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Gene therapy and mindfulness training show promise for America's epidemic of chronic pain. Can they provide the relief of opioid medication without side effects and addiction?

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Research in mice has identified a drug combination that may slow or even reverse damage to the spine. In a preclinical study ...

Scientists from Weill Cornell Medicine and the Burke Neurological Institute have found a new drug that may help people who ...

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