• Pain Management: Relieving You of all Your Agony
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    Pain Management: Relieving You of all Your Agony

    Pain, the root of all medical ailments known to man, has been haunting the human race for centuries. Ever since the early Greeks and Romans discovered the perception of pain, the chase is on to find remedy to pain of all kinds and the breakthrough has come in the 19th century. Affecting more people than heart disease, diabetes and cancer combined, pain is the most common reason for which people seek medical attention and as a consequence, the pain management market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.4 percent between 2018 and 2023. A survey conducted by Indian Journal of Palliative Care revealed that Chronic Pain (CP) can be considered as a disease on its own as the prevalence of CP was found in 19.3 percent of the Indian populous, while there was a higher prevalence of CP in women at a...

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