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Chronic Pain Shrinks The Brain

Posted by timothy on from the as-long-as-it-doesn't-touch-my-10-percent dept.

An anonymous reader writes "LiveScience is reporting on a study showing that people with chronic lower back pain have 5 to 11 percent less gray matter than pain-free folks. Its not known for sure why, but the thinking is that neurons just get worn out as the mind deals with the pain."

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  1. Alice Cooper sang about this... by Kevin+Burtch · · Score: 2, Informative

    He knew about the real cause way back in 1980!

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  2. Re:/.'s Chronic Problems with Causality by dtfinch · · Score: 2, Informative

    I hope it starts a revolutionary concept: thinking

    You know it'll never happen.