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Featuring @evp82.bsky.social & Dr. Mark Ware, & me - as a chronic pain patient & advocate - about why these pain research results matter!💥

Chronic #pain involves changes in multiple brain systems for nociception, threat, and reward. What self-management practices can help us live with or even reverse these changes? Cognitive, behavioral, and #digitalhealth strategies can help! New review in Lancet:
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Biological markers and psychosocial factors predict chronic pain conditions - Nature Human Behaviour Fillingim et al. show that biological and psychosocial factors jointly predict conditions associated with chronic pain.

Our new @NatureHumBehav paper shows why we need a holistic pain biomarker framework. ML on blood tests, brain/bone imaging & genetics predicts clinical diagnoses but falls short on subjective pain. Adding psychosocial (mood, sleep, stress) boosts both. shorturl.at/vxxeO

Tinnitus risk factors and its evolution over time - Nature Communications Improving tinnitus prevention and clinical management by identifying key associated risk factors is crucial. Here, the authors use machine learning in a large cohort to identify key predictors of tinn...

Our new @NatureComms paper: We used UK Biobank data (n≈193K) to build ML models predicting tinnitus presence (driven by hearing health) and severity (influenced by mood, neuroticism & sleep). A simple 6-item POST questionnaire forecasts 9-yr outcomes. shorturl.at/4AF4P

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