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Topic: Chronic Pain

Close-up of an elderly man pouring out a pill from a medicine bottle. (Getty Images/Jacob Wackerhausen)

Is a new painkiller too good to be true?

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Female osteopath examining senior woman's back at clinic (Getty Images/The Good Brigade)

Chronic pain is straining health care

Joel Press
Doctor filling a prescription container with marijuana (Getty Images/Juanmonino)

Cannabis and shrooms for chronic pain?

Kevin F. Boehnke - The Conversation
Tick Reaching For Human Leg (Getty Images/kmatija)

Desperate Lyme patients lack answers

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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At Boulder Mind Care Dr. Wade Grindle gives ketamine to some patiences to help with their depression on November 14, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. (RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Barriers to ketamine harming patients

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Pregnant woman at her doctor appointment prenatal care (Getty Images/Adene Sanchez)

The silent pain crisis afflicting women

Elizabeth Hlavinka
3D render of a man with strong pain in head (Getty Images/peterschreiber.media)

Decoding signals of pain in the brain

Prasad Shirvalkar - The Conversation
Alone and in pain (Getty Images/J_art)

Endometriosis: A medical trauma

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Conceptual, man in pain, mental and physical (Getty Images/solarseven)

The untold story of chronic pain

Mary Elizabeth Williams
This Wednesday, March 29, 2017 photo shows a syringe involved in an experimental non-opioid pain medication trial at the Altoona Center for Clinical Research in Altoona, Pa. With about 2 million Americans hooked on opioid painkillers, researchers and drug companies are searching for less addictive drugs to treat pain. (AP Photo/Chris Post) (AP)

When is it OK to prescribe opioids?

Travis N. Rieder - The Conversation
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Can the mind heal the body?

Matthew Rozsa
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Emily Bazar - KFF Health News
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The science of suffering

Robert Caudle - The Conversation
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Stop assuming I'm an addict

Ellen Painter Dollar
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What if I need painkillers?

Leslie Kendall Dye
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