Relief from Shingle Pain
Shingles (herpes zoster), an often a very painful disease, is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. After you have chickenpox, the virus remains inactive in certain nerves of your body. If the virus becomes active again when you are an adult, you get shingles. Symptoms For some people the nerve pain persists well […]
Dr. DP Mohapatra, an expert in bone pain associated with cancer, joins the faculty of the Washington University Pain Center
Durga P. (DP) Mohapatra, PhD has joined the faculty of the Department of Anesthesiology as an Associate Professor in the Washington University Pain Center. DP joins us from the University of Iowa where he was on faculty for seven years. The major research focus of Dr. Mohapatra’s laboratory is to define the precise tumor-nerve signaling […]
Light — not pain-killing drugs — used to activate brain’s opioid receptors
Despite the abuse potential of opioid drugs, they have long been the best option for patients suffering from severe pain. The drugs interact with receptors on brain cells to tamp down the body’s pain response. But now, neuroscientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found a way to activate opioid receptors […]
Gereau named Brown professor of anesthesiology (Links to an external site)
Robert W. Gereau IV, PhD, has been named the Dr. Seymour and Rose T. Brown Professor of Anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.