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Nutrition, companionship reduce pain in mice with sickle cell disease

Scientists have long suspected that feeling pain is connected to a person’s mood or state of mind, but the link has never been proven beyond doubt. This study, published Feb. 1 in Scientific Reports, supports that connection.
“Part of pain is perception,” said Kalpna Gupta, a visiting professor of medicine at UCI and the study’s lead author. “For instance, if I start watching a comedy, suddenly I might forget that I was hurting; mood and a feeling of well-being block pain from being perceived.”
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