Allen Finley

New Research Topic alert! "Equity and Global Perspectives in Pediatric Pain Care" is open in Frontiers in Pain Research. Submit your work today! #pain #children #equity #barriers #global frontiersin.org/research-topic…

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Ralf Baron, MD, is the recipient of the John D. Loeser Prize for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the Clinical Science of Pain and will present a keynote plenary lecture at the 2026 World Congress on Pain entitled, The Neuropathic Chameleon: We are Hot on the Scent. Register now to attend Dr. Baron’s keynote lecture along with more than 100 other available sessions at the largest global gathering of pain professionals. bit.ly/4qx0aOI

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Submit your Poster Abstract for the #2026WorldCongressonPain by 15 February to present to the world's leading pain experts. Deadline: 15 February Submit Poster Abstracts: bit.ly/3XHoyB2 #IASP2026

IASP leadership visited Bangkok to prepare for the #2026WorldCongressonPain (26–30 Oct 2026). They toured the BITEC venue, rode transit, and sampled Thai cuisine to understand how to make your visit seamless and enjoyable. Early Bird registration is open: bit.ly/3NaKdjc

I hope ALL Canadians are proud to hear our PM give one of the most eloquent and brilliant speeches in modern political dialogue. Special Address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada | World Economi... youtu.be/flsgJe8mN-A?si… via @YouTube

The facial expression of pain universal across humans and animals. Learn more: journals.lww.com/pain/Citation/… @PAINthejournal

Dear Canadians MDs and RNs in the US: as the US is now a fascist state ruled by goons, thugs and a mafia - it is time to come home. Your nation that trained you at great public expense is calling for you. Come back to our publicly funded health system. You are welcome home.

In October 1846, inside a crowded surgical theater at Massachusetts General Hospital, medicine crossed a boundary it could never retreat from. Until that moment, surgery was an ordeal of terror—patients restrained, screams filling the room, speed valued over precision because pain was unavoidable. Then William Thomas Green Morton introduced something radical: ether. Before a skeptical audience, Morton placed a glass inhaler over the face of a patient named Gilbert Abbott, who had a tumor on his neck. As the vapor took hold, Abbott slipped into a deep, motionless state. The surgeons began to cut—and for the first time, there were no screams, no convulsions, no desperate struggle. The tumor was removed while the patient felt nothing. When Abbott awoke, he reportedly said it felt only “as if his neck had been scratched.” Silence fell, followed by awe. Pain—long thought inseparable from surgery—had been conquered. This moment, remembered as Ether Day, marked the birth of modern anesthesia. Surgery was no longer a test of endurance but became a science of precision and survival. Longer and more complex operations became possible, mortality rates dropped, and entire medical fields advanced—all because patients no longer had to be awake. Every painless surgery today traces its roots back to that quiet theater in 1846, when humanity learned that pain was not destiny—and healing could finally begin without suffering. © Reddit #drthehistories

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IASP’s 2026 Global Year explores neuropathic pain, its challenges, and best practices in diagnosis and treatment. Read the first fact sheet and get involved. #GlobalYear2026 bit.ly/49eE3Y1

The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) is accepting Poster Abstracts for the #2026 World Congress on Pain. Share your work with 5,000+ multidisciplinary attendees from 130+ countries and strengthen your CV. Submission Deadline: 15 February bit.ly/3XHoyB2

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