Tag: pain

White Author, Who Lost Book Deal For Review Bombing Authors of Color, Tries to Explain Herself

Last year, a first-time author was dropped by her U.S. publisher and book agent after being accused of posting fake negative reviews on the Amazon-owned site Goodreads. Additionally, Cait Corrain’s behavior—known as review-bombing—targeted mostly authors of color. In Rev Run’s Run-D.M.C. & Simmons Family Story, Queens, NY Is The Central Character | My Family Story […]

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Alternative Therapies Like Meditation and Acupuncture Are on the Rise

The doctor is in. So is the yogi. A sharp shift in health care is taking place as more than one-third of American adults now supplement or substitute mainstream medical care with acupuncture, meditation, yoga and other therapies long considered alternative. In 2022, 37 percent of adult pain patients used nontraditional medical care, a marked […]

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Dr. Ebony Butler Addresses The Lack Of Black Therapists And Managing Pain

Certified psychologist Dr. Ebony Butler discusses Black mental health, including questions to ask your therapist, and how to manage minor aches and pains. In this thoughtful discussion, host Ericka Dunlap raises frequently asked questions about mental health care, in partnership with The Advil Pain Equity Project. The Advil Pain Equity Project is facilitating these necessary […]

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We Need to Rethink Our Treatment of Pain

For many years I’ve written about people suffering intractable pain, and how their agony and increased risk of suicide and death has been ignored in the rush to end the overdose crisis. I’ve told the story of a woman who hoped for a cancer diagnosis since it might mean that her chronic pain, which already […]

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IUD Insertion Pain: What to Know and How to Find Relief

Women are increasingly turning to the intrauterine device, or IUD, as a form of contraception, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published today. Yet it’s widely known that having an IUD inserted can be excruciatingly painful, and few doctors offer effective relief. The anticipation of the pain is “a potential […]

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IUD Insertion Pain: What to Know and How to Find Relief

Women are increasingly turning to the intrauterine device, or IUD, as a form of contraception, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published today. Yet it’s widely known that having an IUD inserted can be excruciatingly painful, and few doctors offer effective relief. The anticipation of the pain is “a potential […]

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Do Black People Feel Less Pain? White Emergency Room Patients Prescribed Opioids More, Data Shows

NewsOne Featured Video Source: Smith Collection/Gado / Getty White people who visit hospital emergency departments with pain are 26% more likely than Black people to be given opioid pain medications such as morphine. This was a key finding from our recent study, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. We also found that Black […]

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Plight of the Working Black Woman: Work, Cry, Die

Temple University’s acting president JoAnne A. Epps suddenly collapsed on stage during a memorial service last week. After an officer carried out her limp body in front of the crowd of students and attendees, she was taken to the university hospital where she was pronounced dead, according to AP News. Women’s Pain Is Often Ignored […]

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