by Neil Bossenger | Jun 4, 2019 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
Scientists have developed a test for chronic fatigue syndrome that detects the reaction of the immune cells and blood plasma to stress. Symptoms include extreme tiredness, difficulty sleeping, trouble with thinking and remembering things, muscle pain and...
by Neil Bossenger | May 21, 2019 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
If youre the kind of person who avoids public bathrooms at all costs, you may feel validated, as well as disturbed, by a new study from researchers at the University of Connecticut and Quinnipiac University. They suspected that hot-air hand dryers in...
by Neil Bossenger | May 9, 2019 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
Jo Cameron has lived for 71 years without experiencing pain or anxiety because she has a rare genetic mutation. I drive people mad by being cheerful, she said. The notion that the same gene could be responsible for the way a person processes physical and...
by Neil Bossenger | Mar 28, 2019 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
Have you seen our Spinewave Pinterest page? Click HERE. A new study by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University that analyzed 502 posts on Pinterest about chronic pain revealed that the social media platform is helping people with chronic pain cope by sharing...
by Neil Bossenger | Mar 22, 2019 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
Researchers have said that a five-minute neck scan could predict a person’s risk of developing dementia a full decade before symptoms emerge. The test analyses the pulse of blood vessels in the neck which could become part of routine testing for cognitive...