News tagged with pain experience

Pain can be contagious

(Medical Xpress)—The pain sensations of others can be felt by some people, just by witnessing their agony, according to new research.

Psychology & Psychiatry May 08, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Research examines effects of opioids on patients with sickle cell disease

Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) sought to shed light on the biopsychosocial and spiritual effects of taking prescribed opioids to treat noncancer pain. Such questions have received little examination ...

Medications Apr 11, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Study examines the role adverse reactions play in statin discontinuation

Despite their well-documented benefits, statins, drugs used to lower cholesterol, are commonly discontinued in routine care. Statin discontinuation has been linked to increased risk for cardiovascular events and death in ...

Cardiology Apr 01, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Researchers identify predictors for inpatient pain

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified reliable predictors of pain by surveying patients throughout their hospital stays about the severity of their pain and their levels of satisfaction with how ...

Health Sep 21, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

To avoid pain during an injection, look away

Health professionals commonly say, "Don't look and it won't hurt" before administering an injection, but is there any scientific basis for the advice? A group of German investigators has found that, in fact, your past experience ...

Health May 14, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 2

Where pain lives: Managing chronic pain tougher in poor neighborhoods

Living in a poor neighborhood was linked with worse chronic pain for young adults, according to a study by the University of Michigan Health System, but young black patients faced difficulties with pain management no matter ...

Health Mar 01, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Broken hearts really hurt

"Broken-hearted" isn't just a metaphor -- social pain and physical pain have a lot in common, according to Naomi Eisenberger of the University of Califiornia-Los Angeles, the author of a new paper published in Current Di ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Feb 22, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

An 'off' switch for pain: Chemists build light-controlled neural inhibitor

Pain? Just turn it off! It may sound like science fiction, but researchers based in Munich, Berkeley and Bordeaux have now succeeded in inhibiting pain-sensitive neurons on demand, in the laboratory. The crucial element in ...

Medical research Feb 22, 2012 | 5 / 5 (6) | 0 |

Professor: Pain of ostracism can be deep, long-lasting

Ostracism or exclusion may not leave external scars, but it can cause pain that often is deeper and lasts longer than a physical injury, according to a Purdue University expert.

Psychology & Psychiatry May 10, 2011 | 3.8 / 5 (4) | 0 |