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·April 11, 2023·4 min read

Modified Botox Found to Give Long-Term Pain Relief After Nerve Injury Without Side Effects

A newly created elongated botulinum neurotoxin can alleviate symptoms of chronic pain without causing addiction or nerve damage leading to paralysis.

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·April 5, 2023·4 min read

Pain Out of Control

Brain areas associated with pain processing do not function correctly in those with fibromyalgia, a new study reveals.

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·March 29, 2023·4 min read

Fibromyalgia May Worsen Opioid Addiction

Pain associated with fibromyalgia may put patients at risk of developing opioid use disorder, a new study reports.

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·March 24, 2023·3 min read

Clues to the Cause of Chronic Gut Pain

A specific pathway of nerves and cells that link the gut to the brain may be responsible for chronic gut pain. Chronic gut pain is commonly associated with IBS, and mental health disorders including anxiety and depression.

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·March 16, 2023·5 min read

The Painful Truth: Preterm Infants Don’t Adapt to Pain Like Other Babies Do

Infants who are born preterm do not habituate to repeated pain the same way in which full-term babies or adults do. Researchers believe this is because preterm infants have not yet developed the mechanism that enables people to adapt to moderate pain, which is thought to develop during the third trimester of pregnancy.

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·March 15, 2023·5 min read

New Test Quickly Identifies Patients Whose Postoperative Pain Can Be Effectively Treated by Hypnosis

A newly developed molecular diagnostic test is able to identify people who are most likely to benefit from hypnosis to help manage post-operative pain. This subset of highly hypnotizable people is also more likely to experience higher levels of post-operative pain.

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·March 13, 2023·5 min read

New Drug to Lower Brain Pressure Could Treat Blinding Headaches

Exenatide, an injectable peptide currently in phase two clinical trials for treating type 2 diabetes, reduces symptoms of Idiopathic Intercranial Hypertension blinding headaches, a new study reports.

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·March 12, 2023·8 min read

Spinal Cord Stimulation Doesn’t Help With Back Pain

According to a new study, spinal cord stimulation does not provide long-term relief for back pain and may actually cause harm to a patient.

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·March 2, 2023·4 min read

Fledgling Chronic Back Pain Therapy Needs More Rigorous Study

Cognitive functional therapy (CFT), a popular new therapy for the management of chronic back pain, appears to be no better than traditional therapies for pain management, a new study reports.

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·March 2, 2023·4 min read

Study Investigates the Source of Back and Joint Pain With the Goal of Reverse Engineering Treatments

Researchers investigate the degeneration process of musculoskeletal tissues that leads to chronic back and joint pain with the hope to translate their findings into new methods to repair tissue damage and ultimately relieve pain.