Methadone is often used in the fight against opioid addiction, but long travel times in rural areas may be hampering efforts to get more people treated, a new study finds. If methadone for opioid addiction…
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A detailed guide to understanding Fibromyalgia symptoms, early warning signs, and how they are diagnosed.
Signs Your Back Pain Is Serious
We’ve all had back pain from time to time. Maybe we lifted luggage that was too heavy, held a baby for too long or carried a backpack overloaded with books. Some aches and pain here…
What You Need to Know About Acetaminophen Use during Pregnancy?
Two-thirds of American women take acetaminophen for pregnancy’s aches and pains. But the medication might not be as harmless as previously thought. Research published in October online in JAMA Psychiatry shows that women who took…
4 Tips for Pain Relief Quick
When you’re in pain, you have one thing on your mind – please make it stop. Luckily there are many pain management options out there, some work faster than others, and some even have an…
Suffering From Chronic Pain as a Black Woman
Every time Jaime Sanders visits an urgent care clinic, she makes sure she brings the three-ring binder that details her comprehensive medical care plan, including lists of medications, allergies and records of past doctors’ visits.…
In a World of Pain
When Marin Hinkle tells you about her work, family and friends, you can hear the excitement and love in her voice. But behind that serene smile you see on television, in her roles on shows…
Resilience and Other Tools for Overcoming Barriers to Care for Women with Chronic Pain
We can all build resilience, but our circumstances are not all the same. Some women face more barriers than others. The common barriers we all face include: Click Here to Visit the Store and find…
3 Easy Desk-side Stretches to Keep Muscle Pain at Bay
If you’re not taking regular breaks to move around during your workday, your muscles may rebel after being scrunched in your desk chair hour after hour. The rebellion might be felt in your neck, shoulders,…
Chronic Pain Is a Disease and It Should Be Treated Like One
More than 20 years ago, a heavy filing cabinet fell on Cindy Steinberg at her office and caused nerve and ligament damage to her back. The pain never went away. In the years after, she…
The Pain Gap: Why Women’s Pain Is Undertreated
When Karen Finney went into the hospital for brain surgery, she was well aware of the gender pain gap: women in pain are taken and treated less seriously than men in pain. Women of color…