by PAINS Project | Nov 30, 2017 | News, Pain Policy |
Published by BuzzFeed News After the six-hour drive to the Lake Erie beach, Paul stood in the water and began walking into the waves. The 53-year-old had been in intense pain for seven years, ever since a failed hernia surgery. That morning it had been so bad he...
by PAINS Project | Nov 29, 2017 | Member Updates, News, Pain Policy, PAINS Updates |
Published by The Hill – by Dr. Lynn R. Webster, Opinion Contributor and PAINS Advisory Committee Member The President’s Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) recently issued a report stating that the economic costs of the opioid crisis have been greatly...
by PAINS Project | Nov 28, 2017 | Member Updates, News, Pain Policy |
Published by Pain News Network Editor’s Note: PAINS Advisory Committee members, Drs. Bob Twillman and Lynn Webster are quoted in this article A new report to Congress by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommends that the federal government greatly...
by PAINS Project | Nov 16, 2017 | News, Pain Policy |
by Lynn Webster, MD – Published by The Hill The media and policymakers are mistaken when they decry an opioid crisis rather than a drug crisis. Unfortunately, the mislabeling of the drug crisis leads lawmakers to chase one suspect while the mastermind is making...
by PAINS Project | Nov 16, 2017 | Carolyn Noel, Living with Pain, News & Updates, PAINS Monthly Update, PAINS Updates |
by Carolyn Noel, PAINS Webmaster I’m not “just” depressed! As a person who lives with pain, I am well aware that the last thing any of us want to hear is, “You’re depressed.” In fact, we tend to fear that label and avoid it like the plague, particularly because we...
