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Building Cathedrals: PAINS Transition to the Academy of Integrative Pain Management
At the end of June 2018, after thirty-four years at the Center for Practical Bioethics, Myra Christopher retired from the Center, at which time its board of directors and leadership decided not to continue to support the PAINS Project. Several options for ways to...
read morePublic Meeting on Patient-Focused Drug Development for Chronic Pain
Meeting Information On July 9, 2018, FDA is hosting a public meeting on Patient-Focused Drug Development for Chronic Pain. FDA is interested in hearing patients’ perspectives on chronic pain, views on treatment approaches, and challenges or barriers to accessing...
read moreOpportunity to Comment re: the HHS Pain Management Best Practices Task Force
You have an opportunity until June 15 to comment on the recently established Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force, which was authorized by Section 101 of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016. You can watch the patient testimonials...
read moreCDC Report Ignores Suicides of Pain Patients
Published by Pain News Network The suicide rate in the United States continues to climb, with nearly 45,000 people taking their own lives in 2016, according to a new Vital Signs report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The suicide rate in the U.S. is...
read moreDevelopment of Chronic Pain Highly Dependent on Pain History
Published by Clinical Pain Advisor The development of and recovery from chronic pain was found to be highly dependent on a patient's previous history of pain in a study published in the European Journal of Pain. The study included a random sample of participants from...
read moreNIH Pain Task Completes Its Opening Session
Published by National Pain Report The NIH Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force concluded its initial two day meeting on Thursday adopting an aggressive timeline to recommend updates to best practices in pain management to federal agencies. A final...
read moreFibromyalgia May Frequently Occur Along with a Variety of Other Diseases, Review Finds
Published by Fibromyalgia News Today Fibromyalgia (FM) commonly occurs alongside rheumatological diseases as well as certain non-rheumatological disorders such as neurological, gastrointestinal, and psychological conditions, a review study found. The study, “Comorbid...
read moreAMA Report Shows National Progress Toward Reversing Opioid Epidemic
The American Medical Association (AMA) issued a new report today documenting how physician leadership is advancing the fight against the opioid epidemic. The report, which is being released as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Pain Management Best...
read more‘Unintended Consequences’: Inside the fallout of America’s crackdown on opioids
Published by The Washington Post The morning of the long drive, a drive he took every month now, Kenyon Stewart rose from the living room recliner and winced in pain. He looked outside, at the valley stretching below his trailer, and again wondered whether it was...
read moreFDA Urges Opioids Guidelines to Stem “Biggest Public Health Crisis”
Published by Health IT Analytics Just like every other public health stakeholder, the FDA is struggling to control the immense impact of opioids on the nation’s health and wellbeing. The opioid addiction epidemic is currently “the biggest public health crisis facing...
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