Crossing Your Arms Confuses the Brain And Relieves Hand Pain

Crossing your arms reduces the intensity of pain you feel when receiving a painful stimulus on the hand, according to research by scientists at UCL.

Led By Advances in Chemical Synthesis, Scientists Find Natural Product Shows Pain-killing Properties

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have for the first time accomplished a laboratory synthesis of a rare natural product isolated from the bark of a plant widely employed in traditional medicine. This advance may provide...

Pain And Itch Connected on a Cellular Level

A new study of itch adds to growing evidence that the chemical signals that make us want to scratch are the same signals that make us wince in pain.

Simply Looking At Your Body Reduces Pain

Simply looking at your body reduces pain, according to new research by scientists from UCL (University College London) and the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.

Giving Aspirin Via IV May be Safe And Effective for Severe Headache

A new study shows that aspirin, given intravenously (IV), may be a safe and effective option for people hospitalized for severe headache or migraine, undergoing medication withdrawal. The research will be published in the September 21, 2010, issue of...

Acute Pain May be Eased with the Touch of a Hand

There may be a very good reason that people naturally clutch their hand after receiving an injury. A new report shows that self-touch offers significant relief for acute pain under experimental conditions. Researchers from UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience...

Human Rights Watch Pushes for Help for Kenya’s HIV-positive Children in Pain

A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Kenyan government needs to do more to provide palliative care for children with chronic illnesses, including cancer and HIV/AIDS.

Drug Addicts Get Hooked Via Prescriptions, Keep Using ‘to Feel Like a Better Person,’ Research Shows

If you want to know how people become addicted and why they keep using drugs, ask the people who are addicted. Thirty-one of 75 patients hospitalized for opioid detoxification told University at Buffalo physicians they first got hooked on drugs legitimately...

Black Patients, Women Miss Out on Strongest Medications for Chronic Pain

Black patients are prescribed fewer pain medications than whites and few women receive medications strong enough to manage their chronic pain, according to a study in the August issue of Journal of Pain. University of Michigan Health System researchers...