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  • July 2008

    • 5 Facts About Pain

      LiveScience  |  Jul 28, 08 5:55 AM CDT

      5 Facts About Pain

      (Newser) - Electrical signals carry pain impulses to the brain—that much scientists know. But how to treat pain remains a question, LiveScience reports. Here's the scoop: It "is a complex mixture of emotions, culture, experience, spirit, and sensation," one expert said. In other words, it's hard to even define. People suffering from chronic pain like backaches have smaller brains. Maybe their neurons just get stressed out. More »

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  • June 2008

    • That Irritating Itch? It May Just Be Your Brain

      New Yorker  |  Jun 24, 08 3:17 PM CDT

      That Irritating Itch? It May Just Be Your Brain

      (Newser) - A woman suffers from an itch so severe that she scratches right through to her brain—yet doctors find no medical ailment. War victims feel the sensations of a real limb—but from phantom appendages. What does it all add up to? Perhaps a new understanding of how our brains perceive reality: Call it the “brain’s best guess” theory, Atul Gawande writes in the New Yorker . More »

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      medicine  • science  • brain  • neuroscience  • pain

  • April 2008

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