Brain scans reveal mindfulness meditation for pain is not a placebo
These brain scans show different neural signatures associated with pain response: NAPS (left) is associated with the emotional experience of ...
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Tired muscles can actually be a source of neck pain, according to a study on spinal movements.
A major risk factor for neck pain is poor posture maintained for long periods of time. Therefore, working long hours ...
How personalized technology could turn exercise pain into pleasure
Systematic exploration of affect recognition in a virtual reality cycling exercise game. Credit: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human ...
Mechanisms of postoperative pain reveal a path toward localized and targeted therapy
Pain neurons in the skin (magenta) and mast cells (yellow) with a subset of pain neurons (substance P+ neurons, cyan). ...
Study Finds 20 Minutes of Mindful Breathing Can Quickly Reduce Cancer Pain Intensity
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Twenty minutes of mindful breathing, which focuses a person's attention on their breathing, can rapidly reduce ...
Screams of pain during colonoscopy: Without hearing aids, doctor could not hear his patient
An 84-year-old Florida doctor will have to prove he is still fit to practice medicine after ignoring the cries of ...
he was examined for back pain, and he discovered a third kidney!
During an examination, doctors discovered a 3e kidney in a 38-year-old Brazilian man. An extremely rare case, reported less than ...
Additional Study Shows Promise for Low-Intensity Ultrasound as a Non-Invasive Approach to Pain Relief
Wynn Legon (left), educational director of the MRI-guided transcranial focused ultrasound facility at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, and Andrew ...
Study finds Schwann cells play critical role in pain and tactile sensations
SOX10-positive Schwann sensory cells shown in red, sensory ending in the Meissner corpuscle in green, SOX2-positive cell at the base ...
Brain changes that cause pain sensitivity may affect older women more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain A new study has found that the brain system that allows us to inhibit our own ...
