Overcoming Pain

Why people experience chronic pain, and the power they have to de-intensify it

As If Hot Flashes Were Not Enough

Sex hormones are important for more than sex drive; estrogen and testosterone also help with cell growth and maintenance of muscles and bones.

What We Can Glean from Glial Cells in Fibromyalgia Fatigue

Based on what researchers currently know, the fatigue is all in your head, as well as not just in your head.

Who Has Chronic Pain in the United States?

Data can inform policymakers, clinicians, and researchers focused on pain care and prevention.

Fibromyalgia and Tai Chi: Getting Mindful and Physical

Aerobic exercise is arguably the most commonly prescribed non-pharmacologic fibromyalgia treatment. So why aren't patients all that much better?

Are Some People Overdosing on Vitamin D?

As always, moderation in all things. You will feel better, and your doctor won’t be calling you night and day to come in for repeat vitamin D levels.

Marijuana and Psychosis

If the adolescent in your life needs something for pain, maybe suggest something besides pot?

Stressing Out Over Stress

Do individuals who know they have a chronic disease suffer a higher and more persistent burden of stress, leaving a greater impact on the body?

Pain and Depression

A statistically significant dose-response relationship between the depression persistence and severity of pain related to OA of the knee.

A Mind-Body Approach to Chronic Pain

Fibromyalgia is a complex biopsychosocial medical condition that is associated with substantial mental health comorbidities, such as depression and anxiety. Can tai chi help?

The Heart Is a Lonely Toker

Just don’t ask that surgeon to prescribe you marijuana for pain control after your bypass surgery.

The Bariatric Battle of Chronic Pain

Better yet, exercise and eat well—and don’t be a candidate for bariatric surgery in the first place.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas—All the Time

But, honestly, will the weight gain stop after the holidays? They are not over yet. Orthodox Christmas is coming up—January 07, I believe. Super Bowl comes up after that.

A Celebrity and an Unusual Condition

We should let Justin Beiber be diagnosed, and not judged on whether a shy bladder has played a role in his behavior by those qualified to make such conclusions.

Sixteen, Going on HPV 16

HPV, oral sex, oral cancer, anal cancer, other cancer, fingers, sex toys, oh my.

Bright Lights, Big City, and Fibromyalgia

It is always interesting to find ways to improve sleep, which is known to have a positive impact on fibromyalgia symptoms, but also many other aspects of one’s life.

Light Therapy for Chronic Pain

In the meantime, open the shades, put your head right into that sunny morning, and wait for your body’s opioids to kick in.

Your Mother's Fatty Diet

The specter of XXL shopping sprees, clogged arteries, and a heart attack while running to catch a bus always seemed to pop into my visual field when staring at the dessert bar.

Curing Erectile Dysfunction, Killing Children?

Over the last few years, its most popular use has been to treat erectile dysfunction in men and low libido in women, despite the lack of robust clinical data supporting such use.

Popsicles—Not Pills

There may be other applications, for other types of chronic pain, in the not-too-distant future.

Yoga for Chronic Low Back Pain

Now, when did you hear that rumor about the next clearance sale at Lemonlulu?

What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?

At the American Pain Society Annual Meeting, transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) once again was discussed as a non-drug option for the treatment of chronic pain.

Marijuana: The Newest Invasive Species

As if cell phones and one-more-Corona were not enough to keep those of us who do value our lives off the highways, now we all must contend with a large population driving stoned.

Swimming: The Key to Extending the Life Span in Autism?

They may wander toward a body of water, perhaps drawn to the calming effect, touching it and then wading into pools, ponds, or rivers. And some will never wade out.

Of Spring, Sex, and Somatic Symptom Disorder

Something just as crippling as an infection, also transmitted sexually.

No Walking Away from the Pain of Depression

Despite the impact of depressive symptoms on the experience of OA knee pain, the condition is not recognized by adequate numbers of rheumatologists and orthopedists.

Well, You Might As Well Eat That Donut

In the real world, the findings suggest, even a woman’s smart dietary choices may not be enough to neutralize the harm done by a day filled with stress.