Research into the role of the brain in chronic pain
I had the pleasure of meeting Steven George at the American Pain Society meeting. He has done some excellent work and is part of a truly impressive group of people working out of the University of Florida. Now this blog post is simply to pay tribute to what is a great achievement – Dr George has just been announced as the winner of the 2012 Ulf … [Read more...]
Adelaide’s recreational cyclists are being urged to help raise awareness about chronic pain by joining the University of South Australia’s Ride for Pain on Sunday April 29. The ride, which includes an option for cyclists to conquer the notoriously painful Corkscrew Road in the Adelaide Hills, is the brainchild of UniSA’s Professor of … [Read more...]
Jason Tonley from Kaiser Permanente in LA, reminded me of this old beauty from Kahlil Gibran’s classic The Prophet. Now this stuff is written by a Lebanese American artist and poet, who was raised in poverty without formal education but with a gambling father who was jailed. After being evicted, his mum took him and his sisters and brother to … [Read more...]
Everyone knows all about low back pain. This is probably by virtue of the fact that most of us have or will experience it at some stage. Everyone is an expert, clinicians and patients alike and there are a whole host of accepted truths about back pain that we all cling on to. Ideas that replicate themselves successfully across populations have been … [Read more...]
Yesterday, all my colleagues seemed so far away.... But now I know they're here to stay, Oh "Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute" is so yesterday. Sorry. This is to say that we are now Neuroscience Research Australia, fondly called NeuRA.I don't have a strong attraction to the ceremony of such things, but I must say the little TV … [Read more...]
I was recently traveling in the UK. I travel light so as to make ridiculously tight deadlines - even stopping for my luggage could best laid plans lay waste. I decided this was a good opportunity to test out the relative stink-index of two kinds of socks - cotton and bamboo. So, I undertook a double blind randomised comparison. In the … [Read more...]
Ahora explique el dolor en español. Raphael el soldado de caballería estupendo debe tener su sangre en botella para el gran esfuerzo que él ha puesto en esto, la versión española de explica dolor. Mi página preferida en las versiones traducidas es la página 10, que contiene la historia conmovedora de un hombre en el parque zoológico. … [Read more...]
In an intriguing political story, it seems that Switzerland is on the verge of voting in legal representation for all victim animals. A key consideration is whether a fish, for example, is a sentient being. Well, I think that is interesting, but I write this because it reminds me of something a mate of mine is doing on slime.David … [Read more...]
Lorimer just wrote this opening paragraph for a book chapter. Heidi said "Stick that up as a blog post". Lorimer said "OK". The rest is history......Biological organisms are proficient at protecting themselves from threat. Seminal work more than a century ago clearly demonstrated that even unicellular organisms can propel themselves away … [Read more...]
Recently, I was asked by a national television network to participate in a live debate on “positive thinking versus physiotherapy for back pain”. I thought it sounded sufficiently dubious to most likely reflect a prank call from one of my prank-calling mates. I responded in kind - “Thanks for calling - I would be thrilled. Of course I … [Read more...]
Body in Mind has made the finals of the Research Blogging Awards for the Best Blog in Psychology, THANKS to all of you who nominated us.Voting has begun, but you can only vote if you're registered with research blogging so we thought we'd tell you about some of the outstanding blogs in the final categories and we've selected a few of our … [Read more...]
Here is some more groovy stuff - Scientific American just alerted us to a new article in J Neuroscience. It is right up Charles Spence's alley but I am stealing his thunder by passing it on now. Charles showed in humans that potato crisps taste better when you hear a crackling noise (I think he might have won an Ignoble prize for that), and … [Read more...]
People get many ideas about how their brains work from entertainment or folk wisdom. But modern neuroscience has proved many of these ideas to be wrong. The facts are more fun - and more useful. Myth 1: You only use 10 percent of your brain Truth: You use all of your brain. The 10-percent myth became popular with the self-help teachings of Dale … [Read more...]
We have been working for a while towards doing some experiments that involve online data collection. These experiments will involve reaction time tasks and questionnaires. However, many of you will know that Lorimer has NO IDEA when it comes to setting up things like this. However, he is a courageous fellow and has timidly gone where he has … [Read more...]
The polls are now open in the Sixth Annual Medical Weblog Awards. Thanks to everyone who voted it - we didn't make it into the finalists but there are some excellent weblogs who did, so don't forget to vote hereFrom Medgadget ...we would like to thank everyone for taking the time to nominate their favorite medical blogs. As our judging team … [Read more...]
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