HEAL II: The NIH’s Big Opioid and Pain Initiative Gets More Teeth
The HEAL Initiative (Helping End Addiction Long Term) is one of the rare NIH initiatives that presents real possibilities for a long neglected population. It took an act of Congress – which gave the NIH $500 million and specifically directed them to use it attack...
Fibromyalgia Researcher & Doctor Asks “Chronic Pain: Is It All in Your Head” (Hint: It’s Not Psychological)
The Pridgen Protocol for Fibromyalgia – Could It Work in Migraine? A Report Suggests Yes
We also hypothesize that migraine may be attributable to a reactivation of a latent HSV residing within the trigeminal ganglion. The authors She was a healthy 21-year-old white college student who woke up one morning to a “scintillating scotoma”, a visual...
Sex (Hormones) and Fibromyalgia: The Pain Connection
Hormones? Certainly the nervous system plays a major role in producing pain. The immune system with its inflammatory processes and ability to create sickness behavior is certainly in the discussion, but hormones? Many women are well aware that hormonal fluctuations...
Pain, Genes, Drugs and You: How Your Genetic Makeup May Be Keeping You in Pain
From Dr. Trescott’s lecture given to the Physician Partners of America: “Your Genes, Your Pain Drugs and You Or “Why Every Pain Physician Should be Testing Your Genes” When the patient says, “This doesn’t work,” or, “I’ve been too sensitive,”...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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