Health
It's not just inspiration—careful breathing can help your health
Odds are, if you are reading this, you know something about breathing. You're probably doing it right now.
Jul 7, 2023
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News tagged with chronic pain conditions
Arthritis & Rheumatism
Study assesses opioid usage patterns in patients with lupus
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)—a challenging autoimmune disease most common in women of childbearing age—can cause many problems in the body, including chronic pain.
Jun 28, 2023
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Neuroscience
Study of former NFL players reveals racial disparities in chronic pain
A new study by researchers from Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School found that among participants in the Football Players Health Study at Harvard University, Black players experienced more intense and higher levels ...
Jun 15, 2023
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Neuroscience
Researchers identify new treatment targets for chronic pain patients
Exposure to opioids under chronic pain conditions produces unique gene expression changes in brain regions associated with cognition, emotion, and reward, according to preclinical research conducted at the Icahn School of ...
Jun 9, 2023
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Medications
Patients with unmet mental health needs are turning to medicinal cannabis, finds Australian study
New research shows Australian health care practitioners are often prescribing medicinal cannabis for psychiatric conditions where the evidence for effectiveness is unclear.
Jun 6, 2023
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Neuroscience
Brain signatures for chronic pain identified in a small group of individuals
For the first time, researchers have recorded pain-related data from inside the brain of individuals with chronic pain disorders caused by stroke or amputation (phantom limb pain). A long sought-after goal has been to understand ...
May 22, 2023
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Health
Turning down the volume of pain
For every feeling we experience, there is a lot of complex biology going on underneath our skin.
Apr 17, 2023
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Genetics
Could a vitamin deficiency cause 'double-jointedness' and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome?
Tulane University researchers have discovered a possible genetic cause for hypermobility (commonly known as double-jointedness) and a range of associated connective tissue disorders such as hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, ...
Apr 10, 2023
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Medical research
Researchers invent self-powered drug delivery system
A team of scientists—led by Yamin Zhang, Ph.D., and Colin Franz, MD, Ph.D., at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and John Rogers, Ph.D., at Northwestern University—has developed novel technology with the potential to change the ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Non-surgical treatment significantly reduces knee pain for adults, especially those 50 and older
Genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation is a minimally invasive treatment for knee pain due to osteoarthritis of the knee, and can significantly reduce pain, especially for adults who are 50 and older, according to new research ...
Mar 1, 2023
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