Smartphone-based virtual reality games helped to reduce pain in young children with burns while having their dressing changed, a new study reports.
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Pain Neuroscience news articles cover science research about pain receptors, nociceptors, nociception, sensory neurons, somatosensory cortex, chronic pain, acute pain, nocioceptors, musculoskeletal pain, therapies, phantom limb pain and other pain research.
35% of patients who used ketamine to manage pain reported significant side effects ranging from hallucination, out-of-body experiences, visual disturbances, and urinary dysfunction. 20% of the side effects were linked directly to ketamine, and 15% associated with ketamine in combination with other drugs.
A new study reveals cannabinoid medications may not reduce pain itself, but instead make pain feel less unpleasant and more tolerable.
Skin-to-skin contact between a parent and newborn reduces how strongly a baby's brain responds to pain.
A newly developed method called sensorimotor retraining appears to be effective at treating chronic back pain.
Researchers have implicated serotonin in the pathophysiology of RA.
Spinal cord neurons process pain differently in men and women, a new study reveals.
A Western-style diet, high in omega-6 polyunsaturated fats, increases symptoms of inflammation, neuropathy, and chronic pain. However, changing to a lower-fat diet can help reverse or relieve symptoms of inflammatory pain disorders.
A new study reports people with partners who suffer from depression are more likely to suffer from chronic pain.
Study provides evidence that exposure to electromagnetic fields such as those from cell phone towers can generate pain sensations in amputees.
