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To treat pain, study people in all their complexity
Last month, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) formally launched a multi-agency effort to combat the country’s opioid-addiction crisis. Funds for research into controlling opioid misuse and treating pain will nearly double in 2018
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Change Your Mind-Set, Reduce Your Chronic Pain
Humans, like other animals, are born with an instinctive motivation to escape pain. Think about the last time you touched something painfully hot and how quickly you pulled away from it. Your quick and automatic
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Tylenol May Help Ease The Pain Of Hurt Feelings
Nobody likes the feeling of being left out, and when it happens, we tend to describe these experiences with the same words we use to talk about the physical pain of, say, a toothache. “People
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Stanford researchers: The secret to overcoming the opioid crisis may be partly in the mind
The Washington Post: Chronic pain affects an estimated one in three Americans — more than cancer, heart disease, and diabetes combined. This widespread struggle has led to the wide use of pain medications, and a mounting national
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Federal Pain Management Task Force Seeks Member Nominations
In 2016, the US Congress established a Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force, assigned to examine pain management best practices within federal agencies and disseminate information about pain management practices to interested individuals and
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new articles exploring implicit sense of agency over somatosensory events and the motivational effects of contingent and noncontingent rewards.