Does the holiday season make you feel stressed and exhausted? It’s a universal problem, especially for people living with chronic pain and illness. Here are 10 tips to make the holidays easier.

Emergency room physicians are often reluctant to prescribe opioids because they might lead to addiction. But a new study found that long-term use of opioids after getting them in the ER is “extremely unlikely.”

A new report estimates there were over 200,000 unnecessary or low value spinal surgeries in the U.S. over the last three years. That’s about one every 8 minutes.

A nasty bout with shingles left Cynthia Toussaint frightened and in severe pain. Cynthia found relief in a 10-year-old bottle of Vicodin that she saved “just in case.”

New research shows that low dose opioids do not raise the risk of dementia, but higher ones might. The strongest association between opioids and dementia was found with “weak” opioids such as tramadol.

Get an early start to the holiday shopping season. Checkout PNN’s annual holiday gift guide, which features 12 books about chronic pain and chronic illness that could change your life and improve your health.

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