Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Natalie Grover (Reuters Health) - Briefly applying an ice cube to the skin could diminish the pain associated with local ...

Application of topical anesthetic drops may be more effective at reducing pain caused by intravitreal injection, according to an OSN SuperSite report. Gregory R. Blaha, MD, PhD, one of the study's ...

Children are very stressed by anesthetics injected into the mouth before tooth extraction, in connection with orthodontic treatment. In a study from the University of Gothenburg, a technique was ...

Medline, Embase, Scopus and Scielo were searched until April 2017 supplemented by manual searching. Clinical trials with parallel-groups, crossover and split mouth in patients older than 18 years were ...

The use of sacroiliac joint injection with anesthetic and corticosteroid may not be efficacious for sacroiliac joint pain. The use of sacroiliac joint (SIJ) injection with anesthetic and ...

The U.S. Army is researching an anesthetic injection called a stellate ganglion block that could relieve symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Here's how it works. Illustration/Video: Heather ...

Dexamethasone-21-palmitate in lipid microspheres has already demonstrated its efficacy and tolerability with intra-articular injection during the inflammatory phase of osteoarthritis of the knee [6] ...

Local anaesthetic is widely used in ophthalmic surgery and more recently in vitreoretinal surgery. Akinesia is a useful effect of local anaesthetic blocks, but there are situations where some residual ...

Objectives To describe the use of ultrasound by a professional Australian rules football team in the immediate pregame period to guide local anaesthetic injections, during game time to assess injuries ...

A single ultrasound-guided intra-articular hip injection of corticosteroid plus local anaesthetic can provide lasting pain relief in hip osteoarthritis, according to a new study led by researchers ...

(Reuters Health) - Briefly applying an ice cube to the skin could diminish the pain associated with local anesthetic injections, a small study suggests. Local anesthetics are typically used to reduce ...