Mon, Jan 23, 2012 -- 10:00 AM
Pain and Gender

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A new study finds women may experience more pain then men. We discuss the study and look at causes, treatments and relief for pain.
Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
- Martin Angst, professor of anesthesia at the Stanford University School of Medicine and co-author of the study on gender and pain
- Melanie Thernstrom, author of "The Pain Chronicles: Cures, Myths, Mysteries, Prayers, Diaries, Brain Scans, Healing, and the Science of Suffering"
- Sean Mackey, chief of the Division of Pain Management at the Stanford University School of Medicine and director of the Stanford Systems Neuroscience and Pain Lab
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