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Nerve pain from diabetes can be treated with faecal transplants

Faecal transplants alleviated nerve pain in people with diabetes, suggesting gut bacteria may play a role in causing such pain

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Do psychedelics treat chronic pain or is it the placebo effect?

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Opioids no better than placebo for short-term lower back and neck pain

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An X-ray of one study participant, showing implanted electrodes (red patches) connected to a recording implant on both sides of the brain

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Chronic pain linked to distinctive patterns of brain activity

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A woman seeking treatment for chronic back pain

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Antidepressants mostly can't treat chronic pain, despite wide use

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The doctor examines the nerve response with monofilament odiatrist treating feet during procedure. Doctor neurologist examining female patient

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A diet high in amino acids reduced diabetes-related nerve pain in mice

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People who experience chronic pain often report being less hungry

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Brain mapping in mice may explain why pain makes us lose our appetite

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Focus on the hand of a patient in hospital ward;

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People who use cannabis may experience more pain after surgery

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Pain that affects the gut lining of mice may have some protective properties

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Gut pain may help to maintain a healthy microbiome in mice

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An artificial intelligence could gauge how much pain a laboratory mouse is in based on its grimaces, potentially aiding the development of pain-relieving drugs

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AI that can see pain in a mouse's face could aid drug development

A new artificial intelligence that monitors mice grimaces to score their pain from 0 to 8 may help researchers judge the effectiveness of a new pain-relieving treatment

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We don't actually know what 'growing pains' are

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Implantable device blocks pain by chilling nerves inside the body

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Medical cannabis eases chronic pain – but only if it has very high THC

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Tracking sleep disruptions could improve nerve pain treatments

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