Pain management expert Babita Ghai discusses the burden of low back pain, the use of opioids in Southeast Asia compared to other regions, and her vision for the future of pain management in India.
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Amplifying the Patient Voice for Better Pain Care
Patient advocates Keith Meldrum and Joletta Belton presented workshops at the 2018 IASP World Congress on Pain to help providers better understand the experience of living with chronic pain.
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Pain…What Pain? Newly Discovered Genetic Mutations in a Woman Who Feels No Pain
A recent case report describes a woman with a novel combination of mutations in a key enzyme in the endocannabinoid system.
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Physiotherapy for Pain and All That Jazz: A Chat with Romy Parker
Pain management expert Romy Parker discusses the importance of interdisciplinary teams to help manage chronic pain, the crucial role of physiotherapists on those teams, and her hopes for the future of pain management.
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I Feel Your Pain: Emotional “Mirror Neurons” in the Brain Respond to Pain in the Self and in Others
A new animal study shows that nerve cells in a part of the brain called the anterior cingulate cortex become active when a rat undergoes pain or watches another rat experience pain.