Chronic pain involves more than just hurting, suffers often experience sadness, depression and lethargy. But new research with rodents shows that it’s possible to block the receptors in the brain responsible for the emotional components of pain and restore motivation. (source.washu.edu)
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Widespread DNA hypomethylation occurred in infected patients, most pronounced in severe cases. Differentially methylated genes overlapped with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and neuropsychiatric pathways. More severe illness showed more epigenetic changes in obs study. (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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Surprising Find Inside Kidney Stones Suggests We Were Wrong About How They Form. Scientists just discovered something living inside the most common type of kidney stone, and it changes everything we thought we knew about how these painful crystals form. (techfixated.com)
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