In this RELIEF podcast, the NIH's Alexander Chesler discusses how somatosensation works and what happens in the nervous system when it goes awry.
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Helping Others Eases Pain
A new study shows that altruistic behaviors relieve acute pain in healthy volunteers and chronic pain in cancer patients.
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RELIEF to Serve as Archive of Body in Mind Content
Collection of posts from influential publication that covered human pain studies now freely available to RELIEF readers.
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In the Search for New Drugs, the Migraine Field Wins the Day ─ Again
Based on results from two recent clinical trials, the US Food and Drug Administration approves ubrogepant for short-term migraine treatment.
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The IASP Global Alliance of Pain Patient Advocates (GAPPA): Incorporating the Lived Experience of Pain into the Study of Pain
In this invited op-ed, Joletta Belton and Blair Smith, co-chairs of GAPPA, discuss a new initiative aiming to advance pain research and care by incorporating the perspectives of people who have lived with or have been affected by pain.