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Chronic pain can be objectively measured using brain signals – new research

  • Written by Prasad Shirvalkar, Associate Professor of Anesthesia, University of California, San Francisco
imageResearchers are working on untangling the neural circuitry of chronic and acute pain.Victor Habbick Visions/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

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