News tagged with emotional pain
Positive outlook can ease chronic pain, widowhood
(PhysOrg.com) -- A person's outlook on life can minimize -- or aggravate -- a person's chronic pain, reports a new Cornell study.
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Jan 27, 2011 |
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Anger amplifies clinical pain in women with and without fibromyalgia
Researchers from Utrecht University who studied the effect of negative emotions on pain perception in women with and without fibromyalgia found that anger and sadness amplified pain equally in both groups. Full findings ...
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Sep 23, 2010 |
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Up to 1 in 4 patients report more physical problems a year after surgery than before
One in seven patients experience more pain, physical and emotional problems a year after surgery than before their operation and a quarter have less vitality. Those are the key findings of a research study of more than 400 ...
Aug 25, 2010 |
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Drug addicts get hooked via prescriptions, keep using 'to feel like a better person,' research shows
If you want to know how people become addicted and why they keep using drugs, ask the people who are addicted.
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Aug 20, 2010 |
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Study finds structural brain alterations in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
A large academic study has demonstrated structural changes in specific brain regions in female patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a condition that causes pain and discomfort in the abdomen, along ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 22, 2010 |
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Doctors urged to routinely screen for self-injury
(PhysOrg.com) -- Young adults self mutilate to cope with emotional pain, independent of other mental illness, finds Janis Whitlock, who urges doctors and nurses to routinely screen for evidence of such behaviors.
Jun 09, 2010 |
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Why does feeling low hurt?
When it comes to pain, the two competing schools of thought are that it's either "all in your head" or "all in your body". A new study led by University of Oxford researchers indicates that, instead, pain is an amalgam of ...
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Jun 07, 2010 |
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Brain Study: Sensitive Persons' Perception Moderates Responses Based On Culture
(PhysOrg.com) -- Building on previous brain imaging research that revealed cultural influences play a role in neural activation during perception, Arthur Aron, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology at Stony Brook ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 03, 2010 |
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Race and empathy matter on neural level
Race matters on a neurological level when it comes to empathy for African-Americans in distress, according to a new Northwestern University study.
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Apr 26, 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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Abuse in childhood linked to migraine and other pain disorders
Researchers from the American Headache Society's Women's Issues Section Research Consortium found that incidence of childhood maltreatment, especially emotional abuse and neglect, are prevalent in migraine patients. The study ...
Jan 06, 2010 |
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Doctors try to put pain in perspective
Susan Leonard's rare and aggressive inflammatory breast cancer and treatment left her with swelling all over her body, nerve damage and loss of her hair, fingernails and toenails. Her severe pain necessitated medication that ...
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Depression and Inflammation Linked to Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes inflammation of the joints and surrounding tissues. More than 1.3 million adults in the U.S. suffer from RA with 75% of those afflicted ...
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Aug 04, 2009 |
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Physical abuse raises women's health costs over 40 percent
Women experiencing physical abuse from intimate partners spent 42 percent more on health care per year than non-abused women, according to a long-term study of more than 3,000 women.
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Study finds Zen meditation alleviates pain
Zen meditation - a centuries-old practice that can provide mental, physical and emotional balance - may reduce pain according to Université de Montréal researchers. A new study in the January edition of Psychosomatic Me ...
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Feb 03, 2009 |
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