Using Anthrax for Pain Management
Razi Berry Anthrax has a scary reputation. Widely known to cause serious lung infections in humans and unsightly, albeit painless, skin lesions in livestock and people, the anthrax bacterium has even been used as a weapon of terror. Now the findings of a new study suggest the dreaded microbe also has unexpected beneficial potential — […]
Philosophy Can Change Our Relationship with Pain
Razi Berry Dr. Sabrina Coninx from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Dr. Peter Stilwell from McGill University, Canada, have investigated how philosophical approaches can be used to think in new ways about pain and its management. The researchers advocate not merely reducing chronic pain management to searching and treating underlying physical changes but instead adopting an approach […]
Researchers Get Flies Drunk to Study Process of Intoxication
Razi Berry How fun does it sound to watch a group of flies get drunk and fly around? This isn’t a metaphor for the regulars that hang around your neighborhood tavern, but a research study that was recently conducted to study the process of alcohol intoxication – using actual flies, bzzzzzzz. Bar Flies As it […]
4 Levels of Pain Management
The 4 Distinct and Interrelated Levels of Pain Management I was reading an article recently that mapped out beautifully 4 levels of pain management. The 4 levels are distinct but also interrelate to one another, and for people experiencing chronic pain, multiple levels may need to be addressed, and it is likely that all levels […]