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How Chronic Pain Changes the Brain

Chronic pain can lower the amount of gray matter in your brain. Here’s what you need to know.

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Tech Solutions for Chronic Pain

Innovative apps that reduce aches and pain through sound, movement and psychology

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Childhood Trauma Can Lead to Chronic Pain

The connection between trauma and chronic pain doesn’t mean it’s all in your head. It’s real, and it requires holistic treatment.

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After 14 Years of Chronic Pain, I’m Finally Embracing Pain Management

And I’m making my mental health front and center

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Like Millions of Women, I Live With Chronic Pain — and I’ve Had to Learn to Advocate for Myself

After years of having my chronic pain ignored or misdiagnosed, I’m speaking up to increase awareness of implicit biases in healthcare

Facebook Live: Addressing Chronic Pain in Women

Facebook Live: Addressing Chronic Pain in Women

Leading experts will discuss how women are more likely to experience chronic pain, what barriers exist when it comes to accessing pain management, and how current legislation can help address this debilitating condition.

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Women Are More Likely to Have Chronic Pain. We Should Know How Treatment Options Affect Them.

Our own Monica Mallampalli and Martha Nolan bring much-needed attention to the difficulties of living with chronic pain and the complexity of finding treatment options

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Breaking Barriers to Pain Treatment

Women in pain are less likely to be fully treated for their symptoms. More groups are working toward equity.

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Learn More About Chronic Pain

Chronic pain is a disease that affects 1 in 3 women

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