Internet forums have exposed this painful condition marked by a previously unrecognized symptom: the inability to belch.

A connective tissue disorder with wide-ranging symptoms, hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome can lead to serious complications and harm from a medical system that doesn’t understand it.

Fueled by a handful of trials and word-of-mouth buzz, low-dose naltrexone is gaining momentum among patients and some doctors as an off-label treatment for chronic pain.

One emergency department in New Jersey has taken the lead in fighting the opioid epidemic. St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, New Jersey, launched the Alternatives to Opiates (ALTO) program in January 2016 to drastically cut their use.