Psychology & Psychiatry
Anxiety and depression linked to chronic pain in children
Young people with chronic pain are three times more likely than their peers to also have clinical anxiety or depression, a new review has found.
Sep 9, 2024
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Chronic Pain
Neuroscience
Noninvasive focused ultrasound show potential for combating chronic pain
Chronic pain impacts an estimated 20% of the world population and persists as a frustrating symptom for innumerable health issues, from sickle-cell disease to arthritis.
Sep 6, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Stressful childhood experiences linked to increased risk of multiple chronic conditions
University of Dundee research has revealed that each additional traumatic or stressful event experienced during childhood increases the odds of an individual suffering from multiple chronic conditions later in life by nearly ...
Sep 6, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Brain scans reveal that mindfulness meditation for pain is not a placebo
Pain is a complex, multifaceted experience shaped by various factors beyond physical sensation, such as a person's mindset and their expectations of pain. The placebo effect, the tendency for a person's symptoms to improve ...
Sep 5, 2024
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Neuroscience
Individualized acupuncture shows long-term efficacy in reducing chronic neck pain, research suggests
A randomized controlled trial found that individualized acupuncture may reduce chronic neck pain for up to 24 weeks when compared to sham acupuncture and a waitlist control group. Although the clinical significance remains ...
Sep 3, 2024
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Neuroscience
Insights on brain-spinal communication in opioid withdrawal lead to a clinical trial
A deeper understanding of the communication inside the body when someone is going through opioid withdrawal has led to a new clinical trial at the University of Calgary.
Aug 29, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dental researchers develop innovative sleep apnea model to find answers to chronic pain
Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) School of Dentistry have created a first-of-its-kind sleep apnea model for studying chronic pain. A study published in Science ...
Aug 29, 2024
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Medical research
Ultrasound device shows promise for treating chronic pain
Pain is a necessary biological signal, but a variety of conditions can cause those signals to go awry. For people with chronic pain, the root is often faulty signals emerging deep within the brain, giving false alarms about ...
Aug 28, 2024
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Defining chronic pain for high-performance athletes with disabilities
With the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games just around the corner, the extensive training and the sacrifices athletes make to compete at the games take center stage.
Aug 27, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Separating the physical and psychosocial causes of pain
Not all pain is the same. Depending on the cause, it requires different therapies. A team led by ETH Zurich has now developed a method that enables physicians to better distinguish between physical and psychosocial pain.
Aug 21, 2024
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