Science Aug 28 This gene may determine your chronic pain after a traumatic car crash By Sarah Linnstaedt, The Conversation
Science Oct 25 Fact or fiction: Do redheads feel more pain? Redheads are rumored feel more pain and need more painkillers than their blonde and brown-haired cousins, but the science itself is murky. By Julia Griffin, Nsikan Akpan
Health Jun 08 How the back pain industry is taking patients for an unhealthy ride Searching for solutions to back pain can lead sufferers into an expensive and sometimes dangerous maze of ineffectual treatments, procedures and pills, journalist and investigative reporter Cathryn Jakobson Ramin found. By Danielle Venton and Jon Brooks, KQED Future of You
Science Mar 21 Why a baby’s first touch may set their sense of the world Early medical procedures can dampen a child’s ability to perceive touch in the long run. By Nsikan Akpan
Health Jan 21 A ‘civil war’ over painkillers rips apart the medical community As doctors and regulators restrict access to opioid treatments, many patients who genuinely need drugs to manage their pain say they are being left behind. By Bob Tedeschi, STAT
Nov 16 Watch At Tipping Point of Dental Pain, A Mother Makes Tough Choices A trip to the dentist means a two-hour flight across southern Alaska for Eva Malvich. Continue watching
Nov 09 Watch In a Town Called Grundy, Some Dental Relief for Appalachia’s Poorest Hundreds of dentists travel to Grundy, Va., to help the uninsured each fall. Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch Health Workers Push to Eradicate Guinea Worm Parasite in Sudan Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Sudan about a painful and debilitating parasite called the guinea worm and efforts by health workers and the Carter Center to eradicate it. Continue watching