Pain Content / Pain Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en Turning Tarantula Venom Into Pain Relief /news/turning-tarantula-venom-pain-relief <p>Researchers at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ are developing a new type of pain medication from an unusual source — tarantula venom.</p> <p>The project is part of the&nbsp;<a href="https://heal.nih.gov/">NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-Term (HEAL) Initiative</a>, aimed at ending opioid addiction and creating non-addictive therapies to treat pain.</p> July 14, 2021 - 12:07pm Andy Fell /news/turning-tarantula-venom-pain-relief Counties With More Cannabis Dispensaries Show Reduced Opioid Deaths /curiosity/news/counties-more-cannabis-dispensaries-show-reduced-opioid-deaths <p>First study to examine the association between active cannabis dispensary operations and opioid-related mortality rates at the county level and both medical and recreational cannabis dispensaries. Suggests alternative pain management could improve public health outcomes, researchers said.</p> January 28, 2021 - 10:50am Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity/news/counties-more-cannabis-dispensaries-show-reduced-opioid-deaths ºÙºÙÊÓƵ, Crocker Art Museum Seek Participants for New Study /arts/blog/uc-davis-crocker-art-seek-participants-study <h2 class="heading--underline">The virtual museum experience: Can it help reduce social isolation and chronic pain?</h2> <div> <p><em>This blog post contributed by ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Health</em></p> <p>Can participating in virtual, online museum programs help people with chronic pain feel more socially connected?&nbsp;Could those social connections provide some relief from the burden of that pain?</p> <p>ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Health and the Crocker Art Museum are collaborating on chronic pain research using online museum programs during the pandemic.</p></div> June 01, 2020 - 9:47am Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/uc-davis-crocker-art-seek-participants-study Student Manages Pain with Paint /arts/blog/student-manages-pain-with-paint <p>Student's&nbsp;research and academic pursuits, and her experiences with her own health, all come together to inform her painting.</p> August 19, 2019 - 2:35pm Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/student-manages-pain-with-paint