Leroy Hood and colleagues at Seattle's Institute for Systems Biology have devised a painless blood test that could eliminate the need for most biopsies.
And compared to traditional surgery— often a painful experience with a long recovery period— radiosurgery is generally pain-free, and often requires little to no recovery time.
We've seen evidence of improved pain scores and pain-free range of motion, factors critical to athletes, as well as improved bone mineral density in osteoarthritic individuals.
In the early 20th century some travelled to Germany to try a new treatment called " Dammerschlaf" , or " twilight sleep" , which promised " painless" births.
It was an extremely romantic feeling, delicate as an aroma, capable of quickening to an active principle, or dying to " a painless sympathy, " as the case might be.
It is doubly abhorrent to Republicans, who oppose any new taxes, and who fear that the “painless” efficiency of VAT may make the American government too eager to spend.