A new review of paracetamol has revealed it has only been proven to relive pain in four conditions. The University of Sydney systematic review, published this week in the Medical Journal of Australia, held that for most conditions, evidence regarding ...

A new Australian study has found that people who live with chronic pain experience changes to their brain which can cause negative personality changes. The world first discovery found that people with chronic pain have smaller amounts of glutamate – the brain’s ...

Research has found that pain care for hospitalised patients over 65 years old is assessment driven and lacks sufficient patient input. The research found that pain care was hampered due to the lack of appropriate and meaningful pain care provision, ...

A tool that uses facial recognition software to detect pain in the elderly and people with dementia is making its way across Australian residential aged care villages. Known as PainChek, its national rollout via Dementia Support Australia (DSA) is now underway ...

Hypnotherapy may reduce anxiety and pain amongst children being treated for serious burns, a new study has found. Study lead Stephen Chester, a PhD candidate with the University of Queensland (UQ), said previous research had shown adults with burns benefited ...