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Migraines Tied to Increased Risk of Anxiety Disorder

PAINS Project — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:53:29 +0000

Published by PsychCentral New research suggests the chronic pain associated with migraines may be a reason for an increased incidence of generalized anxiety disorders among adults who have migraines. University of Toronto researchers discovered adults with migraines have a much stronger risk for developing an anxiety disorder than adults without migraines (6 percent versus 2 […]

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Lady Gaga Suffers from chronic Pain from Rheumatoid Arthritis

PAINS Project — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 15:25:15 +0000

Published by Inquisitr Lady Gaga always brings awareness whether it’s for her health or for the advocacy of others. The singer is gracing the cover of Arthritis magazine, which hit newsstands on Wednesday, March 28. Inside the new issue, Lady Gaga talks about her struggle with rheumatoid arthritis and how she doesn’t let it stop […]

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Why the CDC Needs to Recognize Palliative Care

PAINS Project — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:20:41 +0000

by Barbara Nelson, PhD, Guest Columnist – Published by PAIN News Network A little over a year ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its “Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.” Its goal is to help reduce the raging and heartbreaking overdose epidemic in the U.S. Unexpectedly, the guideline has exposed the […]

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American Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Pittsburgh, May 17-20

PAINS Project — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 14:54:24 +0000

CHICAGO, March 28, 2017 — The American Pain Society (APS), www.americanpainsociety.org, will host its 36th Annual Scientific Meeting May 17-20 at the Pittsburgh Convention Center. APS is the leading multidisciplinary professional society in the United States dedicated to advancing pain-related research, education, treatment and team-oriented professional practice. More than 1,000 scientists and clinicians specializing in […]

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An Important View on Pain as a 5th Vital Sign

PAINS Project — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:23:41 +0000

Issue 8

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An Important View on Pain as a 5th Vital Sign

PAINS Project — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:23:19 +0000

Since the first century, “Calor, dolor, rubor and tumor,” i.e., heat, pain, redness and swelling, have been recognized as classical signs of a serious health problem, but there has never been a “litmus test” for measuring the severity of pain itself. In the mid-90s a group of clinicians, policy wonks, and patient advocates developed Pain as […]

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CDC: Painkillers No Longer Driving Opioid Epidemic

PAINS Project — Sun, 26 Mar 2017 19:30:40 +0000

Published by Pain News Network A top official for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has acknowledged that prescription painkillers are no longer the driving force behind the nation’s so-called opioid epidemic. In testimony last week at a congressional hearing, Debra Houry, MD, Director of the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, […]

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Chronic pain sufferers feel stigma amid opioid crackdown

PAINS Project — Sun, 26 Mar 2017 19:26:42 +0000

Published by The Tennessean Bridgette Rewick has experienced pain — sometimes agonizing — for all of her adult life. At 56 years old, the mom from Brentwood in Middle Tennessee is on disability. She doesn’t work. She can’t kneel, wear high-heeled shoes because of her constant discomfort. Pain swells through her body, moving from her […]

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Acupuncture becomes popular as battlefield pain treatment

PAINS Project — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:28:50 +0000

Published by Stars & Stripes About 50 flight surgeons from 21 countries wrapped up a day of training at an international medical conference here this week with matching gold-plated studs set in their ears. Their ears sparkled in the name of medicine: This was a hands-on workshop on battlefield acupuncture, an alternative therapy that’s vying […]

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CDC Guideline on Prescribing Opioids: Some Major Concerns

PAINS Project — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 16:15:46 +0000

Published by Clinical Pain Advisor In his presentation at the 2017 annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM), Jeffrey Fudin, PharmD, DAAPM, FCCP, FASHP, adjunct associate professor at Western New England University College of Pharmacy, highlighted some of the major concerns he has regarding the guidelines established by the Centers for Disease […]

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