by PAINS Project | Apr 30, 2018 | News, Research |
Published by EurekAlert! The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved $74 million to fund nine new comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies. The funds will support research on a range of conditions that...
by PAINS Project | Apr 30, 2018 | News, Treatment Options, Veterans |
Published by Boston Globe Navy veteran Jake O’Neill turned to opioids — some prescribed, some illicit — to ease the lower-back pain that left him in near-constant agony. O’Neill’s degenerative arthritis became so bad that just leaning over to pull on a pair of socks...
by PAINS Project | Apr 28, 2018 | Living with Pain, News, Pain Policy |
Published by WTKR More than 42,000 people die from opioid drug overdoses each year according to the Centers for Disease Control. This has resulted in a crackdown on prescription opioids. Now, some chronic pain patients say they live in fear their quality of life will...
by PAINS Project | Apr 26, 2018 | News, Pain Policy |
Published by NEJM Catalyst Sue Glod, MD, is frustrated with the nation’s opioid crisis, but not for the obvious reasons. As a palliative medicine specialist at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania, she sees patients who are struggling with...
by PAINS Project | Apr 24, 2018 | PAINS Monthly Update, PAINS Updates, Treatment Options |
by Katherine P. Supiano, PhD, LCSW, F-GSA, FT While all health care professionals ascribe to a code of ethics that supports person-centered care, clinical social workers have a unique perspective that positions them as essential clinicians in comprehensive care of...
