Tag: Chronic pain
Yoga: Modern research shows a variety of benefits to both body...
Herpreet Thind, UMass Lowell
The popularity of yoga has grown tremendously in the past decade. More than 10% of...
Cannabis holds promise for pain management, reducing the need for opioid...
Benjamin Land, University of Washington
Drug overdose deaths from opioids continue to rise in the U.S. as a result...
How do painkillers actually kill pain? From ibuprofen to fentanyl, it’s...
Rebecca Seal, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences and Benedict Alter, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
Without the ability to...
Short-sleepers are more likely to suffer from irregular and heavy periods
Kat Kennedy, University of Arizona and Sara Nowakowski, Baylor College of Medicine
The Research Brief is a short take...
Weed withdrawal: More than half of people using medical cannabis for...
Lara Coughlin, University of Michigan
CC BY-NDIn stark contrast to the overblown fears portrayed during decades past, these days, most people think cannabis is relatively...
Chronic pain after trauma may depend on what stress gene variation...
Sarah Linnstaedt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Unfortunately, almost every individual in the world will experience at least one traumatic event, such as...
An ethical dilemma for doctors: When is it OK to prescribe...
Travis N. Rieder, Johns Hopkins University
America’s opioid crisis is getting worse. The role of prescription opioids has both the medical establishment and the government...