Invisible Pain
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Throbbing, gnawing, burning, hammering – when even doctors don't believe your pain condition is real
Fibromyalgia patients are stuck between doctors trying to decipher the disease, doctors who struggle to diagnose it and doctors who don’t believe it exists.
Nayantara Narayanan
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Gastric pain is the kick in the gut that can change a patient’s lifestyle forever
Managing food and eating right becomes the most important thing for the sufferer of gastric pain
Malika Halder
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No ordinary headache: 'I wouldn't even wish this upon my enemy'
The key to controlling migraine, many doctors and patients have found, is to identify and cut out headache triggers.
Soumya Rao
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‘Animal’ review: Hard to stomach – but equally hard to ignore
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An Indian artist who helped decolonise Christian art has been relegated to the margins in death
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FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup: From broken ankle to historic title, Preeti eyes redemption
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‘Sam Bahadur’ review: A little bit of everything and nothing about any one thing in particular
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How Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban has plunged the processed food industry into chaos
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From 'wait-and-watch' to 'have babies': Women with period pain get more advice than treatment
There is little clarity on how much menstrual pain is considered clinically normal.
Vidya Balachander
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Pain is the silent epidemic that India's health systems are failing to handle
Pain is observed, assessed and treated differently depending on a person's age, gender and economic status.
Kanika Sharma