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Pregnancy With a Spinal Cord Stimulator: What 31 Cases Suggest

A pooled review of 31 pregnancies in women with spinal cord stimulators found few device problems and reassuring birth outcomes. The evidence is still thin.

SEVA Healthcare Editorial TeamOct 22, 2026 · 4 min read

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When a Back-Pain Flare Hits, the Brain’s “Sense of Self” Network Lights Up

Bending to tie a shoe can set off a flare. New imaging work suggests those flares involve more of the brain than the parts that simply detect pain.

Oct 16, 2026 · 3 min readRead

ResearchBack & Neck Pain

Nearly Eight Years on Opioids, and Pain No Better: What a Northwestern Brain Study Found

Years of prescription opioid use did not come with lower pain in this study — but the picture is more nuanced than “opioids don’t work”, and nobody should stop a prescription on their own.

Oct 15, 2026 · 3 min readRead

Six Million People, 118 Countries: What the Largest Map of Pain Yet Says About Who Hurts

Pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide, yet until now there was no shared yardstick for how it is distributed across ages and regions.

SEVA Healthcare Editorial Team · 3 min read

Oct 13, 2026 Post-Surgical & Complex Pain

Why Does Pain Linger After Surgery for Some People? A 2,285-Person NIH Study Has Finished Recruiting

Most post-surgical pain fades as tissue heals. For some it does not. A large NIH programme is trying to work out, in advance, who is at risk.

SEVA Healthcare Editorial Team · 2 min read

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