The latest research reveals a multifaceted condition for which invasive treatments don’t measure up.
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Deciphering Chronic Low Back Pain
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The Stress-Pain Connection
A gene that regulates stress is linked to chronic pain in mice, and could be an attractive new drug target for treating pain in people.
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More Than Biology: A Psychosocial Approach to Chronic Pain
Pain researcher Francis Keefe, Duke University, discusses his path to pain research, why chronic pain is best understood as a complex, multifaceted experience involving much more than biology alone, and the studies he is working on now.
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Understanding Chronic Pain: It’s All About Communication (in the Spinal Cord)
Researchers discover that disrupting the signaling between nerve cells and astrocytes improves pain in mice, early studies in people are underway.