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·December 2, 2022·5 min read

How Touch Dampens the Brain’s Response to Painful Stimuli

A simple act such as rubbing your temples when you have a headache can help to alleviate pain. Researchers say this is because pain-responsive neurons in the brain quiet down when these neurons also receive touch input.

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·November 21, 2022·3 min read

NSAIDs May Worsen Arthritis Inflammation

Taking NSAIDs such as ibuprofen or naproxen for arthritis may make inflammation worse over time, a new study reports.

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·November 17, 2022·5 min read

Why Do Musicians Revisit Their Pain and Doubt in Their Art?

Many musicians use their personal emotional pain and emotional trauma to create their songs. Researchers say exploring trauma via music can help reduce its emotional impact. Additionally, such music allows the listener to connect with artists and accept their own similar traumatic memories.

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·November 14, 2022·5 min read

High-Fat Diet Can Provoke Pain Sensitivity Without Obesity or Diabetes

High-fat diets induce hyperalgesic priming, a neurological change that represents the transition from acute to chronic pain, and allodynia or pain resulting from stimuli that do not normally provoke pain.

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·November 14, 2022·4 min read

Fentanyl Vaccine Potential ‘Game Changer’ for Opioid Epidemic

A newly developed vaccine blocks the ability of the opioid Fentanyl's ability to enter the brain, thus blocking the drug's "high".

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·November 12, 2022·3 min read

Two Fifths of People Have Chronic Pain by Their 40s, With Consequences for Later Life

People who experience chronic pain during middle age report poorer mental and overall health problems later in life.

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·November 11, 2022·7 min read

How Do We Experience the Pain of Other People?

The ability to empathize, or share the pain of others is mapped onto neurons in the insula, a new study reports.

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·October 25, 2022·4 min read

Pain’s Molecular Origins

A new study will explore the genesis of pain on a molecular and cellular level, with the goal of finding new treatments for chronic pain conditions.

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·October 24, 2022·2 min read

Green Eyeglasses Reduce Pain-Related Anxiety in Fibromyalgia Patients

Using eyeglasses that filter a specific wavelength on the green light spectrum reduces pain-related anxiety and could decrease the need for opioids for those with fibromyalgia and other chronic pain conditions.

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·October 23, 2022·2 min read

Cannabis Use Increases Pain After Surgery

Cannabis users experienced 14% more pain in the first 24 hours following surgery than non-cannabis users. Additionally, cannabis users consumed 7% more opioids post surgery.

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·October 19, 2022·4 min read

Pain Relief Without Side Effects and Addiction

Researchers have developed a new substance that activates adrenalin receptors rather than opioid receptors to help relieve chronic pain. The new compounds have similar pain-relieving qualities as opioids but do not appear to induce respiratory depression or addiction.

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·October 14, 2022·5 min read

The Cold Shoulder: Genetic Links to Frozen Shoulder

Researchers have identified risk genes for adhesive capsulitis, also known as "frozen shoulder". Carriers of these genes are at a six-fold increased risk of developing frozen shoulder.

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pain

How Touch Dampens the Brain’s Response to Painful Stimuli

NSAIDs May Worsen Arthritis Inflammation

Why Do Musicians Revisit Their Pain and Doubt in Their Art?

High-Fat Diet Can Provoke Pain Sensitivity Without Obesity or Diabetes

Fentanyl Vaccine Potential ‘Game Changer’ for Opioid Epidemic

Two Fifths of People Have Chronic Pain by Their 40s, With Consequences for Later Life

How Do We Experience the Pain of Other People?

Pain’s Molecular Origins

Green Eyeglasses Reduce Pain-Related Anxiety in Fibromyalgia Patients

Cannabis Use Increases Pain After Surgery

Pain Relief Without Side Effects and Addiction

The Cold Shoulder: Genetic Links to Frozen Shoulder

Bodily Inflammation Shapes the Brain and Behavior

Body Clock Dictates Morning Calorie Burning

The Neural Architecture of Evolutionary Reversals

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