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When chronic pain leads to depression in children

When chronic pain keeps children from being active and social, it’s no surprise that anxiety and depression can become unwelcome playmates. Unfortunately, this scenario can become a vicious cycle—not only can pain lead to depression and anxiety, but worsening depression and anxiety can worsen pain perception.


Do doctors treat pain differently based on their patients’ race?

Study shows physicians dispensed opioids for back pain more frequently to their white patients than to their patients of colour.


Consuming fruit and vegetables and exercising can make you happier

This research is the first of its kind to unravel the causation of how happiness, the consumption of fruit and vegetables and exercising are related, rather than generalizing a correlation.
 
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Dr Guimberteau is the first person to film living human tissue through an endoscope in an attempt to understand the organisation of living matter. He has developed his own concept of the multifibrillar structural organisation of the body, of which the microvacuole is the basic functional unit. He has also developed a concept of global dynamics and continuous matter.
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Anxious clients

Being aware of anxious massage therapy clients

It’s easy to forget that something as simple and restorative as a massage can be an intimidating experience. For clients new to massage therapy as a modality, the unknowns can be walked through and discussed during informed consent. For some clients, previous negative outcomes from massage treatments, chronic pain, muscle guarding and unexpected triggers can be the root of anxiousness. Here is how we can professionally and delicately treat a weary client. » Learn More
 
Podcasts 
 

Are costs and rules associated with regulation too burdensome?

With self-regulation moving at a slow pace across the country, and health insurance companies finding ways to work with practitioners in non-regulated provinces, do the costs of self-regulation outweigh the benefits? » Listen now

Podcast: The role of empathy in massage

Are massage therapists properly equipped, in their training and informed by evidence, to respond appropriately to patient affect, particularly in advanced care situations? » Listen now