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Matthew Braun, a first-year medical student at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences in Yakima, Wash., says his personal history with opioids will help him care for patients.
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Medical Students Say Their Opioid Experiences Will Shape How They Prescribe

Nov 26, 2019
One medical student was addicted to opioids. Another relied on them to control disabling pain. Both think their experiences will help them be better doctors when it comes to prescribing opioids.
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The Placebo Effect Works And You Can Catch It From Your Doctor

Oct 21, 2019
Doctor-patient interactions can make a big difference to the effectiveness of treatments. In a new study, even a fake pain treatment helped when doctors believed it was real.
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On the advice of a co-worker, Dehne joined a six-week program through which she learned <a href="https://oaaction.unc.edu/resource-library/living-with-osteoarthritis/wwe/">how to safely walk to ease her pain</a>. Now Dehne briskly walks for exercise and
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Exercising To Ease Pain: Taking Brisk Walks Can Help

Sep 23, 2019
Never mind a runner's high — the buzz some people say they get after a run. Neuroscientist Benedict Kolber was more interested in how to generate pain relief via a brisk walk. It can really work.
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Women May Be More Adept Than Men At Discerning Pain

Aug 26, 2019
Pain researchers say men and women respond differently to pain, and women may "feel more" pain than men. Understanding the differences in pain perception could lead to better treatments.
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According to the latest NPR-IBM Watson Health Poll exercise, including stretching and yoga, is popular among younger people as a way to relieve pain.
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Poll: Nearly 1 in 5 Americans Says Pain Often Interferes With Daily Life

Aug 21, 2019
How do Americans experience and cope with pain that makes everyday life harder? We asked in the latest NPR-IBM Watson Health Poll.
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Though not the same as actually jumping into the waves, a virtual reality program like this one that let a headset-wearing patient "swim with dolphins" was enough of an immersive distraction to significantly reduce pain, a study found.
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Got Pain? A Virtual Swim With Dolphins May Help Melt It Away

Aug 19, 2019
A recent study found virtual reality experiences were better at easing pain than watching televised nature scenes. Immersive distraction seems key to the success, scientists say.
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Robyn Adcock (left), a University of California, San Francisco pain relief specialist, gently guides Jessica Greenfield to acupressure points on her son's foot and leg that have helped relieve his chronic pain.
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Pain Rescue Team Helps Seriously Ill Kids Cope In Terrible Times

Aug 05, 2019
An interdisciplinary team in San Francisco uses acupressure, massage, counseling and other methods, as well as medicine, to help kids get relief from chronic pain. But such pediatric centers are rare.
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University of Utah doctoral student Jacob George, left, and associate professor Greg Clark examine the LUKE arm that they use for their experiments. A man who lost his lower arm in an electrical accident was able to experience some sense of touch and fin
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Improved Prosthetic Hand Has A Lighter Touch And Easy Grip

Jul 24, 2019
There's still much research to be done before the device is routinely useful. But one man was able to use it to gently grasp his wife's hand and feel her touch — an emotional moment, he says.
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Travis Rieder, author of <em>In Pain: A Bioethicist's Personal Struggle With Opioids, </em>says none of the doctors who prescribed opioids for his waves of "fiery" or "electrical" pain taught him how to safely taper his use of the drugs when he wanted to
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Motorcycle Crash Shows Bioethicist The Dark Side Of Quitting Opioids Alone

Jul 08, 2019
When medical bioethicist Travis Rieder tried to taper off pain medication after a roadway accident, he was disappointed by his doctors' reaction: "Everybody had a reason to send me to somebody else."
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Jeannine sorts through a binder of writing assignments from her therapy. In keeping a journal about her past experiences with pain, she noticed that the pain symptoms began when she was around 8 — a time of escalating family trauma at home.
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Can You Reshape Your Brain's Response To Pain?

Jun 10, 2019
Changing how the mind reacts to pain can reduce the discomfort experienced, according to scientists who study brain pathways that regulate pain. A new type of therapy aims to enhance that effect.
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How The Brain Shapes Pain And Links Ouch With Emotion

May 20, 2019
Pain is more than an unpleasant sensation. When pain signals reach the brain, they interact with areas involved in thinking, memory and emotion.
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Baby boomers who use marijuana seem to be using it more often than in previous years, a recent survey finds — 5.7 percent of respondents ages 50 to 64 said they'd tried it in the past month. The drug is also gaining popularity among people in their 70s
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More Older Americans Are Turning To Marijuana

Sep 12, 2018
As marijuana gains popularity among people 65 and older, geriatricians call for more research on how it affects elderly patients. Shifts in metabolism as we age can intensify any drug's side effects.
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When it comes to chronic pain, how do patients and doctors find the right treatment?
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Questions And Answers About Opioids And Chronic Pain

