by PAINS Project | Mar 30, 2016 | News, Pain Policy, Treatment Options |
Published by Huffington Post; Author: John Weeks The medical industry’s uptake of complementary and integrative health and medicine is wildly uneven. This is true even in pain treatment, an area that drew most people to integrative practices and practitioners. For...
by PAINS Project | Mar 30, 2016 | News, News & Updates |
Published National Pain Report The world of medicine is changing. New companies and modalities are and will be a part of our world as time goes on. My hope is that pain patients will adopt positive attitudes. As I watch and partake in social media posts, comments...
by PAINS Project | Mar 29, 2016 | News |
by John Weeks, Altarum Institute In November of 2014, The Joint Commission issued a Clarification of the Pain Management Standard. The document, which followed an extensive re-review of the literature, marked the most significant opening for integrative and...
by PAINS Project | Mar 29, 2016 | Living with Pain, News |
Published by Pain News Network If there’s one thing that gets a pain patient frustrated or angry, it’s being labeled as an addict or a “drug seeker” in search of opioids. So imagine hearing that from a doctor or nurse at a hospital where you’ve gone for treatment...
by PAINS Project | Mar 22, 2016 | News, News & Updates, Research, Treatment Options |
Published by The Journal of the America Medical Association Low back pain is a leading cause of disability in the United States. Despite numerous treatment options and greatly increased medical care resources devoted to this problem, the functional status of persons...