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Published online 4 November 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021104-1
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Partners inflame pain
Spouses' sympathy hurts while newborn trauma numbs.
Neuroscientists have confirmed what down-trodden spouses long suspected: partners can be a pain. A sympathetic other half can exacerbate backache, they revealed this weekend.
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