7 January 2021

General anaesthesia and normal sleep affect brain in an amazingly similar way as consciousness fades

What happens in the brain when our conscious awareness fades during general anaesthesia and normal sleep? Finnish scientists studied this...

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5 January 2021

How one pain suppresses the other

The human perception of pain can vary greatly depending on the situation, so it is possible that the same pain...

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29 December 2020

Clowns may help children cope with the pain and anxiety of hospital treatment

Incorporating appropriate laughter and play into clinical practice can be beneficial, say researchers Hospital clowns might help improve physical symptoms...

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17 December 2020

AlzeCure presents positive preclinical efficacy data for the TrkA-NAM pain project

AlzeCure Pharma, a pharmaceutical company that develops a broad portfolio of drug candidates for diseases affecting the central nervous system,...

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15 December 2020

Soothing words and music during surgery might reduce postoperative pain

Results could provide a safe, feasible and inexpensive way to reduce postoperative pain and opioid use Listening to soothing words...

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10 December 2020

Kids’ TV teaching children wrong lessons about pain

Children engrossed in popular kids' TV programmes such as Peppa Pig, or films like Toy Story or Frozen, are exposed...

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8 December 2020

Medical students taken on virtual ward visits

Students at Queen Mary University of London have been virtually transported into a surgical ward to follow their lecturer on...

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3 December 2020

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...

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