Mar 09, 2018
Are opioids the best way to manage long-term pain? NPR's Ari Shapiro talked with Dr. Ajay Wasan, a pain specialist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, to find out.
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When Opioids Make Pain Worse

Mar 03, 2018
For some people, something as simple as having an IV line inserted can be excruciating. An emergency room doctor noticed a strange pattern. Many of these sensitive patients were regular opioid users.
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<strong></strong>Dr. Don Stader is associate medical director at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colo., and a consultant on opioid use for the Colorado Hospital Association. "We all see the carnage that this opioid epidemic has brought," he says. "A
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These 10 ERs Sharply Reduced Opioid Use And Still Eased Pain

Feb 23, 2018
Collaboration was key for the 10 emergency rooms that cut opioid prescriptions by 36 percent. Doctors say they now use less addictive medicines to manage pain and have shifted patients' expectations.
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Dr. Thomas Brabson, chairman of emergency services at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City, N.J., has started an alternatives-to-opioids program in his hospital's ER that's modeled after St. Joseph's University Medical Center's program.
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ER Reduces Opioid Use By More Than Half With Dry Needles, Laughing Gas

Feb 20, 2018
Opioid prescriptions in one of the busiest emergency rooms in the U.S dropped 58 percent in the first year of an unusual program to help stem the opioid epidemic. More hospitals are copying the model.
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MaryJane Sarvis, an artist in Shaftsbury, Vt., weaned herself from the opioid painkillers she was prescribed for chronic nerve pain. "I felt tired all the time and I was still in pain," she says. Marijuana works better for her, but costs $200 per month o
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The High Cost Of Medical Marijuana Causes Pain In Vermont

Jan 11, 2018
Though medical marijuana is legal in most states, some patients still have a hard time affording it. The federal government won't allow states to cover medical marijuana with Medicaid dollars.
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Amanda Bye, a clinical psychologist, works as part of an integrated medical team to treat people with chronic pain at Kaiser Permanente.
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Pain Management Program Offers An Alternative To Opioids

Dec 29, 2017
Studies show some promising results for new approaches to opioid addiction, but some insurers won't pay for alternative treatments like classes on pain management.
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Insurance didn't cover the cost of the Game Ready ice machine, but it did cover the cost of opioid painkillers.
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The Insurance Company Paid For Opioids, But Not Cold Therapy

Nov 25, 2017
It seemed like such a good idea: Use cold therapy to reduce the need for opioid painkillers after shoulder surgery. But this woman's insurance company said no dice.
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Doctors think the chronic pain of "shoulder impingement" may arise from age-related tendon and muscle degeneration, or from a bone spur that can rub against a tendon.
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Popular Surgery To Ease Chronic Shoulder Pain Called Into Question

Nov 20, 2017
U.K. scientists say arthroscopic surgery to remove bone spurs or bits of ragged tissue in sore shoulders offered no more pain relief than than sham surgery in their randomized test.
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Brain Scientists Look Beyond Opioids To Conquer Pain

Nov 13, 2017
The search is on for opioid alternatives that can block pain without causing addiction. One promising candidate: snail venom.
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Is There A Way To Keep Using Opioid Painkillers And Reduce Risk?

Nov 13, 2017
As a result of the opioid epidemic, doctors are being urged to turn to other medications to treat chronic pain. But that can be a challenge for people who have used opioid painkillers for years.
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A 1980 letter published in the <em>New England Journal of Medicine </em>was later widely cited as evidence that long-term use of opioid painkillers such as oxycodone was safe, even though the letter did not back up that claim.
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Doctor Who Wrote 1980 Letter On Painkillers Regrets That It Fed The Opioid Crisis

Jun 16, 2017
In 1980, Dr. Hershel Jick wrote a one-paragraph letter about low rates of addiction among hospitalized patients given narcotics. It was later cited as evidence that long-term opioid use was safe.
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Millennials are more apt to treat low back pain themselves, and with treatments like exercise and massage.
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Poll: Doctors Are Still Prescribing Lots Of Opioids For Low Back Pain

May 19, 2017
More than half of Americans suffer lower back pain each year, the latest NPR/Truven Health Analytics survey finds. And they're often not going for treatments recommended as safest and most effective.
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The FDA expanded its warnings about prescription cough and pain medications that contain the narcotics codeine or tramadol.
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Don't Give Kids Cough Syrup Or Pain Meds That Contain Codeine, FDA Says

Apr 20, 2017
The agency expanded its warnings about prescription cough and pain medications that contain the narcotics codeine or tramadol, saying they can cause dangerously slow breathing in some kids.

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