(Shruti Rajkumar/ Huffington Post) — Animal welfare activist Bindi Irwin, the daughter of famed wildlife expert Steve Irwin, opened up this week about her decad-elong battle with endometriosis and the surgery she’s undergone to treat the condition.
In a social media post Tuesday, the younger Irwin said
(Ginny Graves/ Oprah Magazine) — Chronic, debilitating pain—the kind that lasts longer than three months—is the most widespread affliction of our time. It besets approximately 100 million adults in the U.S.—more than diabetes, heart disease, and cancer combined—and can upend sufferers’ sleep, mood,
(Heidi Godman/ Harvard Health) — There’s never a good time for back pain to strike. But there are good strategies for coping with it. If you’re among the millions of people struggling with back pain — eight out of 10 people experience it at some point in their lives, especially low back pain — you’ll want to know what to do.
The …
Imagine living with pain every day for months, or even years — pain that is so intrusive, it disrupts every day of your life.
Unfortunately, this is the daily reality of millions of people living with chronic pain. And all too often, they find their condition being stigmatized …
(University of Melbourne/ Medical Xpress) — Some cases of endometriosis in Australia are taking up to eight years to diagnose, according to new research published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
Endometriosis is a progressive, chronic condition where tissue that lines the uterus (the endometrium) grows …
(Michael Greenwood/ News Medical Net) — Chronic physical illness is psychologically draining to those experiencing it, and psychiatric disorders such as depression and anxiety are more common amongst such individuals, who are frequently required to adjust their lifestyle and aspirations to accommodate their physical …
(Linda Searing/ Washington Post) — People who have chronic tension headaches might be able to reduce the frequency of those headaches by as much as 50 percent with acupuncture, according to research published in the journal Neurology.
Tension headaches, which are the most common type, are sometimes described as feeling …
(Andrew Manuel Nava/ John Hopkins Medicine) — Back pain is considered chronic if it lasts three months or longer. It can come and go, often bringing temporary relief, followed by frustration. Dealing with chronic back pain can be especially trying if you don’t know the cause.
Back pain rehabilitation specialist Andrew …
(McGill News) — Using anti-inflammatory drugs and steroids to relieve pain could increase the chances of developing chronic pain, according to researchers from McGill University and colleagues in Italy. Their research puts into question conventional practices used to alleviate pain. Normal recovery from a painful …
(Michelle Roberts/ BBC News) — It may hurt to begin with, but can then ease pain and help individuals with osteoarthritis stay supple, healthy and slim, says the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
Scans aren’t needed to diagnose it and strong painkillers are not recommended.
There is no evidence