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Dissolvable implant relieves pain. Hybrid microfluidic and electronic system for cooling and simultaneously measuring nerve temperature.

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Implantable device blocks pain by chilling nerves inside the body

An implant made from biodegradable materials chills nerves to 10°C, reducing pain signals sent to rats' brains, and can be absorbed into the body over time

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Tracking sleep disruptions could improve nerve pain treatments

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Woman with back pain

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Some medicines prescribed to treat back pain may prolong the problem

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All moral rights asserted. Recolouring or alteration of the image is prohibited without permission. Light micrograph of a section through a duodenum, the beginning of the small intestine, which runs from the stomach to the large intestine. It is where digestion begins and nutrients are absorbed into the blood. The interior (lumen, left) is lined with villi, which are folds in the intestinal surface that greatly increase the surface area for absorption. Also within the surface are crypts of Lieberkuhn (red-lined ovoids), which secrete enzymes into the lumen that help to digest the food. Underlying this layer is the muscularis mucosae (thin violet line) and connective tissue (blue). Across bottom are layers of smooth muscle and then circular and longitudinal muscles that contract and relax to move food through the duodenum. Magnification: x100 when printed at 15 centimetres wide.

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Irritable bowel syndrome may be caused by overreacting gut cells

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Methyltransferase complexed with DNA, molecular model. The strand of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid, green and blue) is enclosed by DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT-1, green and pink). This enzyme acts to add methyl groups to the DNA, a process called DNA methylation, which can silence and regulate genes without changing the genetic sequence. DNA methylation is also being studied in relation to cancer.

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Chronic pain in Black people in US may be linked to gene expression

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Light micrograph of a dorsal root ganglion stained with Cajal's silver nitrate. Near the rounded cell bodies of the pseudounipolar neurons the axons make several turns, forming Cajal's initial glomeruli.

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Map of pain neurons may lead to more effective drugs for chronic pain

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Inflatable implant injected into the spine could relieve chronic pain

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What is the placebo effect?

The placebo effect
Hypnosis

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What hypnosis does to your brain, and how it can improve your health

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The back pain epidemic: Why popular treatments are making it worse

Chronic back pain is on the rise – in part because the way we treat it often does more harm than good. It's time to think differently about our aches

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Can the UK avoid having a lethal opioid crisis like the one in the US?

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Preventing and overcoming chronic pain

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Silencing brain cells in mice can make them no longer care about pain

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Misuse of pregabalin painkiller has risen 900 per cent in Australia

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