How I Deal With Sickle Cell Disease and Triggers I Can’t Control
At this stage in life, I know my body well enough to avoid having as many sickle cell crises as I used to. I have achieved this by becoming better ...
At this stage in life, I know my body well enough to avoid having as many sickle cell crises as I used to. I have achieved this by becoming better ...
It’s just hair, it’ll grow back. This is a phrase I repeated to myself often throughout my treatment while I tried to cope with my new state of baldness ....

Recently, I was looking at stats regarding the opioid epidemic. I looked at all the usual ones, like overdose numbers, prescriptions given, and deaths ....
Chronic back pain, migraines, and irritable bowel share the feature of nociplastic pain. In 2016, the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) proposed the term nociplastic pain to describe discomfort that arises from abnormal sensory processing in the brain.
If you're among more than 20% of adults who suffer from chronic pain conditions like arthritis, fibromyalgia, migraines, or back pain, eating may feel more like a chore than a pleasure. You may worry certain foods could unknowingly worsen your discomfort.

The number of unpaid caregivers is on the rise in the U.S. Here’s how to protect your health while looking after someone else.