Chronic pain linked to early onset dementia
Date: 22nd February 2023 | By: Dr Lourdes Gaspar
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2215192120 Chronic pain, such as arthritis, cancer or back pain, lasting for over three months, raises the risk of cognitive…
Read More“Painsomnia”
Date: 01st February 2023 | By: Dr Lourdes Gaspar
Does pain keep you awake at night? A new survey found that a surprising number of Americans are unable to…
Read MoreHow effective is spinal cord stimulation treatment long term?
Date: 11th January 2023 | By: Dr Lourdes Gaspar
Despite their increasing use for chronic pain, spinal cord stimulators have not proven to be more effective than conventional medical…
Read MoreEvidence grows that mindfulness reduces pain
Date: 10th July 2022 | By: Dr Lourdes Gaspar
This a very interesting study which showed that practising mindfulness can alleviate pain. It was carried out by a research…
Read MoreCan Magnesium supplements help in fibromyalgia?
Date: 15th June 2022 | By: Dr Lourdes Gaspar
Short-Term Magnesium Therapy Alleviates Moderate Stress in Patients with Fibromyalgia: A Randomized Double-Blind Clinical Trial – PMC (nih.gov) This is…
Read MoreMedicinal Cannabis – New Guidance for Chronic Pain
Date: 01st April 2022 | By: Dr Lourdes Gaspar
the bmj | BMJ 2021;374:n2040 | doi: 10.1136/bmj.n2040 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n2040 Chronic pain is common and distressing and associated with considerable…
Read MoreExciting research into pain nerve cells
Date: 23rd March 2022 | By: Dr Lourdes Gaspar
Researchers map human sensory neurons, pursue chronic pain cure — ScienceDaily This is an interesting piece of research looking at…
Read MoreNew treatments for chronic low back pain show promise
Date: 16th March 2022 | By: Dr Lourdes Gaspar
[Journal of Neurosurgery_ Spine] Treatment of nonsurgical refractory back pain with high-frequency spinal cord stimulation at 10 kHz_ 12-month results…
Read MoreJuvenile Fibromyalgia study shows changes in brain structure
Date: 23rd February 2022 | By: Dr Lourdes Gaspar
Reference: Sunol M, Payne MF, Tong H, et al. Brain Structural Changes during Juvenile Fibromyalgia: Relationships with Pain, Fatigue and…
Read MoreThe guilt chronic pain sufferers experience
Date: 02nd February 2022 | By: Dr Lourdes Gaspar
The Guilt of Living with Chronic Pain | Psychology Today United Kingdom Here is a really helpful article describing…
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