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Dr. Christo on Good Day LA: Linking the pandemic’s impact with opioid abuse
Dr. Paul Christo serves as Director of the Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He joined Good Day LA to discuss linking the pandemic with a troubling trend in the opioid...
A New Option for Cluster Headache: gammaCore, Part II
GammaCore is a new device for acute, episodic cluster headaches and for prevention. It’s the first transcutaneous stimulator that targets the vagus nerve in the neck, and it’s FDA cleared. Mark Mitchell will share the impressive effects of vagus nerve stimulation...
A New Option for Cluster Headache: gammaCore, Part I
GammaCore is a new device for acute, episodic cluster headaches and for prevention. It’s the first transcutaneous stimulator that targets the vagus nerve in the neck, and it’s FDA cleared. Mark Mitchell will share the impressive effects of vagus nerve stimulation...
Dr. Christo on MSNBC: Explains why drug overdose deaths soared to record 93,000 amid pandemic
NBC's Kate Snow, who has covered the opioid crisis for years, and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Associate Professor, Dr. Paul Christo, joined Stephanie Ruhle to discuss the drastic spike in drug overdose deaths last year amid the coronavirus pandemic....
Dr. Christo on FOX 24 News Now: The Opioid Epidemic and COVID
We Skype with Dr. Paul Christo, director of the Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship Program at Johns Hopkins University on how COVID-19, quarantine, and the stresses of the past year have contributed to a resurgence in opioid abuse in America, and where we go from...
Oregon’s record spike in deaths in 2020 due to COVID-19 and ‘collateral damage’
Read about Oregon's spike in deaths featuring an interview with Dr. Paul Christo about the pandemic and it's lasting effects. Originally published in the...
3 Ways Improving Your Sleep Cycle Can Help Prevent Chronic Pain
If you are living with chronic pain, you likely have an idea of what triggers your pain. Often these are certain foods, activities, or even feelings like stress or anxiety. However, there is one trigger that often gets overlooked: sleep. Simply put, your sleep has...
Metastatic Breast Cancer, Part 2
In the minds of many, the diagnosis of metastatic cancer is often equated with suffering, pain, and death. Today, though the median overall survival is slightly over three years, and ranges from a few months to many years. In fact, the five-year survival rate for...
Metastatic Breast Cancer, Part I
In the minds of many, the diagnosis of metastatic cancer is often equated with suffering, pain, and death. Today, though the median overall survival is slightly over three years, and ranges from a few months to many years. In fact, the five-year survival rate for...
Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Syndrome, Part II
It’s been called the benzodiazepine injury syndrome. Patients who stop using benzodiazepines may not go through a simple, acute withdrawal process. Instead, 10-15% of patients may experience a new, unexplained illness, leading to severe and disabling symptoms....