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Swearing can make you feel better
New Research Reveals That Swearing Can Actually Increase Pain Tolerance Researchers from Keele University’s School of Psychology have determined that swearing can have a ‘pain-lessening effect’,...
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Yoga for pain relief
This is a trailer for the new bookYoga for Pain Relief: Simple Practices to Calm Your Mind & Heal Your Chronic Pain (Whole Body Healing) by Kelly McGonigal, PhD, and Timothy McCall, MD (foreword)...
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Meditation Techniques Effective for Pain Relief
Meditation has analgesic benefits associated with creating a relaxed state of mind and enhancing the ability to moderate reactions to pain, according to new research published in The Journal of Pain,...
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Meditation reduces the emotional impact of pain
People who meditate regularly find pain less unpleasant because their brains anticipate the pain less, a new study has found. Scientists from The University of Manchester recruited individuals into the...
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Why Does Feeling Low Hurt?
When it comes to pain, the two competing schools of thought are that it’s either “all in your head” or “all in your body”. A new study led by University of Oxford researchers indicates that, instead,...
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Ferris Jabr discusses research that finds how looking at a picture of a loved one can dull physical pain. Many mothers offer their young children a hand to squeeze as they brave a vaccination in the...
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How meditation reduces pain
Meditation produces powerful pain-relieving effects in the brain, according to new research published in the April 6 edition of the Journal of Neuroscience. “This is the first study to show that only a...
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How the Mind Processes Pain
Source: Sean Mackey, Stanford. Plos One, Journal Neuroscience: Archives of Internal Medicine Melinda Beck’s Wall Street Journal article Rewiring the Brain to Ease Pain looks at how you think about pain...
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How to Boost the Power of Pain Relief, Without Drugs
Image: StockXpertPlacebos reduce pain by creating an expectation of relief. Distraction—say, doing a puzzle—relieves it by keeping the brain busy. But do they use the same brain processes? Neuromaging...
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Peak risk about 16 years old for teens misusing prescription drugs
The peak risk for misusing prescription pain relievers occurs in mid-adolescence, specifically about 16 years old and earlier than many experts thought, according to a new study by Michigan State...
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