From the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) press release via AlphaGalileo: Pain? Just turn it off! It may sound like science fiction, but researchers based in Munich, Berkeley and Bordeaux have now succeeded in inhibiting pain-sensitive neurons…
From the McGill University press release: For some, the pain is so great that they can’t even bear to have clothes touch their skin. For others, it means that every step is a deliberate and…
From the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons press release via EurekAlert!: Increased pain following surgery has long been linked to anxiety and “catastrophizing,” an extreme response to stress. In a new study presented today at…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Placebos reduce pain by creating an expectation of relief. Distraction—say, doing a puzzle—relieves it by keeping the brain busy. But do they use the same brain processes?…
From the Stanford University Medical Center press release: Women report more-intense pain than men in virtually every disease category, according to Stanford University School of Medicine investigators who mined a huge collection of electronic medical…
From the Medical University of Vienna press release via AlphaGalileo: A team of researchers at the MedUni Vienna’s Department of Neurophysiology (Centre for Brain Research) has discovered a previously unknown effect of opioids: the study,…
From the American Pain Society press release via ScienceDaily: Distraction is a proven pain reliever, and a new study reported in The Journal of Pain concludes that listening to music can be effective for reducing…
From the Duke University Medical Center release: Tuning in to tune out may be just what’s needed for men undergoing a prostate biopsy, according to researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute. The Duke team found…
From the British Medical Journal press release via EurekAlert: “Mindfulness” exercises, which focus on experiencing the present moment, no matter how difficult, can help curb the stress and fatigue associated with painful rheumatoid joint disease,…