At the 2019 North American Pain School, psychologist and pain researcher Robert Edwards focused on how psychological factors contribute to chronic pain.
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The Experience of Chronic Pain: Many Dimensions, Lots of Uniqueness
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Men and Women, Male and Female Animals: What’s the Deal with Sex Differences in Chronic Pain? (Part 1)
Researchers are identifying the biological basis for differences between the sexes when it comes to the development of chronic pain, both in people and in rodents. The payoff for a better understanding could one day be huge for patients.
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Men and Women, Male and Female Animals: What’s the Deal with Sex Differences in Chronic Pain? (Part 2)
This is part two of a feature article on sex differences in chronic pain.
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Human Tissue in Pain Research — A Promising Fix for a “Leaky” Drug Development Pipeline?
Effective pain relievers discovered in animal studies often fail in clinical trials, but testing drugs in human tissues first may overcome this problem.
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Pain Biomarkers: What Are They, Why Do They Matter, and How Can Patients Benefit from Them?
Pain research leaders convene to discuss the promise of objective measures of pain in people.