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IUD insertions can hurt — a lot. Can Canada learn from new U.S. pain management guidelines?

The first time Devon Cantwell-Chavez had a long-lasting form of birth control inserted — an intrauterine device, or IUD —…

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Sports

From promise to pain, Canadian men’s basketball team endures all-too-familiar fate in Paris

This Canadian men’s basketball team was supposed to be different. Instead, the same old story unfurled in Tuesday’s 82-73 quarterfinal…

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Health

Uterine fibroids can be debilitating. Treatments offer hope for less pain, faster recovery

They can be as small as a grape or as large as a cantaloupe, and in some cases even bigger.…

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Health

People with back pain often shy away from movement. Getting in the water may help, experts say

The Current9:00Why your approach to back pain could be all wrong Aidan O’Leary, 77, has suffered with back pain brought…

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Health

I learned to push through pain watching my stoic dad on the farm. Now, I want to change

This First Person article is written by Becky Zimmer, an agricultural journalist who lives in Humboldt, Sask. For more information…

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Nova Scotia

Sydney pub owner hopes pain of summer construction season will bring long-term gain

A pub owner in Sydney, N.S., is concerned a plan to revitalize the downtown business district will temporarily have the opposite…

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Health

Some U.S. clinics offer routine sedation for IUD pain, saying it ‘shouldn’t feel traumatizing’

The pain has been described as agonizing, searing and excruciating. Having a highly effective contraceptive called an intrauterine device (IUD) inserted can cause…

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Health

Winnipeg man ‘in constant pain’ after nearly 3-year wait for jaw surgery

Daniel McClelland never thought he would have to wait for almost three years to be able to eat solid foods…

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Health

Get control of chronic back pain with a full spectrum of therapy options, experts say

The Dose24:29How can I manage chronic back pain? Millions of people around the world suffer from chronic back pain everyday,…

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Halifax

Halifax panel grants veteran sailor full disability pension for Bermuda scooter crash: ‘I could not take the pain anymore’

A 61-year-old navy veteran who injured his shoulder during a motor scooter tour of Bermuda that was aimed at promoting…

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