Women & Heart Health
Every February on the first Friday of the month, people worldwide shed their usual threads in exchange for the inspiring color red to raise awareness…
Articles | Caregiving | Print
Caregivers and Resentment
caregivers and resentmentResentment can be a regular companion for many caregivers. A deep-seated feeling of obligation can cause caregivers to drive themselves mercilessly with such…
Articles | Integrative | Print | Therapies
New Hope for Phantom Limb Pain
A new peripheral nerve stimulation system is providing long-lasting pain relief for patients with phantom limb pain. On May 4, 2014, David Nipple was riding…
Combining Conventional & Integrative Medicine
Imagine you’re trying to reach an important destination, and there’s only one way to get there—a crowded highway that sends you through miles upon miles…
Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Expert Advice
Abdominal pain can be easy to rationalize away—at least at first. You chalk it up to “just gas.” Or maybe stress. Or possibly something you…
Workplace and Repetitive Injuries
Are men and women who work in the heavy construction industry more at risk for work-related chronic pain? According to Paul Fontana, OTR, FAOTA, owner…
Mark Ware, MD
If hearing the word marijuana (or weed, blunt, joint, ganja, hooch, Mary Jane or any of the other slang terms for cannabis) calls to mind…
Paul Christo, MD
Dr. Paul Christo is a board-certified, Harvard-trained anesthesiologist and Johns Hopkins–trained pain medicine specialist. He’s an associate professor and researcher at Hopkins in the division…
Invisible Pain
Writing with a fountain pen and viewing the world through my camera lens is like a soothing balm for my body and soul. Writing and…