To overcome that, one main project funded by HEAL is focused on studying the nervous systems of people with chronic pain more directly, in part by recovering malfunctioning dorsal root ganglia and trigeminal nerves from patients undergoing surgery for chronic pain, as well as from cadaveric donors. Those samples are then cultured and examined using…
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old who has been arrested and charged in connection with the killing of the CEO of United Healthcare, Brian Thompson, appears to suffer from a back condition called spondylolisthesis, which can cause severe pain, his social media accounts suggest. Mangione had reportedly lived with chronic pain before undergoing back surgery in 2023,…
Did your parent or a grandparent ever poke your back so you would pull your shoulders back? Or perhaps a teacher reminding you to sit up straight and at attention? Or maybe you (like me) have gotten those targeted Instagram ads trying to sell you Taylor Swift’s posture trainer? Good posture has long been touted…
Two major developments in women’s health have recently made news: less invasive alternatives to the pap smear — long considered “an uncomfortable but necessary evil” for cervical cancer screenings — and the new pain management guidelines for IUD insertion, the highly effective contraceptive that many women have said hurts when placed in the uterus to…
