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A whole new way to measure pain

Doctors often ask patients to rate their pain using a zero-to-10 scale that ranks more intense pain with higher numbers. But putting a number to pain can be difficult. Yingzi Lin, a Northeastern professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, is developing a new system to estimate pain more accurately and help people who cannot (or do not) communicate their level of pain objectively.
- by Roberto Molar Candanosa October 25, 2019
Drug overdose deaths are down for the first time in 30 years. Is this the turning point of the overdose crisis?

The decrease, however small, is cause for celebration, even though there’s still a lot of work to be done, according to Northeastern law and health sciences professor Leo Beletsky.
- by Emily Arntsen July 19, 2019

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