Pain and the Science of Suffering

from This Is Your Brain With Dr. Phil Stieg · host Dr. Phil Stieg

Chronic pain is a national epidemic. Journalist Melanie Thernstrom, author of The Pain Chronicles, explains the difference between chronic and acute pain, how chronic pain rewires the brain, and the brain's ability to modulate pain.

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