How the brain can miraculously switch off pain
It works by switching off nociceptors in the peripheral nervous system, and therefore preventing pain signals getting to the ...
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Why does it hurt when you get a scrape? A neuroscientist explains the science of pain
Specialized pain receptors called nociceptors can be found at the end of the nerves on your skin, muscles, joints and internal organs. Each nociceptor is designed to activate its nerve if it ...
Why does it hurt when you get a scrape? A neuroscientist explains the science of pain
A network of nerves similar to wires runs all through the human body, from the tips of your fingers and toes, through your ...
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Curious Kids: Why does it hurt when you get a scrape?
A network of nerves similar to wires runs all through the human body, from the tips of your fingers and toes, through your ...
Do fish feel pain? Why some scientists are split on the debate
Can fish feel pain? The debate rages among scientists as to whether fish do, in fact, feel pain or are just reacting ...
Brand-new painkiller approved by US health agency
Suzetrigine (Journavx) is the first non-opioid painkiller to be approved in the US in 20 years. It could help over 80 million ...
Brain's Miraculous Ability to Switch Off Pain
In the second world war, the physician Henry Beecher observed that some of his soldier patients, despite being injured on the battlefield, required ...
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Vertex Announces FDA Approval of JOURNAVX™ (suzetrigine), a First-in-Class Treatment for ...
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ...