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Tylenol and other paracetamol painkillers may hinder the brain's error-correction mechanisms

It's been known for more than a century that acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol and marketed as Tylenol and Panadol) is an effective painkiller, but according to a new Canadian study it could also be impeding error-detection in the brain...




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'Doctor-Shopping' for Painkillers Common After Broken-Bone Surgery, Study Finds

Title: 'Doctor-Shopping' for Painkillers Common After Broken-Bone Surgery, Study Finds
Category: Health News
Created: 8/29/2014 9:35:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/29/2014 12:00:00 AM




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Low-Dose Aspirin, Other Painkillers May Lower Colon Cancer Risk

Title: Low-Dose Aspirin, Other Painkillers May Lower Colon Cancer Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 8/24/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/25/2015 12:00:00 AM




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Common Painkillers May Boost Blood Pressure in Arthritis Patients

Title: Common Painkillers May Boost Blood Pressure in Arthritis Patients
Category: Health News
Created: 8/30/2017 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/31/2017 12:00:00 AM




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Certain Painkillers Raise Heart Failure Risk in People With Type 2 Diabetes

Title: Certain Painkillers Raise Heart Failure Risk in People With Type 2 Diabetes
Category: Health News
Created: 8/24/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/24/2022 12:00:00 AM




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Spider venom may hold chemical keys to new painkillers




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Virtual reality eyed as a replacement for some painkillers

As the technology decreases in price, some hospitals are trying it as a distractive force to cut the use of opioids.



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Painkillers (Rebroadcast)

The high reliance on painkillers by the medical community has become an increasingly controversial topic.  For patients, that reliance can easily transform a treatment into an addiction. In this edition of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke talk about the relationship between pain and the brain. And they touch...




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Halladay's wife: Roy was addicted to painkillers late in career with Phillies




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Scientists Spot How Cox-2 Painkillers Raise Heart Risks

Title: Scientists Spot How Cox-2 Painkillers Raise Heart Risks
Category: Health News
Created: 5/2/2012 4:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/3/2012 12:00:00 AM




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ER Practices Key to Helping Those Addicted to Painkillers: Study

Title: ER Practices Key to Helping Those Addicted to Painkillers: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 4/28/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/29/2015 12:00:00 AM




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Heroin Use Surges Among Whites Who Abuse Prescription Painkillers

Title: Heroin Use Surges Among Whites Who Abuse Prescription Painkillers
Category: Health News
Created: 4/30/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/1/2015 12:00:00 AM




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Production of Two Excedrin Painkillers Halted

Title: Production of Two Excedrin Painkillers Halted
Category: Health News
Created: 1/22/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 1/22/2020 12:00:00 AM





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Seeing spike in demand for sedatives and painkillers, Fresenius CFO says

Rachel Empey, CFO of Fresenius, outlines how the healthcare firm's earnings are being impacted by the coronavirus crisis.




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Doctor who called himself the 'El Chapo of opioids' admits to over-prescribing painkillers

New Jersey doctor Robert Delagente, 45, has pleaded guilty to distribution of controlled dangerous substances, conspiracy and falsifying medical records for dolling out opioids to patients.