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  Study Assesses Mood Disorders With TMJ Pain

  January 16, 2013 — There is an ongoing debate about the role of psychological disorder symptoms as risk factors for temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain. Previous studies have associated depression and TMJ pain but large ... > full story
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  The Pain Puzzle: Uncovering How Morphine Increases Pain in Some People

  January 6, 2013 — For individuals with agonizing pain, it is a cruel blow when the gold-standard medication actually causes more pain. Adults and children whose pain gets worse when treated with morphine may be closer ... > full story
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  Today's Healthcare
   

  Electric Stimulation of Brain Releases Powerful, Opiate-Like Painkiller

  January 2, 2013 — Researchers used electricity on certain regions in the brain of a patient with chronic, severe facial pain to release an opiate-like substance that's considered one of the body's most powerful ... > full story
• Neuropathy
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  Itchiness Explained: Specific Set of Nerve Cells Signal Itch but Not Pain, Researchers Find

  January 2, 2013 — Researchers have uncovered strong evidence that mice have a specific set of nerve cells that signal itch but not pain, a finding that may settle a decades-long debate about these sensations, and, if ... > full story
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  Discovery Could Eventually Help Diagnose and Treat Chronic Pain

  December 20, 2012 — More than 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. But treating and studying chronic pain is complex and presents many challenges. Scientists have long searched for a method to objectively ... > full story
• Fibromyalgia
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  Men With Fibromyalgia Often Go Undiagnosed

  December 19, 2012 — Fibromyalgia is a complex illness to diagnose and to treat. There is not yet a diagnostic test to establish that someone has it, there is no cure and many fibromyalgia symptoms -- pain, fatigue, ... > full story
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  Workplace Health
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  Is Childbirth Linked to Development of Chronic Pain?

  December 19, 2012 — Chronic pain from childbirth is remarkably rare, according to a new study. Additionally, in a second study, researchers found the biologic changes after delivery may prevent the development of ... > full story
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  Brain Injury
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  Hybrid Tunnel May Help Guide Severed Nerves Back to Health

  December 17, 2012 — Building a tunnel made up of both hard and soft materials to guide the reconnection of severed nerve endings may be the first step toward helping patients who have suffered extensive nerve trauma ... > full story
• Nervous System
  Neuropathy
  Huntington's Disease
  Dementia
  Diseases and Conditions
  Children's Health
   

  Rare, Lethal Childhood Disease Tracked to Failure to Degrade Nerve Cells' Filaments

  December 17, 2012 — A defective protein explains why a failure in protein degradation would lead to the massive aggregations of a class of filaments that disrupt the functioning of neurons of children with the rare, ... > full story
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  Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  Muscular Dystrophy
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  Muscle Weakness in Down Syndrome: New Study Offers Insights

  December 17, 2012 — Study led by researchers at Syracuse University offers insights into role of muscle weakness in Down ... > full story

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