1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1260+ words) Since the Trump administration took office in January 2025, the workforce at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has weathered uncertainty and change. Mass firings, communication freezes, political interference in the CDC's scientific mission and a revolving door of leaders…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (635+ words) When Black patients with carpal tunnel syndrome are deciding whether or not to have surgery, they aren't just looking at whether or not their doctor recommends it." They are also considering a range of social, cultural and financial issues, such…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (832+ words) Close your eyes. Go back to the worst pain you have ever known. A broken bone. A car wreck. Surgery. Childbirth without relief. Stay there for fifteen seconds." Feel the desperation. The begging. The need for it to stop. Now…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (398+ words) Some pain sufferers firmly believe that cannabis can help boost the pain relieving effects of prescription opioids. The evidence behind that belief is mostly anecdotal, but some new research lends some credence to it. In studies on laboratory rats, researchers…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (665+ words) A new study has found what many chronic pain patients have already learned the hard way: It's difficult to get a diagnosis. Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) estimate that 21 million Americans living with severe pain have…...

1+ mon, 22+ hour ago  (807+ words) There's a simple reason the narrative around the "opioid crisis" falls apart when you actually look at the overdose data. Because the data doesn't show what they claim it shows." And that false narrative has been retrofitted to cover the…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (744+ words) Chronic pain patients in the U. S. who are curious about trying medical marijuana are often turned off by the cost. Depending on where they live and how much legal marijuana is taxed, an ounce of medium-quality cannabis costs about $250; a one-ounce…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (997+ words) In a 2026 study I conducted with colleagues on people with peripheral arterial disease, one participant described how leg pain had disrupted his golf for years. It forced him to stop mid-round, shake his leg and apologise to his playing partners…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (487+ words) By Dr. Forest Tennant In the 1970s, when I first started treating intractable pain, my first cases were the bone pain of metastatic cancer, usually melanoma, breast, or prostate cancer. In those days, chemotherapy and radiation were just hopeful treatments, so…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1259+ words) Doctors, policymakers, journalists, and pain experts endlessly warn about the risk of overdose from long term opioid therapy. But almost nobody talks about the risk of suicide from untreated pain. Why is this being ignored? Swept under the rug? Refusing…...