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Hidden Sensory Apparatus Discovered in Human Skin

Posted December 15, 2009 8:49 AM

From Boing Boing:

A transatlantic team of scientists have discovered a secondary sensory system, independent of the well-understood nervous system, hidden in the skin. These may be at the root of inexplicable chronic pain syndromes like fibromyalgia.

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12/16/2009 8:00 AM

Interesting, but I prefered the article (linked from the posted one) entitled "Swearing mitigates pain".

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"Some experimental evidence to suggest that swearing makes pain less traumatic, though the mechanism by which is does this shit is unclear: ..."

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