Special: Pain

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To be a real pain in the neck may be fun. To suffer from pain in the neck is not amusing. Chronic back, head or neck pain can devastate quality of life. Physicians are steadily pursuing new treatments which can improve the patient's situation.

In our June-Special, MEDICA.de provides you with detailed information about news in chronic pain treatment.

Migraine patients who received true acupuncture had no decrease in headaches as compared with those who received sham acupuncture treatment, according to a study. - Migraine: Real Acupuncture As Effective As Sham Treatment

Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System have used functional imaging of the brain to determine that in patients with fibromyalgia, their level of depression has little influence on the intensity of pain they experience. - New Study: Depression and Chronic Pain Best Treated Separately

A physical therapy method is successful in treating people with severe back pain due to disc disease, according to research that was presented at the American Academy of Neurology 57th Annual Meeting. - Workout: Special Technique Promising for Chronic Back Pain

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