by PAINS Project | Oct 21, 2014 | Authors, Janice Lynch Schuster, Life with Pain, PAINS Updates |
by Janice Lynch Schuster For many years, my passport was stamped in the land of the well, but a poor response to oral surgery in 2013 cancelled that document, leaving me in the land of the sick, the suffering, the other. While I was a well-one, I’d hear stories from...
by PAINS Project | Oct 15, 2014 | Advocacy, PAINS Updates |
NIH’s Pathways to Prevention Workshop: The Role of Opioids in the Treatment of Chronic Pain The NIH’s Pathways to Prevention Workshop was held September 29-30, 2014. Investigators presented their findings on the long-term efficacy, safety, and harm of opioids along...
by PAINS Project | Oct 14, 2014 | News & Updates, Organization Spotlight |
The TMJ Association’s Mission The TMJ Association’s mission is to improve the quality of health care and lives of everyone affected by Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD). Temporomandibular Joint The Temporomandibular (TM) Joint is the jaw joint. You have two TM joints...
by PAINS Project | Oct 13, 2014 | Advocacy, PAINS Updates |
The National Institute of Health’s Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee (IPRCC) met on September 24, 2014 to discuss the status of the National Pain Strategy (NPS) Report as well as begin developing the framework for a long-term strategy for pain research....
by PAINS Project | Oct 12, 2014 | Advocacy, PAINS Updates |
On September 18, 2014, U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a current member and former Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), a current member of the HELP Committee, introduced the “Regulatory...
