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Canadians Living With Chronic Pain

by James on 14 November 2011

Last month I was in Calgary, Canada, and I was glad to see the Calgary Herald giving attention to chronic pain conditions.  Although more attention could have been given to migraine and headache disorders (I’m not biased or anything), I appreciated the fact that pain was recognized as a major challenge. Here are some quotes [...]

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Pycnogenol: A Quiet Campaign

by James on 29 September 2011

Back in early 2007 we talked about Pycnogenol, a supplement taken from pine bark extract (a European pine called the Landes Pine).  Since then, you haven’t heard a lot about Pycnogenol in migraine circles.  However, that is not a sign that the research has stopped. As a matter of fact, I was surprised when, a [...]

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What do you think? The Shared Pain Bracelet

by James on 2 April 2011

It’s only in the design stage.  But it’s an intriguing idea… The person with chronic pain can wear the bracelet, and the bracelet actually shows the level of pain that the person is dealing with.  No, it’s not reading your mind, you do have to set it. What do you think?  Would you like to sometimes [...]

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1% Thursday: Roll the Stone

by James on 11 November 2010

So you have to move a huge round stone a mile.  How should you do it?  You can pick it up and carry it, of course.  You might end up with permanent back pain, but you could do it.  Or, you could roll it.  Which would you do? The symptoms of cluster, chronic headache, and migraine, [...]

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Chronic Pain Study (for participants worldwide)

by James on 5 May 2010

Would you be interested in joining an internet-based study on chronic pain and its links with social and psychological events in your life? Terry Borsook, a PhD student in Psychology at the University of Toronto is opening the study to those who have had chronic pain for at least six months.  You need to be [...]

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