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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.

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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