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These essays and brief articles provide information on various aspects of pain in an easy-to-read format.</span></p> </div></div> </div><span id="d.en.378476"></span><div class="row-fluid news-listing media"> <div class="media-body"> <h5><a href="/cacpr/for-the-public/the-bane-of-chronic-pain.php">The bane of chronic pain</a></h5> <!-- <p class="umb_light" >April 27, 2016</p> --> </div> </div> <span id="d.en.378469"></span><div class="row-fluid news-listing media"> <div class="media-body"> <h5><a href="/cacpr/for-the-public/pain-is-what-you-feel.php">Pain is what you feel</a></h5> <!-- <p class="umb_light" >April 27, 2016</p> --> </div> </div> <span id="d.en.378470"></span><div class="row-fluid news-listing media"> <div class="media-body"> <h5><a href="/cacpr/for-the-public/some-pain-is-good-for-you.php">Some pain is good for you</a></h5> <!-- <p class="umb_light" >April 27, 2016</p> --> </div> </div> <span id="d.en.378471"></span><div class="row-fluid news-listing media"> <div class="media-body"> <h5><a href="/cacpr/for-the-public/other-pain-is-not-so-good-for-you.php">Other pain is not so good for you</a></h5> <!-- <p class="umb_light" >April 27, 2016</p> --> </div> </div> <span id="d.en.378472"></span><div class="row-fluid news-listing media"> <div class="media-body"> <h5><a href="/cacpr/for-the-public/the-neurobiology-of-pain.php">The neurobiology of pain</a></h5> <!-- <p class="umb_light" >April 27, 2016</p> --> </div> </div> <span id="d.en.378473"></span><div class="row-fluid news-listing media"> <div class="media-body"> <h5><a href="/cacpr/for-the-public/the-psychology-of-pain.php">The psychology of pain</a></h5> <!-- <p class="umb_light" >April 27, 2016</p> --> </div> </div> <span id="d.en.378474"></span><div class="row-fluid news-listing media"> <div class="media-body"> <h5><a href="/cacpr/for-the-public/we-have-built-in-analgesic-systems.php">We have built-in analgesic systems</a></h5> <!-- <p class="umb_light" >April 27, 2016</p> --> </div> </div> <span id="d.en.378475"></span><div class="row-fluid news-listing media"> <div class="media-body"> <h5><a href="/cacpr/for-the-public/placebos-are-real.php">Placebos are real</a></h5> <!-- <p class="umb_light" >April 27, 2016</p> --> </div> </div> <span id="d.en.378477"></span><div class="row-fluid news-listing media"> <div class="media-body"> <h5><a href="/cacpr/for-the-public/a-recent-high-quality-review-of-neuropathic-pain.php"> Recent high-quality review of neuropathic pain</a></h5> <!-- <p class="umb_light" >December 08, 2017</p> --> </div> </div> <span id="d.en.378478"></span><div class="row-fluid news-listing media"> <div class="media-body"> <h5><a href="/cacpr/for-the-public/pain-scale-0-10.php">What a "10" on the 0-10 pain scale looks like</a></h5> <!-- <p class="umb_light" >May 03, 2018</p> --> </div> </div> <!-- ChangeDetection.com detection="off" --> </div> </div><!--close row-fluid--> </div><!--close .container id="main-content" --> </div> <!-- close #page--> </div> <span class="backToTop"><a href="#top">back to top</a></span> <footer id="footer" class="clearfix cacpr-custom-footer"> <div class="container"><!--footer container--> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8 footerlinkbox about-cacpr-footer"> <h4>OUR MISSION</h4> <p class="umb_lead">The UM Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research (CACPR) is a multidisciplinary center composed of nationally and internationally renowned clinical and preclinical translational scientists whose principle research focus is on the physiological, genetic, and psychosocial underpinnings of the development and persistence of debilitating chronic pain conditions.</p> <p><a class="umb_pillbutton" href="/cacpr/about-cacpr/">Learn More</a> <a class="umb_pillbutton" href="https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=favvrujab&p=oi&m=1109864928261&sit=t5tdzb7gb&f=c9842eb6-e033-4c68-a023-c802746201a9">Subscribe for Updates</a></p> </div> <div class="span4" > <p class="no-link-icon"> <a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/" target="_blank"><img src="/media/umb/ictr/web-template-style-assets/UMB-logo_horizontal_white-notastiny.png" alt="The University of Maryland, Baltimore" ></a> </p> <br /> <div id="footer-for-print"><p>The University of Maryland, Baltimore is the founding campus of the University System of Maryland. <br /><br /> 620 W. 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