_ Health Headlines American Pain By Jane Farrell article New cases of chronic pain occur more often among U.S. adults than new cases of several other common conditions, including … Read More→
_ Pain Pain Rising Among Some Younger Americans By Jane Farrell article Younger Americans with less than a bachelorΓÇÖs degree reported higher levels of pain than todayΓÇÖs older adults did at their … Read More→
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_ Medical Research Animal Study Shows Why Opioid Therapy May Not Always Work Well for Chronic Pain By Jane Farrell article Pain-induced changes in the rat brainΓÇÖs opioid receptor system may explain the limited effectiveness of opioid therapy in chronic pain … Read More→
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_ Pain Pain and Your Brain By Jane Farrell article Scientists at The University of Manchester, UK, have shown for the first time that if the brain is ΓÇÿtuned-inΓÇÖ to … Read More→
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_ Medical Research Hope for A New Chronic Pain Treatment By Jane Farrell article The potential of light as a non-invasive, highly-focused alternative to pain medication was made more apparent thanks to research conducted … Read More→
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Pain Management No Evidence Opioids Are Effective for Chronic Pain By article A National Institutes of Health white paper that was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in January 2015 reported … Read More→
_ Pain Management A New Means to Erase Pain By Sondra Forsyth article A study published in the July 2104 issue of Nature Neuroscience by Yves De Koninck and Robert Bonin, two researchers at Université Laval in Quebec, reveals that it is possible to relieve pain hypersensitivity using a counterintuitive method that involves rekindling pain so that it can subsequently be erased. This discovery could lead to novel means to alleviate chronic pain.