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Fibromyalgia during COVID-19, anxiety and pain

[ad_1] Early research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has found persistent related anxiety in the general population. Researchers in the UK speculated that this anxiety would be associated with increased pain in chronic pain patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia (FM). Fibromyalgia affects approximately 2% of the world population. A …

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Researchers reveal a new pain control mechanism

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 25, 2020 Researchers in Japan have revealed a previously unknown mechanism for pain control involving a newly identified group of cells in the spinal cord, offering a potential target to enhance the therapeutic effect of chronic pain medications. While neurons may be the best-known …

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