People who use painkillers for non-medical reasons often justify it as a form of self-medication for legitimate medical diagnoses such as depression, anxiety and stress.
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Researchers are exploring the genetic differences that dictate why some people suffer greater pain than others, and how to translate these findings into personalized pain treatments.
Depending on the species, touching a stinging tree can be like 30 wasp stings at once or being burnt with hot acid and electrocuted at the same time.
Many people may misunderstand the basics about opioids. That prevents researchers from understanding the full scope of the epidemic.
Doctors tend to overestimate how good their treatments are and underestimate the harms that come from them. But many studies have shown knee arthroscopy to no more effective than fake surgery.
In one sense, the brain feels no pain. In another sense, it feels all the pain.
Ouch! Who hasn't felt the effects of a paper cut and then cursed the gods or themselves for the injury? But have you ever wondered why they hurt so much? A professor of family medicine explains why.
There's some evidence osteopathy can reduce the need for pain medications.
Two neuroscientists explain the cruel chemistry of opioid addiction and why this crisis could last a lifetime.
Most countries need to find a happy balance between the American attitude that all pain needs to be cured – and the ethos in other countries that pain is to be endured.
Scientists have taken atomic resolution snapshots of an opioid receptor interacting with a drug. Now they are using these images to design "biased" opioids that block pain without the dangerous side effects.
As knowledge of pain and the highly addictive nature of opioids has grown, so has the knowledge grown about pain and its origins. A pain specialist explains the intricacies, and how treatment is changing as a result.
In today's opioid crisis, why are some people with addictions treated with empathy and others with disdain? The answer to that question has roots in the 19th century.
Does your child hate their visits to the pediatrician? Do they psyche themselves into a panic that the shot will hurt? The best strategy to calm an anxious child may be to reframe their expectations.
Each person experiences pain differently, depending on his or her genetic makeup. That makes it difficult to figure out what treatments patients need.
Middle-aged and elderly people taking up exercise shouldn't be put off by joint pain. It will pass.
Trust Me I’m An Expert: The science of pain.
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Our podcast Trust Me, I'm An Expert, goes beyond the headlines and asks researchers to explain the evidence on issues making news. Today, we're talking pain and what science says about managing it.
In short, pain medicine is able to block the processes that cause the feeling of pain. To understand why, you need to know a bit about how pain works.
As the Olympics head to the Far East this month, two radically different approaches to training and treating athletes will be on display.
Australia is facing a critical public health issue of poorly managed pain. The result is more opioid-related deaths than the road toll.
Top contributors
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Clinical Senior Lecturer at Deakin University School of Medicine & Pain Specialist, Deakin University
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Professor, University of Bath
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Professor of Clinical Neurosciences and Foundation Chair in Physiotherapy, University of South Australia
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Clinical Psychologist, Deakin University
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Senior Research Officer, Neuroscience Research Australia
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Reader in Clinical Health Psychology & Science, Medicine & Society Network, UCL
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Laureate Professor of Mathematics, University of Newcastle
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ARC Future Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne
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Professor of Population Health, The University of Queensland
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Neuroscientist, Monash University
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Professor Emeritus, The University of Queensland
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Emeritus Consultant, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst
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PhD; Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (retired) and Research Fellow, University of California, Davis
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Associate Professor, School of Environmental & Rural Science, University of New England
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Associate professor, University of Melbourne
