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Why I left my tech job to work on chronic pain

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330 points glasscannon | 2 comments | 04 Jul 25 12:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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glasscannon ◴[04 Jul 25 12:50 UTC] No.44464069[source]▶
I recently decided to go all in on addressing chronic pain - a condition which affects an estimated 1/5 adults in the US[1] and nearly the same proportion in my country of Australia.

This is the first of several blog posts exploring this invisible condition.

If you're passionate about this space feel free to reach out, thanks!

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7215a1.htm [data from 2021]

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[Edit] Thanks so much everyone! Excited to get the next article out soon!

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1. j_bum ◴[04 Jul 25 14:56 UTC] No.44465108[source]▶
Hi Dan, I wanted to share a few links to articles on pain and circadian rhythms that I wrote during my PhD. Would love to connect if you have any questions.

[0] Circadian rhythms and pain: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01497...

[1] The disruptive relationship among circadian rhythms, pain, and opioids: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/1...

[2] Circadian rhythm disruption exacerbates pain behavior in male mice: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03064...

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2. glasscannon ◴[04 Jul 25 15:02 UTC] No.44465159[source]▶
Would love to connect/chat. Will read over these in the meantime.