2013 UTCSP Annual Scientific Meeting: a success!

Researchers, clinicians, educators, and students gathered at the 2013 UTCSP Annual Scientific Meeting on February 26. (click on link for full review)

Mechanisms in Neuropathic Pain: Insights From Animal and Human Research

A Tribute to Jonathan O. Dostrovsky
Satellite Symposia
4th International Congress on Neuropathic Pain
May 22, 2013
Metro Toronto Convention Centre

Steven P. Miller, Brain Development in the Preterm Newborn: the Importance of the Everyday

2012 The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute 25th Annual Scientific Retreat, November 8, 2012

The Mary Poppins solution: Sugar reduces needle pain for babies

Mary Poppins was singing the right tune about how to make the medicine go down, according to a new analysis.

Slow moves to battle body pain

Modern medicine enlists gentle exercise of qigong.
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Marijuana effective in reducing pain, study shows

A team of Montreal researchers has lent scientific credibility to the view that smoking marijuana can ease chronic neuropathic pain and help patients sleep better.

Women may adapt faster to pain than men

Some research has hinted that women are more sensitive to pain than men are, but a new study suggests that women actually get over their discomfort more quickly.

Ouch! That hurts!

Most people associate childhood vaccinations with pain, but new Canadian research shows this doesn’t have to be the case.

Reduced Infant Response to a Routine Care Procedure After Sucrose Analgesia

The benefits of sucrose analgesia extend beyond the painful event to other aversive and potentially painful procedures.

Dismissed and undiagnosed

Sufferers visit gynecologists, urologists and naturopaths in search of relief - only to be told it's 'all in their heads.' But chronic vulvar pain is real, medical researchers say, and it may affect one in six women.

Interfaculty Pain Curriculum: Lessons learned from six years experience

Minimal pain content has been documented in pre-licensure curricula and students lack important pain knowledge at graduation. To address this problem, we have implemented and evaluated a mandatory Interfaculty Pain Curriculum (IPC) yearly since 2002.