More women than men veterans with chronic pain use therapies like yoga and acupuncture

(University of Massachusetts at Amherst) A major shift in practice by the VA means that therapies such as meditation and yoga are being offered to VA patients as non-drug approaches for pain management, says Elizabeth Evans of UMass Amherst, who studied their use by gender among veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news