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Dec 2021
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Sufferers of chronic pain have long been...

The Guardian
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As part of a Guardian series about chronic pain and long Covid, Linda Geddes explores the growing realisation that pain can be a disease in and of itself. Gabrielle Jackson, associate editor of audio and visual, introduces this story 
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