Can meditation ease chronic pain?
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With the country in the midst of an addiction crisis, health care providers are looking for new ways to treat their patients’ pain without prescribing heavy-duty opioids. That’s especially true for patients with chronic pain. A new study finds that a simple, brief intervention shows promise. In their weekly conversation, WHYY’s Maiken Scott and psychologist Dan Gottlieb discuss the research.
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