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Pain is one of the most debilitating symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and yet remains poorly understood, especially when pain occurs in the absence of synovitis. Without active inflammation, experts […]

Macrophage efferocytosis prevents apoptotic cell (AC) accumulation and triggers inflammation-resolution pathways. The mechanisms linking efferocytosis to resolution often involve changes in macrophage metabolism, but many gaps remain in our understanding […]

Witnessing another’s pain can heighten pain in the observer. However, research has focused on the observer’s intrapersonal experience. Here, a social transmission-chain explored the spread of socially-acquired nocebo hyperalgesia. Dyads […]

Studies reported the existence of instability catch (IC) during trunk flexion in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). However, different movement speeds can cause different neuromuscular demands resulting in […]

The anti-pruritic effect of placebo in patients with chronic urticaria has gained increasing attention in clinical research. However, the extent of placebo effect and its influencing factors in the treatment […]

Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a common side effect of chemotherapy. The frequency of CIPN ranges from one in three to almost all patients depending on type of chemotherapy and […]

Migraine is one of the most common primary headaches worldwide, while toothache is the most common pain in the orofacial region. The association of migraine pain, and oral pain is […]

Maintaining gut homeostasis requires a complex interplay between the nervous and immune systems and the microbiome, but the nature of their interactions remains unclear. Chiu and Benoist’s teams employed designer […]

There have been limited data on idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) in Asians and there remain uncertainties whether a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure of 250 mm CSF is an optimum diagnostic cutoff. […]

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited monogenetic disorder. Chronic and acute pain are hallmark features of SCD involving neural and vascular injury and inflammation. Mast cells reside […]