Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Hypnosis shows promise to ease pain of spine injuries

Hypnosis is effective in helping people with recent spinal cord injuries learn coping strategies to fight chronic pain, a new study shows. Almost 90% of study participants reported benefit from the treatment.

Medical research

A new model to identify and predict chronic pain

Chronic pain is a complex condition that affects millions of individuals worldwide and understanding its causes and predicting its trajectory remains difficult. However, findings from a recent McGill-led study published in ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

People generalize expectations of pain to conceptually related tasks

Chronic pain can seriously restrict our lives, preventing us from reaching our full professional potential, enjoying hobbies, and even participating in meaningful life events with friends and family out of fear that certain ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Multiple factors delay timely endometriosis diagnosis, study shows

Reviewing qualitative studies from the past 20 years, the researchers found a range of contributing factors including: a continuing stigma around periods; society's normalization of menstrual pain; and a lack of medical training ...

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