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A new technique helps patients significantly reduce pain simply by concentrating. Researchers hope this will soon be an option for people suffering from intractable pain. By Rachel Metz.
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A diagram of the pain-therapy processCourtesy of Stanford University

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Patients visualized these images while they attempted to control their pain

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from the rostral anterior cingulate cortex, a part of the brain related to pain regulation

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