News tagged with chronic pain
Researchers finds hidden sensory system in the skin
Researchers report that the human body has an entirely unique and separate sensory system aside from the nerves that give most of us the ability to touch and feel. Surprisingly, this sensory network is located throughout ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Smoked cannabis reduces chronic pain
For people suffering chronic pain, smoked cannabis reduces pain, improves mood and helps sleep, according to new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 30, 2010 |
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Novel approach to chronic pain relief
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists have found what they believe could be a novel approach to more effective, targeted relief of chronic pain caused by nerve injuries. The research, a collaboration ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Researchers find explanation for rapid maturation of neurons at birth
At the moment a newborn switches from amniotic fluid to breathing air, another profound shift occurs: nerve cells in the brain convert from hyperexcitability to a calm frame against which outside signals can be detected.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Switch off enzyme to control chronic pain, say researchers
A team of researchers at the University of Toronto has developed a new drug targeted at parts of the brain and spinal cord associated with pain perception, which may more effectively control chronic pain caused by nerve injuries.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Chinese acupuncture affects brain's ability to regulate pain, study shows
Acupuncture has been used in East-Asian medicine for thousands of years to treat pain, possibly by activating the body's natural painkillers. But how it works at the cellular level is largely unknown.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Mayo Clinic study suggests those who have chronic pain may need to assess vitamin D status
Mayo Clinic research shows a correlation between inadequate vitamin D levels and the amount of narcotic medication taken by patients who have chronic pain. This correlation is an important finding as researchers discover ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 20, 2009 |
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Long-lasting nerve block could change pain management
(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston have developed a slow-release anesthetic drug-delivery system that could potentially revolutionize treatment of pain during and after surgery, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 14, 2009 |
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Pain research may pave the way to understanding and controlling chronic pain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, Davis have discovered a "cross-talk" between two major biological pathways that involve pain -- research that may pave the way to new approaches to understanding ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 08, 2011 |
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A little adversity bodes well for those with chronic back pain
A new study by researchers at the University at Buffalo and the University of California, Irvine, to be published in the September issue of the journal Pain, reveals that, for people with chronic back pain, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 05, 2010 |
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Meditative breathing may help manage chronic pain
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study published in the journal Pain offers support for the benefits of yoga-style breathing and meditation to help control chronic pain.
Apr 08, 2010 |
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Simple bedside test improves diagnosis of chronic back pain, could guide treatment
A simple and inexpensive method of assessing pain, developed by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers, is better than currently used techniques for distinguishing neuropathic pain - pain caused ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Common pain relief medication may encourage cancer growth
Although morphine has been the gold-standard treatment for postoperative and chronic cancer pain for two centuries, a growing body of evidence is showing that opiate-based painkillers can stimulate the growth and spread of ...
Nov 18, 2009 |
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People with chronic pain face complex dilemmas and life-changing decisions
Coping with chronic pain can affect every aspect of a person's life and cause conflict between what their mind wants to achieve and what their body allows them to do, according to research in the December issue of the Journal of ...
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Genetic switch discovered that turns on pain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Aberdeen scientists have discovered a 'switch' that turns on a gene that lets us feel pain, in a finding that could be a step towards the development of new painkilling drugs.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Chronic pain
Chronic pain is defined as pain that persists longer than the temporal course of natural healing, associated with a particular type of injury or disease process.
The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage." Pain is subjective in nature and is defined by the person experiencing it, and the medical community's understanding of chronic pain now includes the impact that the mind has in processing and interpreting pain signals.
For more information about Chronic pain, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
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