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18 November 2010

The burning power of chillies can actually help relieve pain, as well as cause it. Breaking Science wanted to know more. Read more : Painkillers get a chilli boost

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25 March 2010

Is 'the science of alternative medicine' an oxymoron? Read more : Acupuncture’s less-than-pinpoint accuracy

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15 December 2009

Kat Arney explains how mice have helped make a breakthrough in migraine research. Read more : Mice tackling migraines

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By Dr Peter Naish (The Open University)

17 March 2008

Peter Naish weighs the role of hypnosis in a medical context, and suggests its best viewed as tool rather than cure. Here's his personal take... Read more : A role for hypnotherapy

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Why consciousness?BBC

By Dr Peter Naish (The Open University)

07 November 2005

In response to the Reith Lectures on The Emering Mind, by Vilanyanur S Ramachandran (Director of the Centre for Brain and Cognition at the University of California),... Read more : Why consciousness?

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Pages tagged as Pain

Painkillers get a chilli boostJupiter Images

Acupuncture’s less-than-pinpoint accuracyCreative Commons Image maerzbow under CC-BY-SA licence

Mice tackling migrainesCreative Commons Image Rick Eh? used under Creative Commons licence.

A role for hypnotherapyProduction team

Why consciousness?BBC