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After pain, nausea and vomiting are the most documented symptoms in patients with cancer preceding unplanned acute care ...

A study conducted at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil investigated the process of muscle pain ...

I asked Lauren Heathcote, the King’s College London researcher, to explain the difference between how the brain processes acute versus chronic pain. LAUREN HEATHCOTE: I think a helpful but quite rough ...

Standards and definitions change over time. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today offers this definition: “Chronic diseases are defined broadly as conditions that last 1 year or ...

Orbital tissue samples showed elevated HPV18 L1 IgG titers in those with chronic or acute active thyroid eye disease versus controls. Confirming this link could impact diagnosis, treatment ...

The relationship between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and cerebral small vessel disease has been inconsistently reported. In particular, there is a lack of research focusing on patients with acute ...

An experiment in human photoreceptors allowed scientists to recently define a new color, imperceptible by the human eye, that lies along the blue-green spectrum but is different from the two.

Gout can be acute, with sudden onset symptoms, or chronic, with more frequent flare-ups and lasting symptoms. It may affect more than one joint. There may only be short breaks between flares.