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Science Aug 28

This gene may determine your chronic pain after a traumatic car crash

By Sarah Linnstaedt, The Conversation

Health Oct 09

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How one group of doctors drastically decreased opioid prescriptions

With addictions and overdoses surging over the past two decades, recent CDC guidelines urge doctors to avoid or dramatically limit the use of legal painkillers. In Southern California, a group of Kaiser Permanente doctors has been helping chronic pain patients…

By Cat Wise, Jason Kane

Science Oct 09

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How a brain gets hooked on opioids

Here is the neuroscience behind how opioids overtake the human brain.

By Nsikan Akpan, Julia Griffin

Science Oct 04

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Understanding the science of pain, with the help of virtual reality

By PBS NewsHour

Health Mar 15

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CDC: Opioid painkillers shouldn’t be first choice for chronic pain

After months of controversy, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday published prescribing guidelines to address the epidemic of deaths and overdoses attributed to opioid painkillers.

By Ed Silverman, STAT

Jan 06

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How should U.S. regulate powerful painkillers?

By PBS NewsHour

Forty-six people die every day in the U.S. after overdosing on prescription painkillers, causing some states to crack down. Are tighter laws creating new problems? Judy Woodruff gets views from Bob Twillman of the American Academy of Pain Management and…

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Jul 09

Can antidepressants offer hope to those suffering chronic pain?

By Ruth Tam

Janice Lynch Schuster was the kind of person who never got sick, because she “didn’t have the time.” A writer for a health research institute, mom to six kids and a boxing hobbyist, Schuster considered herself a healthy 51-year-old. But…

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