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Published online 12 December 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news051212-1
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Thought control brings pain into line
Brain imaging helps pain patients learn to reduce their own pain.
Researchers have managed to teach people suffering chronic pain to reduce their own discomfort simply by controlling their thoughts.
It's unclear how long the effect lasts, but the researchers hope that this approach could one day be used to treat chronic pain, which affects tens of millions of people in the United States alone and is a major reason for sick leave.
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