Pain Relief: New approaches to how we live with pain : TED Radio Hour Thirty years into the opioid crisis, we still struggle to find other options for pain relief. This hour, TED speakers explain new understandings of how the brain interprets pain and new ideas to cope.

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Pain Relief: New approaches to how we live with pain

Thirty years into the opioid crisis, we still struggle to find other options for pain relief. This hour, TED speakers explain new understandings of how the brain interprets pain and new ideas to cope.

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Have we been misled about pain? How new understandings can help us better manage it

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How one mom is fighting the opioid crisis by asking hospitals to provide pain coaches

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