June 2020

Tackling Sleep Problems for Seniors with Chronic Pain

Tackling Sleep Problems for Seniors with Chronic Pain By Sherry Christiansen Maintain a regular sleep schedule, go to bed around the same time each night and get up the same time each morning. Avoid stimulating technology before bedtime such as, tablets, computers and smartphones. Create a relaxing environment with dim lights, soft music and perhaps try […]

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Drug-Free Idea To Relieve Chronic Pain: Green Light

Researchers Explore A Drug-Free Idea To Relieve Chronic Pain: Green Light Will Stone for NPR Excerpt: In a separate clinical trial, researchers at Duke University are trying to see if that problem can be solved through a wearable treatment. “Having a patient sit in a room with green ambient light is not necessarily conducive to normal

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Women experience more pain than men, receive less treatment

Women may experience more pain than men, but receive less treatment for it PADMA GULUR, MD | First online MARCH 12, 2016 That men and women are different has been discussed since Adam and Eve. That they experience and cope with pain differently has been consistently described in research studies. In a study of 1,000 emergency

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The Opioid Epidemic in Durham, North Carolina

How can North Carolina and Durham combat the opioid epidemic? By Abby Kingsley and Rose Wong September 19, 2019 | 4:03am EDT Opioid Epidemic: Durham County has been more affected by the role of legal pain pills in the prescription opioid epidemic than its neighboring counties, according to data from the Drug Enforcement Administration. The DEA maintains a database

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Does marijuana really relieve pain?

Does marijuana really relieve pain? Here’s what anesthesiologists say. PADMA GULUR, MD AND AMANDA NELLI, MD | First online SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 Marijuana is made from the dried flowers of the cannabis plant. Made of more than 500 chemicals, including over 100 compounds called cannabinoids, the primary active compounds in the plant are tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). THC

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