Chronic Pain Articles

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• Healing Painful Sex: A Woman’s Guide to Confronting, Diagnosing and Treating Sexual Pain
  In Healing Painful Sex: A Woman’s Guide to Confronting, Diagnosing, and Treating Sexual Pain, physician Deborah Coady, MD, and psychotherapist Nancy Fish, MSW, MPH, combine their medical and psychological expertise to write a book about ...
• Childhood Bad Behavior Linked to Adult Chronic Pain
  Researchers have found a significant link between childhood behavioral problems and chronic pain in adulthood. Dr. Dong Pang of Aberdeen University, ...
• Homeopathy: Less Is More
  Samuel Hahnemann, a German physician, developed homeopathy in the late eighteenth century. He did so because of his dissatisfaction with the conventional medicine of his time. Hahnemann suggested two key principles. First, he asserted that ...
• The Health Impact of Regular Marijuana Use
  A recent global review of marijuana (cannabis) suggests it has been used by one in 25 adults aged 15 to 64 ...
• Job Stress Linked To Rheumatoid Arthritis
  Researchers have found new links between stress at work and risk of rheumatoid arthritis. It seems that low levels of job-related control may increase the risk, but high demands may actually be protective. A ...
• Three Faces of Depression
  Is depression a single thing? It seems to me that depression has many faces. One of the fascinating segments of my job as a private tutor ...
• The Relationship Between Mental and Physical Health
  People with depression often have worse physical health, as well as worse self-perceived health, than those without depression. Depression and other physical health conditions have separate but additive effects on well-being. For example, the combination ...
• Dysthymia Treatment
  There are a number of effective treatment approaches to help treat dysthymic disorder (also known as dysthymia). Often times a person with dysthymia will seek out treatment because of increased stress or personal difficulties ...
• Alexander Technique May Benefit Back Pain Sufferers
  Back pain is one of the most frequent disabling conditions in Western societies. The management of patients varies considerably within and between countries, and not many treatments work in the long term. The Alexander Technique ...
• How to Help Someone Suffering from a Chronic Illness
  If someone you love is diagnosed with cancer or a life-threatening disease, you may feel desperate and completely helpless. But it doesn't have to be that way. Research has shown us that family and friends can ...
• Coping with Chronic Illness
  There are many types of chronic illness, from diabetes and AIDS to arthritis and persistent fatigue. While medical science has made great strides in developing effective treatments for the physical effects of these diseases, many ...
• The Physical Effects of Long-Term Stress
  Chronic stress can have a serious impact on our physical as well as psychological health due to sustained high levels of the chemicals released in the 'fight or flight' response. Let's take a closer look ...
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Artery Disease
  If you have poor circulation in your legs, it could be Peripheral Artery Disease, or P.A.D., and it's important to talk to your doctor about getting tested for P.A.D. as early as possible. Since many people ...
• What is Peripheral Artery Disease?
  Often described as poor circulation in the legs, Peripheral Artery Disease, or P.A.D., is a serious condition that more than doubles your risk of heart attack or stroke. 8 million people have P.A.D. People with ...
• Getting Help for Low Back Pain
  Mrs. Smith has suffered from low back pain for the past five years. Her pain intensifies when bending backwards. She had many tests, including an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), x-rays and nerve studies, all of ...
• Treating Pain Associated with Terminal Illness
  Ms. Collins was diagnosed with breast cancer four years ago. She immediately underwent surgical removal of her tumor and took anti-cancer medications to ensure the destruction of any remaining cancer cells. Three months ago, however, Ms. ...
• What Is Complex Regional Pain Syndrome?
  Three years ago, Mr. Gordon stepped "the wrong way" when getting out of bed one morning; the resulting foot pain was excruciating. Since that day, even lightly touching the skin of his foot causes Mr. ...
• Taking Charge of Your Own Healthcare
  It's a common complaint. A new client comes to my office for help with pain management for recurrent and severe headaches. Although she has been diagnosed and treated for migraine, she hasn't responded to treatment. ...
• Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy: A New Treatment for Low Back Pain
  Mr. Swanson has been suffering from low back pain for many years. When his pain began, his doctor gave him medications and ordered physical therapy. When there was no improvement after several months, he was ...
• Brain Imaging: A Technological Breakthough in the Assessment of Pain
  In the early nineteenth century, physicians treating pneumonia did not recognize its cause (germs) and so did not know how to provide appropriate treatment. Two hundred years later, physicians treating chronic pain are in pretty ...