Ouch! Who hasn’t felt the effects of a paper cut and then cursed the gods or themselves for the injury? But have you ever wondered why they hurt so much? A professor of family medicine explains why.
Articles on Pain series 2018
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Two neuroscientists explain the cruel chemistry of opioid addiction and why this crisis could last a lifetime.
Children with cancer often experience terrible pain. Adults who treat them are determined to lessen their suffering. Can the lessons from helping kids with cancer pain inform treatment for adults in pain?
As the nation grapples with its opioid addiction epidemic, one solution for many with chronic joint pain and back pain could be physical therapy. But it’s often underutilized. Here’s why.
Most countries need to find a happy balance between the American attitude that all pain needs to be cured – and the ethos in other countries that pain is to be endured.
Scientists have taken atomic resolution snapshots of an opioid receptor interacting with a drug. Now they are using these images to design “biased” opioids that block pain without the dangerous side effects.
As knowledge of pain and the highly addictive nature of opioids has grown, so has the knowledge grown about pain and its origins. A pain specialist explains the intricacies, and how treatment is changing as a result.
In today’s opioid crisis, why are some people with addictions treated with empathy and others with disdain? The answer to that question has roots in the 19th century.
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Associate Professor of History and Social Medicine, Florida State University
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University
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Clinical Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
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Senior Vice President for Research, Innovation & Knowledge Enterprise, University of South Florida
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Postdoctoral Research Associate at Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Division Chief, Pain Medicine, Vanderbilt University
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Regents and Distinguished Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, Texas A&M University
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Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, University of Florida
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Doctoral candidate, medical sciences (neuroscience), University of South Florida