A Yale School of Medicine study shows that ff you experienced a rear impact collision while your head was turned, chances are your injury may have become more severe and with a higher risk of chronic injury.

New research at The University of Queensland will examine the psychological as well as physical aspects of whiplash in a bid to help chronic sufferers.

Lengthy waits for personal injury compensation after car crashes could be a thing of the past, thanks to research being carried out at The University of Nottingham. Ultrasound scans have revealed bleeding and swelling of the neck muscles in some patients

An introduction to how the pain relief medication aspirin works. Aspirin is a common drug available in many countries at a low cost. Aspirin or acetylsalicylic acid is a drug in the family of salicylates, often used as an analgesic (against minor pains and aches), antipyretic (against fever), and anti-inflammatory. Click read more to find out more about how Aspirin works for pain relief.

Researchers in the UK have conducted tests that verify that accupuncture has a real effect on pain treatment. PET scans shows that accupuncture activates parts of the brain that are different from those activated when using placebo treatment.

BBC reports that US scientists have discovered a chemical produced in the brain that helps pain relief. The chemical is similar to cannabis and they hope to learn more in order to be able to produce more potent pain killers in the future.

In the past three years the Swedish Commission on Whiplash-related Injuries has studied various aspects of whiplash injury. The commission was created by some of the larger insurance companies in Sweden. Here is a short summary of their findings published in 2005.

Some collected information on what you can do to treat whiplash injury at home.

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported during 1995 on 5.5 million of American people involved in a traffic accidents. Subsequent studies showed that 52% suffered from whiplash injury. The same figure for Germany shows that in 1992 close to 50% of persons invloved in a car accident suffered from whiplash injury.

Introduced in 1999 Volvo’s Whiplash Protection System (WHIPS) is still reported on as being a way forward for car manufacturers to reduce whiplash and neck injury in traffic accidents.