Chronic pain, which affects more than 70 million Americans, not only compromises patients and their families' quality of life but also has important societal and economic impacts. Which is precisely why Stanford anesthesiologist Sean Mackey, MD, PhD, has made it his mission to develop better methods for predicting, preventing and alleviating pain.
In the latest 1:2:1 podcast, Mackey talks about how pain fundamentally alters the nervous system and about the latest advances in pain research and treatment. Mackey also discusses recent findings showing that intense passionate feelings of love can block pain in similar ways to painkillers and how this research could help individuals experiencing pain on a daily basis.
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