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Probing Question: Do women have a higher pain threshold than men?
Nov 13, 2008 |
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It’s a familiar sitcom scene: A woman in labor shows Herculean strength while her “birth coach” husband faints dead away.
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It's not all in your head: Descending neural mechanisms of placebo-induced pain control
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 26, 2009 |
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A new study reveals that when it comes to pain control, the "placebo effect" involves evolutionarily old pain control pathways in the human brainstem, the part of the brain that is continuous with the spinal cord. The research, ...
Exercise therapy best for knee pain
Oct 21, 2009 |
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For patients with severe knee pain, supervised exercise therapy is more effective at reducing pain and improving function than usual care, finds a study published on BMJ.com today.
Pain thresholds linked to inflammation and sleep problems in arthritis patients
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Despite recent advances in anti-inflammatory therapy, many rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients continue to suffer from pain. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal, Arthritis Research & Therapy found that i ...
The price of pain and the value of suffering
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 22, 2009 |
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During these trying financial times, the cost of healthcare and how much we are willing to pay for it is at the top of our economic concerns. The financial value of pain has a wide ranging influence, affecting drug prices ...
Chronic pain found to increase risk of falls in older adults
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Chronic pain is experienced by as many as two out of three older adults. Now, a new study finds that pain may be more hazardous than previously thought, contributing to an increased risk of falls in adults over age 70. The ...
Antioxidants offer pain relief in patients with chronic pancreatitis
Jan 01, 2009 |
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Antioxidant supplementation was found to be effective in relieving pain and reducing levels of oxidative stress in patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP), reports a new study in Gastroenterology. CP is a progressive inflam ...
Persistent pain may accelerate signs of aging by 2-3 decades in middle-aged adults
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Younger people with pain look similar in terms of their disability to people who are two to three decades older without pain, according to a study published in this month's issue of the Journal of the American Geriatric So ...
Unexplained chest pain can be due to stress
Feb 09, 2009 |
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Each year, many people seek emergency treatment for unexplained chest pains. A thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, indicates several common factors among those affected, including stress ...
I feel your pain: Neural mechanisms of empathy
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Is it possible to share a pain that you observe in another but have never actually experienced yourself? A new study uses a sophisticated brain-imaging technique to try and answer this question. The research, published by ...
Post-treatment pain in head and neck cancer patients linked to recurrence, lower survival rate
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Patients with head and neck cancer who experience a higher level of post-treatment pain appear to have a lower survival rate than those who experience little or no post-treatment pain, according to a report in the August ...
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