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Links or readings for each Mini-Science 2012 talk
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Some of the readings below are articles in scholarly journals. You may enjoy reading just the abstract, or other portions of the article such as the conclusion or discussion, if you find the whole article too long or technical.
March 28, "The chemical conquest of pain" by Joe Schwarcz
- The Conquest of Pain [.pdf] (Joe Schwarcz)
- Those Were the Days [.pdf] (Joe Schwarcz)
- Surprise Finding About Placebo Performance (Ed Young, CBS News Tech, December 23, 2010)
- Author Interview: Dr. Joe Schwarcz's Health Lab (ctvmontreal.ca, December 21, 2011)
April 4, "How the mind can alter pain" by Catherine Bushnell
- Stress Management: How to Reduce, prevent, and Cope with Stress from helpguide.org.
- Coping with chronic pain from the Psychology Help Center of the American Psychological Association.
- Joint pain and arthritis — quieting the inflammatory noise from womentowomen.com.
- Chronic Pain: Symptoms, Diagnosis, & Treatment from NIH MedlinePlus, a magazine produced by the National Institutes of Health (US), the National Library of Medicine, and the Friends of the National Library of Medicine.
- Relaxation Techniques for Health: An Introduction from NCCAM, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (US).
April 11, "Pain, friends, sex and your mother: complexity and opportunity in pain science and treatment" by Jeff Mogil
- Stress, Pain, and Paris Hilton by Greg Miller, ScienceNOW, November 5, 2007.
- Of mice and men — Jeff Mogil on grimacing from bodyinmind.org.
- Sex and gender differences in pain and analgesia by JS Mogil and AL Bailey, published in Prog Brain Res. (2010;186:141-57).
April 18, "Why a broken heart really does hurt" by Jennifer Bartz
- Being Human: Love: Neuroscience reveals all by Larry J Young. Nature 457, 148 (8 January 2009). doi:10.1038/457148a.
- Variation in the mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) is associated with dispositional and neural sensitivity to social rejection by Baldwin M. Way, Shelley E. Taylor, and Naomi I. Eisenberger. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2009 September 1; 106(35): 15079-15084. doi:10.1073/pnas.0812612106.
- Love as pain relief by Tannith Cattermole. gizmag.org, March 1, 2011.
April 25, "Helping people with pain resume occupational involvement" by Michael Sullivan
- Chronic Pain from the "Tips for Living" series by The American Occupational Therapy Association.
- Return to Work Knowledge Base developed by the Foundation for Research into Injury and Illness in the Workplace Inc (Australia).
- What Facilitates Return to Work? Patients Experiences 3 Years After Occupational Rehabilitation by Liv Haugli, Silje Maeland, and Liv H. Magnussen. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, Volume 21, Number 4, 573-581, doi:10.1007/s10926-011-9304-6.
- Return to Work After Cancer Diagnosed in 2002, 2005 and 2008 by C.A.M. Roelen, P.C. Koopmans, J W. Groothoff, J.J.L. van der Klink and U. Bültmann. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, Volume 21, Number 3, 431-440, doi:10.1007/s10926-010-9274-0.
May 2, "Just say know: what marijuana has taught us about pain control" by Mark A. Ware
- Medical Cannabis: 5 Questions for Pain Researcher Mark Ware from Britannica Blog.
- Medicines derived from cannabis: A review of adverse events - McGill news release about the following publication:
- Adverse effects of medical cannabinoids: a systematic review by Tongtong Wang, Jean-Paul Collet, Stan Shapiro, Mark A. Ware. CMAJ June 17, 2008 vol. 178 no. 13.
- Dr. Mark Ware Discusses Cannabis As Medicine, a 3-minute video on YouTube.
May 9, "The pain-reward connection" by Petra Schweinhardt
- A common neurobiology for pain and pleasure by Siri Leknes & Irene Tracey. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 9, 314-320 (April 2008) | doi:10.1038/nrn2333
- Early Life Adversity as a Risk Factor for Fibromyalgia in Later Life by Lucie A. Low and Petra Schweinhardt. Pain Research and Treatment, vol. 2012, Article ID 140832, 15 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/140832
General links
Here are some links to websites and electronic resources for Mini-Science participants.
- McGill Faculty of Science homepage and blog
- The McGill Office for Science and Society (OSS) disseminates up-to-date information in the areas of food, food issues, medications, cosmetics and health topics in general. This information is specifically directed towards the public, educators and students.
- The Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain comprises researchers from the Faculties of Science, Medicine, and Dentistry.
- Alumnilife, the McGill Alumni Online Community
- Science Outreach at McGill broadcasts our scientific expertise to a wider community through programs and activities such as talks, lab visits, family workshops, classroom presentations, and documentary films.
Library links
The Libraries homepage includes links to all library resources at McGill.
Branch libraries of particular interest to Mini-Science include:
- Humanities and Social Sciences Library
- Life Sciences Library
- Schulich Library of Science and Engineering