Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Gut bacteria associated with chronic pain for first time
Scientists have found a correlation between a disease involving chronic pain and alterations in the gut microbiome.
Jun 20, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Experimental blood test accurately spots fibromyalgia
For the first time, researchers have evidence that fibromyalgia can be reliably detected in blood samples—work they hope will pave the way for a simple, fast diagnosis.
Mar 18, 2019
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Medical research
Study offers fresh hope for people living with chronic back pain
Long-term sufferers of chronic back pain experienced dramatic reductions in pain and related disability that remained at their one-year follow-up after taking part in a new treatment tested by Curtin-Macquarie-Monash University ...
May 2, 2023
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Neuroscience
Scientists discover powerful potential pain reliever
A team of scientists led by chemists Stephen Martin and James Sahn at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered what they say is a powerful pain reliever that acts on a previously unknown pain pathway. The synthetic ...
Aug 16, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Beware of getting a tattoo if your immune system isn't up to scratch, doctors warn
Getting a tattoo may have some unexpected complications if your immune system isn't up to scratch, warn doctors in the journal BMJ Case Reports.
Jun 18, 2018
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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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Neuroscience
Chronic lower back pain linked to atrophy in pain-related brain regions
Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is associated with reductions in brain volume in areas involved in pain processing, reports a study in Pain, the official publication of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP).
Mar 29, 2022
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Neuroscience
New mechanism of pain control revealed
Researchers in Japan have revealed a previously unknown mechanism for pain control involving a newly identified group of cells in the spinal cord, offering a potential target for enhancing the therapeutic effect of drugs ...
Nov 25, 2020
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Effective new treatment for chronic back pain targets the nervous system
People challenged with chronic back pain have been given hope with a new treatment that focuses on retraining how the back and the brain communicate, a randomized controlled trial run by researchers at UNSW Sydney and Neuroscience ...
Aug 2, 2022
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Does an exploding brain network cause chronic pain?
A new study finds that patients with fibromyalgia have brain networks primed for rapid, global responses to minor changes. This abnormal hypersensitivity, called explosive synchronization (ES), can be seen in other network ...
Jan 12, 2018
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Chronic pain
Chronic pain is defined as pain that persists longer than the temporal course of natural healing, associated with a particular type of injury or disease process.
The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage." Pain is subjective in nature and is defined by the person experiencing it, and the medical community's understanding of chronic pain now includes the impact that the mind has in processing and interpreting pain signals.
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