News tagged with pain sensitivity

Zen meditation fends off pain

(PhysOrg.com) -- People can reduce their sensitivity to pain by thickening their brain, according to a new study published in a special issue of the American Psychological Association journal, Emotion. Resear ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 24, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

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

created May 03, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 3

Infant pain, adult repercussions

Scientists at Georgia State University have uncovered the mechanisms of how pain in infancy alters how the brain processes pain in adulthood.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Scientists create mouse grimace scale to help identify pain in humans and animals

A new study by researchers from McGill University and the University of British Columbia shows that mice, like humans, express pain through facial expressions.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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What Zen meditators don't think about won't hurt them

Zen meditation has many health benefits, including a reduced sensitivity to pain. According to new research from the Universite de Montreal, meditators do feel pain but they simply don't dwell on it as much. These findings, ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Scientists find genetic clues about pain insensitivity

A baby who rarely cries is many parents' idea of a "happy" baby. Ashlyn Blocker was that kind of baby.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New biological pathway identified for post-traumatic stress disorder

High blood levels of a hormone produced in response to stress are linked to post-traumatic stress disorder in women but not men, a study from researchers at Emory University and the University of Vermont has found.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows brief training in meditation may help manage pain

Living with pain is stressful, but a surprisingly short investment of time in mental training can help you cope.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers show how morphine can be given more effectively

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have found a way to maintain the pain-killing qualities of morphine over an extended period of time, thus providing a solution for the problem of having to administer increasing ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fruit flies lead scientists to new human pain gene

While it has become clear in recent years that susceptibility to pain has a strong inherited component, very little is known about actual "pain genes" and how they work. In the November 12th issue of Cell, researchers at Chi ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gene discovery explains how fruit flies retreat from heat

A discovery in fruit flies may be able to tell us more about how animals, including humans, sense potentially dangerous discomforts.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dutch researchers develop technology for pain monitoring

Ten of thousands of patients suffer chronic pain as a result of operations, and this continues even after the wounds caused by the operation have healed. Researchers from the MIRA research institute - the University of Twente’s ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pain thresholds linked to inflammation and sleep problems in arthritis patients

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0