14 September 2021

Experts make weak recommendation for medical cannabis for chronic pain

New guidance aims to address confusion around the role of medical cannabis in the management of chronic pain. In The BMJ...

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8 October 2020

Yoga and meditation reduce chronic pain

A mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) course was found to benefit patients with chronic pain and depression, leading to significant improvement...

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28 July 2020

Novel electric impulses relieve the pain

Chronic pain can be reduced by stimulating the vagus nerve in the ear with electrodes. In a microanatomic study, the...

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11 February 2020

Interventions for pain: Finding connections at the surface

New work by a team of Thomas Jefferson University researchers reveals new activity above the surface, in brain-cell receptors that...

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28 January 2020

Pain treatment using human stem cells a success

Stem cell therapy shown to relieve extreme pain in mice is now moving towards human trials.   Human stem cells...

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24 October 2019

A more accurate way to gauge pain in mice, yielding potential to help chronic pain patients

For decades, biomedical researchers have used mouse behaviour to study pain, but some researchers have questioned the accuracy of the...

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10 February 2017

The poor and less educated suffer more from chronic pain

Poorer and less-educated older Americans are more like to suffer from chronic pain than those with greater wealth and more...

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11 April 2016

US scientists demonstrate that electrical stimulation of deep brain structures under the cortex could help ease chronic pain

US scientists demonstrate that electrical stimulation of deep brain structures under the cortex could help ease chronic pain Abuse of...

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