{"id":35375,"date":"2026-04-20T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=35375"},"modified":"2026-04-24T04:48:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:48:05","slug":"article70884064-ece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=35375","title":{"rendered":"New study unravels why chronic pain, depression go hand in hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Research has found that the hippocampus acts like a gate, physically altering its structure as chronic pain progresses into depression. While early changes may be protective, persistent pain eventually shrinks this vital memory centre, impairing both emotional health and overall cognitive performance<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/new-study-unravels-why-chronic-pain-depression-go-hand-in-hand\/article70884064.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nwww.thehindu.com<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666;\">\n<strong>Medical Disclaimer:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis content is shared for informational and educational purposes only.<br \/>\nIt does not constitute medical, legal, or policy advice.<br \/>\nHealthcare decisions should always be made in consultation with qualified professionals.\n<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research has found that the hippocampus acts like a gate, physically altering its structure as chronic pain progresses into depression. While early changes may be protective, persistent pain eventually shrinks this vital memory centre, impairing both emotional health and overall cognitive performance Source: www.thehindu.com Medical Disclaimer: This content is shared for informational and educational purposes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1747],"tags":[10834,2551,16861,7853,2037,24110],"class_list":["post-35375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness-lifestyle","tag-chronic","tag-depression","tag-hand","tag-pain","tag-study","tag-unravels"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35377,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35375\/revisions\/35377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}