News tagged with phantom pain

Imaging reveals how brain fails to tune out phantom sounds of tinnitus

About 40 million people in the U.S. today suffer from tinnitus, an irritating and sometimes debilitating auditory disorder in which a person "hears" sounds, such as ringing, that don't actually exist. There isn't a cure for ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Jun 23, 2010 | 4.6 / 5 (12) | 17 |

Seeing is relieving: New hope for chronic pain sufferers

An f1000 evaluation examines how pain relief improves greatly when the sufferer can actually see the area where the pain is occurring.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Oct 29, 2009 | not rated yet | 0