Scientists Find a New Way to Measure Pain

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English - September 20, 2011 00:00 - 2 minutes - ★★★★ - 215 ratings
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Scientists have been searching for an accurate way to measure pain beyond a patient's self-report, but to no avail. A recent study might have found one possible solution. Christie Nicholson reports