/newsroom/taxonomy/term/725/all en /newsroom/channels/news/discovery-reveals-blocking-inflammation-may-lead-chronic-pain-339532 <p>Using anti-inflammatory drugs and steroids to relieve pain could increase the chances of developing chronic pain, according to researchers from şÚÁϲ»´ňěČ University and colleagues in Italy. Their research puts into question conventional practices used to alleviate pain. Normal recovery from a painful injury involves inflammation and blocking that inflammation with drugs could lead to harder-to-treat pain.</p> Tue, 10 May 2022 17:33:06 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288132 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/his-and-her-pain-circuitry-spinal-cord-253724 <p>New research released today in <em>Nature Neuroscience</em> reveals for the first time that pain is processed in male and female mice using different cells. These findings have far-reaching implications for our basic understanding of pain, how we develop the next generation of medications for chronic pain—which is by far the most prevalent human health condition—and the way we execute basic biomedical research using mice.</p> <p> Mon, 29 Jun 2015 14:59:48 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 24277 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/chronic-pain-alters-dna-marking-brain-225012 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:25:05 +0000 joy.wang@mail.mcgill.ca 18190 at /newsroom