Dr. Sanjay Gupta
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Yeah, or greatly mitigate it.
I mean, none of this stuff has gotten much attention.
You know, that's the thing is that people wonder why these pains are increasing and why they're lasting longer.
And I think it's because one of the fundamental things driving it has not really been addressed.
We want the home runs.
We want the knockout punch.
That's what we want in society.
Like you get rid of my jaw pain right now.
I got a podcast, you know, whatever it might be.
So give me a powerful pain medication or do surgery.
And maybe, you know, surgery is the right answer.
I'm a surgeon.
That can be the right answer in many cases, but not in most.
90% of the time probably is not the right answer for many things.
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