December thoughts from NAFKAM
How sensitive is the skin to pressure, temperature, and pain among people living in Arctic regions? Do these responses differ from those of people in, say, Central Europe? Could local climate play a role?
Chronic pain affects nearly one in three adults in Norway, often leading to reduced quality of life, long-term sick leave, and disability. While painkillers remain common, they carry risks of side effects and dependency—prompting many to seek other ways for relief, such as physical and manual therapies such as massage.
This October, NAFKAM hosted its annual conference on patient safety in complementary and alternativ medicine (CAM), gathering participants from most Norwegian providers’ associations and training schools; as well as patients’ societies to present and discuss different aspects of safety and risk in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).
The research summaries from the international expert group CAM Cancer will now be translated and made accessible to Polish healthcare professionals, following a licensing agreement between the polish cancer league Polska Liga Walki z Rakiem and NAFKAM.
Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) is widely used in pain research and for assessing pain patients.
NAFKAM was designated as a WHO Collaborating Centre in Traditional Medicine by the World Health Organization in 2008.
Dr. Pia Vuolanto is a Research Fellow at Tampere University, Finland.
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