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Chronic Pain: An Emotional Reaction?

Brain regions may cause pain to linger on

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 2, 2012 7:02 PM CDT | Updated Jul 7, 2012 8:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – About 30 million to 40 million American adults suffer from chronic pain—but it may be all in their heads, a new study says. Researchers looked at 40 volunteers, all back pain sufferers, and found that brain scans could predict with 85% accuracy whether their...   Read full story »

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