A West Virginia University researcher is investigating whether an anti-itch medication that targets a specific part of our nerve cells can make morphine—which targets a different part—more effective.
This section will include pain research in the news, general stories about research and findings, pain abstracts in the news, and PubMed abstracts
Chronic cluster headache is the most disabling form of cluster headache. The mainstay of treatment is attack prevention, but the available management options have little efficacy and are associated with substantial side-...
The amygdala is a key subcortical region thought to contribute to emotional components of pain. As opioid receptors are found in both the central (CeA) and basolateral (BLA) nuclei of the amygdala, we investigated the ef...
This study aimed to estimate incident frailty risks of prescription drugs for pain and for sleep in older US adults.
How often are patients who are prescribed long-term opioids undergoing tapering of their daily doses, and how often do patients undergo a rapid taper rate? Read the abstract.
There is a significant unmet need for novel, effective, and well‐tolerated acute migraine treatments. Remote electrical neuromodulation (REN) is a non‐pharmacological, non‐invasive, acute migraine treatment that stimulat...
Ethicists argue that A.I.-based medical services need to be evaluated and regulated in the same way as new drugs.
Stanford University professor, athlete, and psychologist Alia Crum, PhD, discusses how our mindset can affect health behaviors and outcomes.
Watching immersive 360 videos of icy Arctic scenes helps to relieve burning pain and could hold hope for treating chronic pain, a study has found.
University of Wisconsin–Madison biomedical engineers and their collaborators researchers have laid the groundwork for a new kind of neural interface system, using a type of electrode that can be injected as a liquid and ...