From the Michigan State University press release via ScienceDaily: A doctor-patient relationship built on trust and empathy doesn’t just put patients at ease — it actually changes the brain’s response to stress and increases pain…
From the American Academy of Sleep Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: A new study suggests that extending nightly sleep in mildly sleepy, healthy adults increases daytime alertness and reduces pain sensitivity. “Our results suggest the…
From the Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin press release via ScienceDaily: The treatment of inflammatory pain can be improved by endogenous opioid peptides acting directly in injured tissue. Scientists at the Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Université…
From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: A UK-based study team has determined that there is a correlation between childhood intelligence and chronic widespread pain (CWP) in adulthood, according to a new study published in…
From the American College of Rheumatology press release via Newswise: According to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., pain experienced by people with fibromyalgia may be…
From the University of Chicago press release by William Harms via ScienceDaily: Mathematics anxiety can prompt a response in the brain similar to when a person experiences physical pain, according to new research at the…
From the Duke University Medical Center press release via ScienceDaily: While studying the sense of touch, scientists at Duke Medicine have pinpointed specific neurons that appear to regulate perception. The sensory neurons are characterized by…
From the Ohio State University press release via EurekAlert!: Companionship has the potential to reduce pain linked to nerve damage, according to a new study. Mice that were paired with a cage-mate showed lower pain…
From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: With the discovery that the unconscious mind plays a key role in the placebo effect, researchers have identified a novel mechanism that helps explain…
From the University of South Australia press release via HealthCanal: Einstein’s famous theory of relativity proposed that matter can distort space and time. Now a new study recently published in the journal Neurology suggests that…