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Dr. Ming Kao

Pain physician & PhD statistician

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Tag: Neuroscience

December 22, 2018 Centralized pain / Frameworks of pain / Gentle pain treatments / Headache & migraines / Neuromodulation / Neuropathy

Treating pain at nerve-body interface

Small sensory nerves throughout the body gather information & interact with the body directly. This nerve-body interface underlies many diseases.

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November 15, 2018 Centralized pain / Frameworks of pain / Gentle pain treatments / Neuroscience

How to activate the brain to treat pain?

Pain signals converge in the core of the brainstem where they deeply influence behavior. For checks & balances, the brainstem

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September 25, 2018 Centralized pain / Frameworks of pain

What are the nerves involved in abdominal pain?

Pain signal is sent from tissue to the brain. Once in the brain, the signal causes pain. At each stage

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Dr. Ming Kao is a Harvard-trained computational biologist and a double board-certified Pain Medicine as well as Rehabilitation physician. He is the Clinic Chief at Stanford Pain.

Opinions are Dr. Kao’s only, and are not medical advice. Dr. Kao receives no industry support.

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