An estimated 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain resulting in more than $500 billion in health care costs annually.
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Constant discomfort can make a persons life a misery, but chronic pain is something far worse.
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We know why we feel acute pain: You place your hand on a hot burner accidentally, your brain registers the sensation and instructs you instantaneously to move your hand.
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The Transforming Pain Research Group is holding an information session for chronic pain patients interested in learning more about our research. The session will be held at the Transforming Pain lab at the Simon Fraser University Surrey campus on Wednesday, August 1 at 6 p.m. If you’re interested in attending, please email admin@confrontingpain.com
Specific types of mindfulness practices including Zen meditation have demonstrated benefits for patients with certain physical and mental health problems, according to a new report.
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New research reveals stronger connections between the nucleus accumbens and the prefrontal cortex of the brain in patients who experience pain long after the in
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Pain is a hard thing to measure, and also quite mysterious: Two people may experience very similar injuries and similar levels of initial pain, but where one may recover the other may go on to experience a crippling chronic condition.
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From celebrities hooked on painkillers to reality shows about rehab and those recent Senate hearings in Washington, D.C., investigating pain clinics you cant escape the news that prescription pain pills (which are vital to the proper
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