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News

Association of American Medical Colleges (February 2025)
Do women and men feel pain differently?

Pain Research Forum (February 2021)
Children’s Pain: Making It Matter, Understood, Visible, and Better – A PRF Podcast

RELIEF (January 2021)
Pediatric Pain Assessment and Treatment: A Conversation with Tonya Palermo

American Psychologist (September 2020)
Psychology’s Role in Addressing the Dual Crises of Chronic Pain and Opioid-Related Harms

The Healing Pain Podcast (April 2020)
Telemedicine For Pain Management With Dr. Tonya Palermo

American Academy of Pediatrics (November 2019)
App helps teens track, cope with chronic pain

PainRelief.com (November 2019)
Which Adolescents Can Get Pain Relief From Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy?

U.S. News & World Report (August 2018)
Different Types of Pain, Explained

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (April 2018)
The psychosocial factors of pain

U.S. News & World Report (August 2016)
Back to School for Kids With Chronic Pain

Fox News (January 2015)
Lack of sleep, parent’s anxiety may affects kids’ pain after surgery

Science Daily (October 2014)
Adolescent chronic pain costs $19.5 billion a year in United States

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