Pain
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News
Say Hello to Your Addiction Risk Score — Courtesy of the Tech Industry
Before Dr. Bobby Mukkamala — an ear, nose, and throat specialist in Michigan — prescribed post-surgical opioids recently, he checked…
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News
Regulating Opioid Prescriptions
Pain management is an inexact science; there is plenty of blame to go around for the abuse of such drugs.
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News
The D.E.A. Needs to Stay Out of Medicine
Even when her pancreatic cancer began to invade her spine in the summer of 2021, my mother-in-law maintained an image…
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Arts
‘Good Grief’ Review: Somehow, Life Goes On
In his feature directorial debut, Daniel Levy applies a light but wise hand to a man navigating life after loss.
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News
We’re Thinking About Pain All Wrong
For many years I’ve written about people suffering intractable pain, and how their agony and increased risk of suicide and…
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Health
What Parents Should Know About Tongue-Tie Releases
Tongue, lip and cheek-tie releases are often recommended to help with breastfeeding or to prevent health problems. Few studies have…
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Magazine
The Mystery of My Burning Esophagus
My year of torment began with a brutal headache. The pain came on gradually over several weeks, as if some…