JanAtheCPA
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It's Dr Sanjay Gupta MD, neurosurgeon and CNN's well known and highly regarded medical expert, currently publicizing his new book on pain - he just dropped an interview on one of my favorite in-depth shows, Fresh Air, with Terry Gross. His explanation of how pain is created is brilliant.
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/04/nx-s1-5528993/how-does-pain-work-dr-sanjay-gupta-explains
He also talks about:
how pain relievers work;
about our built-in opioid delivery and shut-off systems;
about the protective benefits of allowing inflammation to do its job during acute incidents;
He mentions Phantom Limb Pain, TNG (trigeminal neuralgia) and CRPS (complex regional pain syndrome), along with anxiety, depression, and adverse childhood experiences. He discusses meditation, distraction, placebos, and the latest biomedical research, and has a good story about how he was too nervous to be able to meditate when he was invited to practice with the Dalai Lama.
Terry Gross is great at asking the questions that the average person with pain wants to know. It's well worth your time (less than 45 minutes if you skip the secondary feature about what sounds like a good show on HBO). Or you can just search "Sanjay Gupta new book" for alternative interviews. I'm going to get on my library's undoubtedly lengthy waitlist for it.
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/04/nx-s1-5528993/how-does-pain-work-dr-sanjay-gupta-explains
He also talks about:
how pain relievers work;
about our built-in opioid delivery and shut-off systems;
about the protective benefits of allowing inflammation to do its job during acute incidents;
He mentions Phantom Limb Pain, TNG (trigeminal neuralgia) and CRPS (complex regional pain syndrome), along with anxiety, depression, and adverse childhood experiences. He discusses meditation, distraction, placebos, and the latest biomedical research, and has a good story about how he was too nervous to be able to meditate when he was invited to practice with the Dalai Lama.
Terry Gross is great at asking the questions that the average person with pain wants to know. It's well worth your time (less than 45 minutes if you skip the secondary feature about what sounds like a good show on HBO). Or you can just search "Sanjay Gupta new book" for alternative interviews. I'm going to get on my library's undoubtedly lengthy waitlist for it.
