Chronic Pain Stories
- Researchers are currently testing green LED light therapy on humans with chronic pain.
- Chronic pain affects millions of Americans, but treatment options are limited, particularly if you want to avoid medications. A new reading approach could change this.
- Pain and itch are not the same, but they are closely linked. This is why.
- If you have lower back pain and painkillers aren’t cutting it, maybe yoga can help.
- Over-the-counter painkillers seem harmless, but there are limits to how much you can safely take in one day.
- A certain protein may make people more sensitive to different migraine triggers.
- Alcohol can amplify the effects of a medication, render it completely ineffective, or interact with its ingredients in a life-threatening way.
- Many diseases and health conditions make it easier to bleed and bruise, which can sometimes be life-threatening if they're not addressed.
- Over-the-counter pain relievers can do wonders for headaches or other pain, but be careful not to damage your liver.
- The main ingredient in aspirin, salicin, is the oldest pain reliever in history, but it took time and science before it became the drug we recognize today.
- Lots of presidents are known for their achievements, massive failures, and deaths. For some, however, the chronic medical conditions they battled through their lives show another side to their stories.
- The key to easing the pain many people feel after an amputation is to make the brain think it’s moving the intact limb.