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100 million Americans live with chronic pain

, including back and joint pain and migraines. And it's more likely you suffer from these conditions if you're a woman. 


"A review published in the Journal of Pain in 2009 found that women faced a substantially greater risk of developing pain conditions," 

 in The New York Times. "They are twice as likely to have multiple sclerosis, two to three times more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis and four times more likely to have chronic fatigue syndrome than men. As a whole, autoimmune diseases, which often include debilitating pain, strike women three times more frequently than men."


On The Daily Circuit, we discuss what researchers know about chronic pain in women and the developing treatments.

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We discuss what researchers know about chronic pain in women and the developing treatments.

Why women are more likely to suffer from chronic pain

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