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Education and advice, as well as exercise, can play a role in the management of shoulder pain.
Back pain is common. One in thirteen people have it right now and worldwide a staggering 619 million people will have it this year. Chronic pain, of which back pain is the most common, is the world’s most…
Women are disproportionately affected by pain in terms of how common it is and sensitivity, but also in how their pain is viewed, treated, and even researched.
Placebos are the closest thing to magic that medicine has discovered.
A cup of coffee might help you kick-start your day, but it may actually make painful periods worse. Here’s what else to avoid (and eat) if you have period pain.
PanaNatra is a line of herbal products from the makers of Panadol. But can herbal ingredients relieve different types of pain?
An intriguing therapy that shifts what people perceive as the source of their pain could aid in pain management.
Undertreated pain can result in unnecessary suffering and a greater likelihood of long-term chronic pain.
Stories in Greek mythology on the cycle of nature showing youth, death and rejuvenation can have lessons for us today on how grief changes over time and transforms who we are as people.
Women are less likely than men to have positive treatment outcomes for chronic conditions.
For Buffett, escapism was not merely some fiddling flight of fancy. It acknowledged the brutalities and indignities of everyday life.
A chatbot that lets users express their feelings by drawing may help communication and treatment for people with chronic pain.
An objective way to measure pain is the holy grail of pain research. Gamma waves may be part of the answer.
Our immune system fights infection and has a nifty way to letting our brain know we are sick and should take it easy – but that can also be a pain.
For some people with joint pain, cold weather seems to make it worse. And pain can be a barrier to exercise and activities you’d usually do.
TENS machines for period pain are all over social media. But what are they? And do they work?
Unlike opioid drugs like morphine and fentanyl that travel throughout the body, the opioids your body produces are released in small quantities to specific locations.
There are many physiological and psychological reasons why exercise may boost our pain tolerance.
We have all experienced pain becoming more unbearable at night. The absence of stimuli and the influence of circadian rhythms could explain this phenomenon.
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Conjoint Clinical Associate Professor, Deakin University School of Medicine and Specialist Pain Medicine Physician, Deakin University
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Professor of Clinical Neurosciences and Foundation Chair in Physiotherapy, University of South Australia
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Professor of Psychology, University of Bath
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Reader in Clinical Health Psychology & Science, Medicine & Society Network, UCL
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Associate Professor at NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University
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Reader in Medical Anthropology, Birmingham City University
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Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut School of Nursing; Assistant Director, UCONN Center for Advancement in Managing Pain, University of Connecticut
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Keele University
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Assistant Professor and Psychologist in Pediatric Pain, University of Calgary
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Director of the Master of Bioethics degree program at the Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Clinical Psychologist, Deakin University
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Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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Senior Research Officer, Neuroscience Research Australia
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PhD Candidate, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
