Pain is a fundamental part of life, and often a very lonely part. Doctors want to understand their patients' pain, and we all want to understand the suffering of our friends, relatives, or spouses. But pinning down another person's hurt is a slippery business.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Acupuncture Provides True Pain Relief in Study
A new study of acupuncture — the most rigorous and detailed analysis of the treatment to date — found that it can ease migraines and arthritis and other forms of chronic pain.
The findings provide strong scientific support for an age-old therapy used by an estimated three million Americans each year. Though acupuncture has been studied for decades, the body of medical research on it has been mixed and mired to some extent by small and poor-quality studies. Financed by the National Institutes of Health and carried out over about half a decade, the new research was a detailed analysis of earlier research that involved data on nearly 18,000 patients.
Friday, September 7, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Women Feel Pain More Intensely Than Men Do
Future research is needed to find out the exact causes of pain perception differences, and which ones would be best to target for more effective pain control
When a woman falls ill, her pain may be more intense than a man's, a new study suggests.
Across a number of different diseases, including diabetes, arthritis and certain respiratory infections, women in the study reported feeling more pain than men, the researchers said.
Scientific American.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=women-feel-pain-more-intensely
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