Scientists are working on unraveling the mysteries of pain and learning more about how pain is transmitted. Chronic pain patients are conditioned by constant exposure to pain to react as if every stimulus is painful. Mood can impact how a patient experiences pain.

The article “A World of Pain” comes from the January 2020 National Geographic Wellness Issue. Scientists are working on unraveling the mysteries of pain and learning more about how pain is transmitted.

Two aspects of pharmaceutical drug usage. From the New York Times an article by Jane Brody about the side effects of drugs; including the impact on people too scared by the possible side effects to use necessary medication, and individual factors that impact the appropriate usage and dosing of specific drugs. The AARP Bulletin looks at the usage and marketing of off-label prescriptions.

Readings from the Winter 2019 issue of Arthritis Today magazine offers some advice about CBD for pain and inflammation; how to decide whether you need 911, an urgent care center or your own doctor; research into osteoarthritis - including recent studies about using injections to reduce pain in osteoarthritic knees, and how to rekindle your sex life.

Excessive medical billing may be technically legal, but it is morally indefensible. In a Kaiser Health News story that was also published by the New York Times, Elisabeth Rosenthal provides evidence that in medical billing, fraudulent charges can pass as legal. Also, Kaiser Health News and NPR have teamed up for a series called “Bill of the Month”. This month highlights the $25,865 paid to check whether a head cold was Strep throat.

Researchers have linked inflammation to nearly every critical disease of aging, among them; Dementia, Depression, Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Cardiovascular Disease, COPD, Type 2 Diabetes, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus.

For too long suicide has been a taboo subject. But as rates continue to rise, this once-private shame is becoming a public health crisis. Personal stories of suicide survivors from the January 2019 Oprah Magazine.

According to the CDC over 1/3 of American adults are getting less than the minimum daily recommendation of 7 hours sleep. Sleep deprivation has been proven to increase the risk for many chronic conditions - obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease, just to name a few. This special edition of “The Science of Sleep” published by Popular Science magazine explores what sleep is, what gets in the way of a good nights sleep, what we know about the role of dreaming, and ideas for a

Whether the cannabis extract - delivered in salves, tinctures, and even gummy bears - can treat dozens of ailments is still being determined. But for the parents of some epileptic children, CBD is offering relief from terrifying seizures.

Electricity helps the heart beat, the muscles twitch, and the body communicate with the brain. Now scientists are increasingly using electricity to promote healing. The confluence of bioengineering and neurology is producing exciting therapies to treat autoimmune disease, chronic pain, blindness, and diabetes to name a few of the possible applications.