learned and how much is hereditary,” said lead author Ann Pakalnis, a neurologist at Columbus Children’s Hospital and a professor at Ohio State University College of Medicine.

Nintendo Wii Controller Sidelining Virtual Athletes
NewsFactor Network - In 1990, the New England Journal of Medicine received reports of a similar condition dubbed ‘Nintenditis,’ and other doctors The treatment is just a matter of common sense: some pain relievers and a break from Wii sports. Medical Sensationalism? In

Lady Vol Guard McMahan Undergoes Successful Knee Surgery
Chattanoogan - Jenny Moshak, University of Tennessee Assistant Athletics Director for Sports Medicine, announced that Lady Vol basketball rising sophomore point guard Cait McMahan had undergone successful surgery on Wednesday. “After episodes of pain, swelling and

Wii warning: Watch for ‘Wiiitis’
San Francisco Gate - this patient can be labeled more specifically as ‘Wiiitis,’ ” wrote Bonis in a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine video game system, the risk of the Wiiitis variant may be higher than that of Nintendinitis,” a term referring to pain

Gene Therapy Offers New Hope For Treatment Of Peripheral Neuropathy
Medical News Today - Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine report that they have successfully used gene therapy to block the pain response in an animal model of neuropathic pain, a type of chronic pain in people for which there are few

Got a pain in the head?
Athens Daily Review - If over-the-counter treatments fail, your doctor may prescribe stronger pain medicine or an abortive headache medicine in the triptan family, he said. With severe persistent migraines, your doctor may prescribe a medicine to take daily to