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What is a football player spraying on a sore wound when he is hurt on the field?
If the wound does not bleed, which does not lead to a broken leg, the player will be given a pain reliever called a pain killer.
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Biology
'Herbal Heroin' - Indonesian farmer's livelihood
Kratom leaves may affect morphine-like brain receptors. Because of this, kratom has become a popular herb, but is also being abused as a narcotic
Biology
Discover how cannabis plants 'synthesize' pain killers
The fact that Canadian scientists in the lab discovered how cannabis produces pain-reducing compounds will help produce cannflavin - the painkiller - that has a 30-fold…
Health
The discovery helps make new painkillers
The authors of the study suggest that mammals, including humans, undergo two types of reactions to pain stimuli.
Discover science
Find analgesic 6 times stronger than morphine
Human saliva produces six times more natural painkillers than morphine, according to French researchers.
Discover science
Pain relievers can lead to impotence
Based on research, scientists have concluded that painkillers have a negative impact on erection.
Oceanography
Pain reliever from sea snail
Conical sea snail is one of the most terrifying poisonous creatures of the ocean. They often inject enough toxins to paralyze the body, even killing the prey. Many medic…
Biology
Trees also have painkillers
Plants produce chemicals that relieve pain like Aspirin that we use often.
Scientific application
Saliva of the slug does all the pain
New painkillers have revolutionized the pharmaceutical industry. This drug is unique in that they are made from ... sea slugs.
Medicine - Health
'Adjust the brain' to treat chronic pain
Currently, the United States is facing the crisis of people addicted to painkillers with a degree of spread like epidemics.
Medicine - Health
Detecting painkillers in the poison of anemones
Scientists at the Russian Academy of Sciences found that unique anemones in the anemone's venom help inhibit the activity of pain receptors and reduce inflammation.
Medicine - Health
Pain relievers can increase your risk of heart attack by 100%
The painkillers prescribed by doctors, including ibuprofen, can increase the risk of a heart attack within 1 month if used in high doses.
Medicine - Health
Warning: Analgesics may increase the risk of heart failure
One of the largest studies has shown that taking conventional painkillers like ibuprofen increases the risk of hospitalization for heart failure within two weeks.
Medicine - Health
Yoga and acupuncture have a chronic pain relief effect
Forget painkillers, practice yoga and acupuncture to help relieve chronic pain. This is the result of a newly published scientific study.
Medicine - Health
There are no narcotic analgesics, overdose
Scientists have recently invented a morphine-like analgesic, but reduce harmful side effects such as addiction or overdose.