Archive - Notes on Pain

Stories as Medicine: A Dispatch from the World Congress on Pain

In Bangkok, researchers are studying how telling our pain stories can help us heal.

Oct 28 • Stephani Sutherland, PhD

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Can psilocybin ease pain from a limb that’s gone?

A visit to UC San Diego, and what phantom limb pain reveals about where pain comes from.

Oct 27 • Stephani Sutherland, PhD

Welcome to Notes on Pain

One in four American adults lives with chronic pain. Here’s what I’m going to do about the research gap.

Oct 23 • Stephani Sutherland, PhD

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Chronic Pain Research, Explained

I’m a neuroscientist who lives with chronic pain. Here’s why the research isn’t reaching you, and what we’re going to do about it.

Oct 21 • Stephani Sutherland, PhD

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