Nov 2

You have heard of those born with pain indifference. New work suggests they may have a defective Nav 1.7 sodium channel

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Nov 2

Medicine is full of surprises. Here is one of the latest.

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Oct 19

If there is nothing in the experience of ordinary people by which they could ever understand Central Pain, how could the sufferer ever make it plain?

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Oct 14

Another boost for mankind from the humble laboratory mouse.

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Oct 7

A commentary on the loss of grounding in pain states.

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Oct 4

One of the concerns at painonline is that those most severely afflicted are too sick to write and are therefore underrepresented in the comments. Alan Hess’s original article has been extremely popular and here he updates the ongoing struggle for endurance. Our thanks to Alan for the effort to compose this. Many of you will relate to his description.

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Sep 23

“Lumpers” vs. “Splitters”. How far do we go in pain with putting everyone into the same category?

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Sep 16
Unspeakable Pain
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Unmasking the aspects of severe pain requires discarding some of the myths about suffering.

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Sep 6

Another breakthrough in brain science which may explain loss of working memory in central pain.

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Sep 2

BDNF is brain derived neurotrophic factor.

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