Stephen Waxman

Yale Medical School; Veterans Affairs Connecticut

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Professor of Neurology at Yale Medical School and Director of the Neuroscience Research Center at Veterans Affairs Connecticut.

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Steven Pete has never felt pain, not even when he broke more than 70 bones in his body. Pam Costa feels pain constantly, even wearing clothes hurts.

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