Focus on Fibromyalgia and Depression: How Are They Related?
It’s not surprising that people with fibromyalgia often experience depression. Living with chronic pain and fatigue can create feelings of anxiety and loneliness. Many studies…
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OTC Pain Relievers
Pain isn’t always chronic. To help manage acute pain episodes, there are a number of effective over-the-counter pain relievers. Here’s how to select the one…
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Dave Dravecky
When San Francisco Giants pitcher Dave Dravecky took his place on the mound in Montreal in August 1989, the occasion continued Dravecky’s triumphant return to…
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Essential Oils for Pain: What You Need to Know
One of the most natural ways to manage everyday aches and pains – and even chronic pain – is the application of essential oils. Essential oils…
Abdominal Pain: Creating Your Path to Wellness
If you suffer from chronic abdominal pain due to IBS, Crohn’s disease, Celiac disease, ulcers, reflux, colitis and other conditions, you know that it can overwhelm your daily…
Cold Weather and Pain
In some parts of the country, cold weather – and the accompanying pain – has already arrived. Even if you don’t live in an area…
Carrie Ann Inaba
“My animals constantly show me how simple life can be,” Inaba says. “One of my cats, Taz, has health challenges, and I have to feed…
Spinal Stenosis
WHAT CAUSES SPINAL STENOSIS? Spinal stenosis usually occurs as a person ages. Disks in the back/spine become drier and bones and ligaments of the spine…
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How Yoga Reduces Pain
New Research and a rise in the practice of yoga as a healing therapy have led to new yoga specialties such as yoga for veterans, yoga…
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Physician Spotlight—Allen Burton, MD
There are countless ways a good idea can go amiss—even in the medical field. Physicians and scientists make decisions based on the best evidence and…