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Here's how postpartum depression is linked to mother's pain

Also find out more about the symptoms of postpartum depression.

15 Oct 2018 4:12 AM

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Soy-based formula milk may increase risk of menstrual pain

Exposure to oestrogens during infant development may affect reproductive health in adulthood.

9 Nov 2018 7:59 AM

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Becoming more sensitive to pain increases risk of persistent knee pain

Researchers say therapy aimed at prevention or improvement of pain sensitisation may be a novel approach to preventing...

2 Nov 2018 7:06 AM

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Touch can have healing effects, new study finds

The effects of touch he believes can be powerful.

24 Jan 2018 12:58 PM

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Winter can make periods worse, expert reveals

18 Jan 2018 5:46 AM

Touching or being touched releases chemicals in the brain that make pain easier to bear. (Photo: Pixabay)

Holding partner's hand may lower pain in women: study

There appeared to be some sort of synchronising going on in the brains of the couples that offered an analgesic-like...

28 Feb 2018 12:35 PM

Patients should feel confident that the current generation electric cars should not have any significant impact on their device function. (Photo: Pixabay)

Magnetic fields in electric cars don't seem to cause pacemaker...

Over the last few decades we have learnt that very simple household items like electric razors, blow dryers, microwaves,...

24 April 2018 10:55 AM

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Art therapy may lower pain, anxiety in cancer patients: Study

20 April 2018 2:25 PM

The optimum temperature of the hot water should be kept at 120 degrees to avoid damaging the cells and inner skin layers. (Photo: Pixabay)

Drinking plain hot water may help you shed weight, boost your health

There are seven ways in which drinking hot water could work wonder for our bodies.

15 April 2018 9:31 AM

Some pregnant women also avoid sex because theyre worried about harming the foetus (Photo: AFP)

Opioids tied to bad sex life and lack of desire

When people do take opioids, they should work with their doctor to make the medication dose as low as possible to reduce...

26 July 2018 12:56 PM

Our brain works like a thermostat when it comes to amplifying or suppressing pain. (Photo: AFP)

Our brains control pain perception

Scientists shed light on how brains turn pain up or down.

16 Oct 2019 8:38 AM

Amid a worsening epidemic of opioid addiction, doctors often try to prescribe alternative painkillers or other therapies for patients (Photo: AFP)

Illegal pills given to women workers in TN to make them work through...

Pills given to the Thomson Reuters Foundation by workers had no markings to show the brand, their composition or expiry...

14 Jun 2019 9:17 AM