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TL;DR: Among 121 people with painful pancreatic cancer, 44% had a heightened sensitivity to pain on standardized testing, much like people with long-term pancreatitis. But in the cancer group, that sensitivity was not consistently linked to worse pain, mood or…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Journal of Pain Research found dialysis headache in 50.6% of 79 adults receiving maintenance hemodialysis, with prior recurrent headaches and female sex independently linked to higher odds of developing headaches during dialysis. Key Fin…
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TL;DR: A 2026 review in Reviews in the Neurosciences argues that chemotherapy-induced peripheral neurotoxicity (CIPN), nerve injury from cancer treatment, can involve central nervous system changes that help explain chronic neuropathic pain and chemotherapy-re…
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