chronic pain

Since February, patients in Illinois have been able to swap their opioid prescriptions for marijuana. And many are doing just that.They’re part of a…

It took several months and a team of half a dozen doctors, nurses and therapists to help Kim Brown taper off the opioid painkillers she’d been on for two…

Across the country, states desperate to prevent opioid addiction are considering medical cannabis as a solution.Citing the opioid crisis, lawmakers in…

When Janoi Burgess was a child, he thought doctor appointments were fun.“I used to love it because they had a section where you could play games,” said…

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Debra Houry, director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about new opioid guidelines.

Acupuncture and massage haven't been proven to ease pain better than drugs — and may cost more. But Oregon hopes these sorts of alternatives to pills will reduce the societal costs of opioid abuse.

In one of the largest population studies on pain to date, researchers with the National Institutes of Health estimate that nearly 40 million Americans…

The accident happened 10 years ago when Chris Young was 35. He owned a salvage yard in Maui, Hawaii, and his employee had hoisted a junker on a machine…

http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/102713_7.mp3For several years the Cleveland Medical Clinic has been offering shared medical appointments for…

http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/022612_full.mp3This week, dangerous yoga moves; preventing ski injuries; dealing with chronic pain; and…