3+ week, 23+ hour ago  (678+ words) Scientific evidence shows that kratom carries risks, often downplayed or misunderstood. Its rise over the past decade coincided with the opioid crisis, as people searched for an alternative. Proposals to ban or regulate kratom, a plant-based substance sold in gas…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (498+ words) A new crisis has emerged among patients who truly suffer from debilitating pain: They cannot get the care that they need. With her primary care physician now retiring, she was looking for a physician willing to allow her to continue…...

6+ mon, 6+ day ago  (686+ words) The Trump's regime's disturbing views on everything from autism to transgender people has a scary 'master race' vibe. Donald Trump had the nation's somber attention last month as he delivered the Arizona football-stadium eulogy for assassinated right-wing provocateur Charlie Kirk,…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1107+ words) The Trump administration's abrupt and troubling directive about acetaminophen use raises serious questions: Why is women's pain so often disregarded in America? From menstrual cramps to post-childbirth pain to medical procedures performed without any anesthesia to chronic pain, medicine has…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (776+ words) A nonprofit group in Miami is helping reduce the strain on emergency rooms by providing homeless people with health care where they live. MIAMI " Jonas Richards became homeless several years ago after losing his job as a truck driver. Despite…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (795+ words) Gender, race and doctors' own biases can influence how pain is treated. People tend to think about pain as a biological process, says Elizabeth Losin, a biobehavioral health professor at Pennsylvania State University. "You step on a thumbtack, it sends…...