'Let's Talk Pain' Coalition To Improve Care A nationwide survey found a sizable gap exists between patients and
healthcare professionals when it comes to understanding and discussing pain. To address this discrepancy, a new coalition of leading pain management organizations has formed to improve how patients and
healthcare professionals communicate with each other.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAdditional Pain In Parkinson's Patients Due To Involuntary Muscle Contractions Italian researchers suggest that pain is associated with Parkinson's disease after finding that pain appears more common in people who suffer from the condition than in those who do not. Their results are published in the September issue of Archives of Neurology. "Patients with Parkinson's disease often complain of painful sensations that may involve body parts affected and unaffected by dystonia [involuntary muscle contractions]," write author Giovanni Defazio, M.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHuman Cognition Explored Using Chandelier Cells Thanks to research regarding the neurocortex's organization and function, scientists may have learned more about the nature of human cognition, according to an article released on September 1, 2008 in the open-access journal PLoS
Medicine. The neocortex is the part of the brain that takes responsibility for sensory perceptions, conscious thought, and language.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMental Health News Briefs From The Journal Of Health And Social Behavior Mental
health is the focus of a number of articles in the September issue of the Journal of
Health and Social Behavior, the quarterly journal of the American Sociological Association (ASA). The following briefs highlight selected sociological findings.
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