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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.
Pain has long been subjectively measured, leading to frustrations for patients and doctors alike. Identifying neural biomarkers of pain could improve diagnosis and lead to better treatments of chronic pain conditions.
‘Sensitisation’ can affect anyone, but some people may be more prone to it than others due to genetic factors, environmental factors or previous experiences.
Black women are half as likely to be diagnosed with endometriosis compared to white women.
New research shows the way a person with chronic pain responds to limitations to the activities or goals they value can impact their mental wellbeing – even more so than their pain levels.
Learning about the history of public executions offers insight into our contemporary appetite for – and apathy towards – the suffering of others.
Although chronic pain is recognized by scientists as a disease in its own right, it remains largely under-recognized, under-diagnosed and, above all, associated with numerous prejudices.
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Conjoint Clinical Associate Professor, Deakin University School of Medicine and Specialist Pain Medicine Physician, Deakin University
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