Scientists are making progress against chronic pain. This week, we speak with Linda Watkins, Distinguished Professor in behavioral neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research has led to a nonaddictive, injectable painkiller that has pain-riddled dogs running around like puppies again: https://www.colorado.edu/psych-neuro/linda-watkins.

And we talk with graduate student,Yoni Ashar, who asks whether we can think ourselves out of chronic pain: https://www.colorado.edu/coloradan/2018/09/01/unlearning-pain.

Music credits

“Zebra” by A.A. Aalto; license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

“Air Hockey Saloon” by Chris Zabriskie; license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/vendaface/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/-NEsfl50G7s