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You may not forget the pain, but if you’re lucky, the end will justify the means. Image from shutterstock.com

Monday’s medical myth: women forget the pain of childbirth

By Monique Robinson, University of Western Australia

In an evolutionary sense, memory of pain serves an important purpose. Pain indicates a threat to our safety or our life, and human survival depends on us avoiding things that are going to kill us. Historically…
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Hypnosis is a state of conscious awareness which most people experience many times each day. Beyonder

Explainer: how does hypnosis relieve pain?

By Allan Cyna, SA Health and Marion Andrew, SA Health

Hypnosis in one form or another has been around for thousands of years, but until recently, evidence to support its biological and clinically powerful effects have been lacking. Today hypnosis is used…
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There aren’t any miracle cures but there are a number of treatments that can reduce its severity. Flickr/Algo

Monday’s medical myth: osteoarthritis can be ‘cured’

By Michael Vagg, Barwon Health

Switch on daytime television on any given day and you’d be forgiven for thinking there was a cure for the debilitating and dreaded condition, osteoarthritis. Unfortunately, there’s not. And that’s not…
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Minimise bed rest and take short walks around the house if you’ve got low back pain.

Monday’s medical myth: bed rest is best for back pain

By Michael Vagg, Barwon Health

Severe low back pain is a common and dreaded problem that rivals only hay fever, asthma, hypertension and dermatitis as Australia’s leading cause of long-term illness. The instinctive response to severe…

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Pain can be objectively measured

University of Michigan

Scientists have found a means to objectively quantify pain. University of Michigan researchers have found the brain’s signature…

New way to measure pain

University of Colorado

Researchers have developed a technique for measuring pain using magnetic resonance imaging. Over four studies they identified…

Sadness may enhance pain

Hiroshima University

Feeling sad while feeling pain may make the experience even more painful. Participants in a Japanese study were shown pictures…

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