Nearly 50 million people in the U.S. live with chronic pain, which can be defined as anything that lasts longer than three months.
National Geographic contributing writer Yudhijit Bhattacharjee ( @yudhijit) joins Here & Now‘s Robin Young to discuss his reporting on the latest in pain research.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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