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It is estimated that 1.5 billion people worldwide suffer from chronic pain and about 50 million in the United States. Although chronic pain is a common experience, many pain sufferers feel isolated and misunderstood by their doctors, co-workers, family and friends. Many also go untreated or under-treated by the healthcare system. In 2019, your donations helped PNN reach nearly 1.8 million people in the U.S.

Virginia Tech researchers have been awarded a grant of nearly half a million dollars to use artificial intelligence to i...
09/12/2026

Virginia Tech researchers have been awarded a grant of nearly half a million dollars to use artificial intelligence to improve healthcare for older adults in rural areas who have chronic pain. What advice would you give them?

By Crystal Lindell Virginia Tech researchers will receive nearly half a million dollars from the federal government to use artificial intelligence (AI) to study chronic pain in older adults living in rural areas. The study is being led by Huaiyang Zhong, PhD, an Assistant Professor in the Grado De

Looking for an easy way to lower your pain levels -- even if it's just temporary? Researchers say listening to your fav...
09/11/2026

Looking for an easy way to lower your pain levels -- even if it's just temporary? Researchers say listening to your favorite music can help.

By Pat Anson Music won’t cure chronic pain, but there is some evidence that listening to your favorite tunes helps reduce pain levels temporarily. And it’s not just distraction. The type of music doesn’t seem to matter – whether it’s Mozart or heavy metal – the key seems to be t

Kratom and 7-OH are often called "gas station he**in" in the media. But are they really more dangerous than the alcohol,...
09/09/2026

Kratom and 7-OH are often called "gas station he**in" in the media. But are they really more dangerous than the alcohol, to***co, and caffeine that is legally sold in gas stations and v**e shops?

By Crystal Lindell I think it’s because I work as a manager at a truck stop that the phrase “ gas station he**in ” particularly pi**es me off. If you haven’t seen the coverage, “gas station he**in” is the favorite phrase used by the media and anti-7-OH groups to describe kratom and the a...

Researchers have discovered what could be one of the leading causes of spinal stenosis. "Hyperactive" stem cells in the ...
09/08/2026

Researchers have discovered what could be one of the leading causes of spinal stenosis. "Hyperactive" stem cells in the lower spine grow so quickly they press against nerves in the spinal canal, causing pain and numbness.

By Pat Anson Stem cells are often touted for their ability to reduce pain, restore damaged tissues and joints, and even treat cancer. But researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Hospital for Special Surgery have found that when a certain type of stem cell becomes hyperactive in the lower spine,

California has taken nearly 8,000 kratom and 7-OH products off store shelves, but online shipments into the state contin...
09/07/2026

California has taken nearly 8,000 kratom and 7-OH products off store shelves, but online shipments into the state continue. North Dakota, meanwhile, once again allows sales of natural leaf kratom but with age restrictions.

By Pat Anson With 7-OH consumers still awaiting final word from the DEA on whether the concentrated kratom alkaloid will be classified as an illegal Schedule One controlled substance, individual states are pursuing regulatory action of their own.   In California, Governor Gavin Ne

Does chronic pain make you short-tempered? Angry? Perhaps even mean? You're not alone.
09/04/2026

Does chronic pain make you short-tempered? Angry? Perhaps even mean? You're not alone.

By Crystal Lindell As a child, I grew up hearing stories about just how viciously mean my late great-grandmother was. Her son, my late grandpa, was also described as “mean.” Nobody wanted to be around them. Everybody wanted to be different from them.  The moral of the tale – as I was so

The CDC says cannabis was detected in over one in five U.S. overdose deaths. But that doesn't mean that cannabis was the...
09/03/2026

The CDC says cannabis was detected in over one in five U.S. overdose deaths. But that doesn't mean that cannabis was the cause of those deaths. Only nine drug deaths are blamed on cannabis alone.

By Pat Anson A new study by the CDC seems likely to revive an old debate about cannabis: Can you overdose on cannabis? The study, published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ( MMWR ), looked at U.S. overdoses from 2021 to 2025 and found that cannabis was “detected” in 43,880 d

Do you like heavy metal music? Metalheads seem to have more tolerance for physical pain, according to a new study of peo...
09/02/2026

Do you like heavy metal music? Metalheads seem to have more tolerance for physical pain, according to a new study of people who attended a popular metal festival in Germany.

By Crystal Lindell Angry and loud heavy metal music may not be good for your hearing, but it might actually be good for increasing pain tolerance. That’s according to a new study published in Nature by German researchers.   The researchers asked attendees at the German Wa

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