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Various fresh foods, including vegetables, fruits, meat, fish, bread, cheese, nuts and spices, arranged on a wooden table.

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Solving chronic pain via the kitchen, not the medicine cabinet

While medicine still struggles with the mystery of chronic pain, simple dietary changes can bring much-needed relief

by Rowena Field

Photo of a cityscape at sunset with silhouetted buildings and a person on a bridge in the foreground.

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Chronic pain forces a strange dance: performing wellness for others

Living with chronic pain has taught me that pain is boring for others and that our bodies are fragile containers for life

by Jude Cook

A young woman and an elderly woman in a hospital gown share an intimate, forehead-to-forehead moment in a hospital room.

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Medicine has failed chronic pain patients. Here’s what they need

Modern healthcare has failed those in pain. It’s time to treat the whole patient with empathy, kindness – and the truth

by Haider Warraich

Woman in a yellow jumper sits at a table, staring into the middle distance. A drink is beside her and a blurred person is in the foreground.

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Sometimes other people know your pain better than you

Why turning to others can give us the self-knowledge we need to understand and manage the experience of our own pain

by Kenneth Boyd