Pain

Take on chronic pain where it lives

By , Former Executive Editor, Harvard Women's Health Watch
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At-home strategies can help you find relief when it hurts.

The good news is that more people are living longer. The bad news is that as a result, more people are also living with chronic pain, which becomes more common with age.

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Kelly Bilodeau, Former Executive Editor, Harvard Women's Health Watch

Kelly Bilodeau is the former executive editor of Harvard Women’s Health Watch. She began her career as a newspaper reporter and later went on to become a managing editor at HCPro, a Boston-area healthcare publishing company, … See Full Bio
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