There is an old and well known adage that stress causes negative health outcomes including the formation of gastric ulcers, heart disease, and cancer. How this takes place in any specific individual is difficult to sort out. However, sometimes when complex things are too complex it’s nice to look for some of the possible mechanisms.
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Stressed mice and weak p53: Alas! Not cancer free!
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Learning and Chronic pain part III
There is some evidence that classical conditioned responses play a role in chronic pain. Can you unlearn a classically conditioned response? How do you inhibit a memory?
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Windows into pain. Part II
It has been about a month since I wrote a post reflecting on this pain I have in my shoulder. I must say I was overwhelmed by the many offers of diagnostic and treatment advice ...
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Post-Traumatic Growth, Resilience or Pure Stubbornness?
Not too long ago The New York Times ran an article proposing a positive side of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It featured the US Army Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Program, an ambitious application of positive psychology initiated by BG (Ret) Cornam with guidance from Dr. Martin Seligman.
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Carpal tunnel syndrome: thinking outside the box (or wrist)
Many patients with CTS also have coexisting neck and/or arm pain. It remains unclear whether identified altered pain thresholds are truly caused by CTS, or are just a result of the coexisting neck or arm disorders. To address this issue, we investigated whether the presence of abnormal extraterritorial pain thresholds can be substantiated....