Explore recent media coverage and op-eds by the U.S. Pain Foundation team.

2022

• CDC’s new opioid guidance could ease pain for patients, but it could be too late. WECT 6 News, November 4. Features Cindy Steinberg.
• CDC issues a revamp of opioid guidelines giving clinicians more leeway. NPR’s All Things Considered, November 3. Features Cindy Steinberg. (Also covered by Georgia Public Broadcasting)
• CDC issues new opioid prescribing guidance, giving doctors more leeway to treat pain. NPR, November 3. Features Cindy Steinberg. (Also covered by KQED.)
• Pain 101: Chronic Pain Crisis. Striving to Thriving podcast, October 28. Interview with Nicole Hemmenway. 
• Morgan’s Wonderland hosts new camp for 200 kids with chronic conditions. Fox 29 News, June 19. Features Casey Cashman.
• Can Virtual Reality Help Ease Chronic Pain? New York Times Magazine, April 26. Features Nicole Hemmenway.
• Revising the CDC Clinical Guideline for Prescribing Opioids. HCPLive, March 10. Features Cindy Steinberg.

2021

• “University of Richmond Welcomes New Spiders” Director of Pediatric Fundraising, Tyler Cashman, was highlighted in an article by the University of Richmond noting his charitable contributions to U.S. Pain
• “Cannabis & Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Giving Patients Back Their Lives” Project CBD, July 21. Features Ellen Lenox Smith.

• “For Millions of Americans Enduring Chronic Pain, Support Is Overdue” Healthy Women, March 24. Features Cindy Steinberg.

• “Denver woman named U.S. Pain’s Ambassador of the Year” Patch, Mar. 18. Announcing Linda Shaw as the AOTY.

• “Trine student advocates with legislators for those with headache disorders“ The Harold Republican, Mar. 30. Spotlights INvisible Project participant Chloe Vruno.
• “Remarkable women finalists: Ellen Lenox Smith,” The Rhode Show, March 10. Features Ellen Lenox Smith.
• “Chronic Pain Is a Disease — and It Should Be Treated Like One,” Healthy Women, March 3. Features Cindy Steinberg.
• “Baker makes another push at opioid tax,” The Salem News, Feb. 2. Features quote by Cindy Steinberg.
• “How to find a migraine support group,” Healthline, Jan. 22. Features Pain Connection’s weekly support group.
• “How COVID Has Changed Pain Practice and Policies,” Practical Pain Management, Jan. 5. Mentions U.S. Pain Foundation survey.

2020

• “The best apps for rheumatoid arthritis,” WebMD, Dec. 23. Quotes Sylvia Faircloth, an ambassador for U.S. Pain.
• “Chronic pain and acceptance: Acknowledging your diagnosis is first step in healing,” Chicago Daily Herald, Nov. 14. Quotes Gwenn Herman, LCSW, DCSW.
• “Taking a personalized approach to pain management” Pulmonary Hypertension News, Sept. 30. Highlights U.S. Pain’s MyPainPlan website and Pain Awareness Month initiative.
• “Multidisciplinary pain care difficult to access, survey says” American Journal of Managed Care, Sept. 19. Highlights results of U.S. Pain’s survey.
• “Your views Wednesday, Sept. 2“ The Oklahoman, Sept 2. Written by U.S. Pain Ambassador Penni Pace Mix, discussing Pain Awareness Month and the resources available.
• “Sunbeam supporting Pain Awareness Month,” HomeWorld Business, Sept. 1. Discusses Pain Awareness Month campaign.
• “Pain awareness month campaign highlights gaps in pain care” PR Newswire, Aug. 31. Highlights results of U.S. Pain’s survey.
• “Sunbeam collaborates with U.S. Pain Foundation, brings attention to chronic pain for national pain awareness month“ PR Newswire, Aug. 31. Highlights U.S. Pain’s pain awareness month campaign.
• “Infographic: Pain Management Treatment & Care,” Health Union, Aug. 28. Highlights survey collaboration.
• “The Opioid Crisis is Not Over, Neither is the Pandemic: How Pain Patients are Caught in the Middle,” Practical Pain Management, Aug. 14. Interview with Cindy Steinberg.
• “A child’s life of chronic pain,”  The Local Weekly, July 15. Discusses Rowan Rody’s INvisible Project story.
• “Cindy Steinberg: Pain, Activism, and Hope,” Pain Politics, June 18. Podcast featuring U.S. Pain’s Cindy Steinberg.
• “A Digital Health Solution for Chronic Pain Sufferers,” MarketScale, May 28. Refers to U.S. Pain’s COVID-19 study.
• “Pain Patients Are Fighting More Battles During Coronavirus Pandemic,” Practical Pain Management, May 26. Interview with Nicole Hemmenway about COVID-19 survey results.
• “Local business leader Shawn Dickens is appointed new board chairman of U.S. Pain Foundation,” Brevard Business News, May 25. Shares information about Shawn Dickens appointment as board chairman.
• “Local advocate appointed CEO of national nonprofit,”  Morgan Hill Times, May 20. Local newspaper announces naming of Nicole Hemmenway as CEO.
• “Growing Pains of Remote Medicine for Chronic Pain Patients,” Psychology Today, May 19. Refers to U.S. Pain’s COVID-19 study.
• “Pain is Common & Constant: The Impact on Quality of Life,” Health Union, April 28. Discusses survey collaboration.
• “Chronic pain patients affected by opioid crisis,” Arizona Public Media, March 24. Quotes Pain Connection Clinical Director Gwenn Herman, LCSW, DCSW, and a support group member.
• “Proposed bill would make medical marijuana more affordable, accessible for patients,” WPRI.com News, March 4. Quotes Co-Director of Medical Cannabis Advocacy Ellen Lenox Smith.
• “Latta introduces legislation reducing barriers to non-opioid pain management alternatives,” Sentinel-Tribune, March 4. Quotes National Director of Policy and Advocacy Cindy Steinberg.
• “Latta proposes bill to make psych evaluations for non-opioid therapies accessible via telehealth,” The Ripon Advance, March 3. Quotes National Director of Policy and Advocacy Cindy Steinberg.
• “Letter to the editor: Peer support groups help manage chronic pain,” Press Herald, March 3. Letter by Ambassador of the Year Ernie Merritt, discussing his Maine support group.
• “Columbus family to appear in broadcast on migraines Wednesday” The Commercial Dispatch, Feb. 18. Discusses INvisible Project participant, Robert Pushis, being featured in Good Morning America segment.
• “Points for Pain comes to Voorhees High this Thursday, Feb. 20” – Hunterdon Review, Feb. 20. Coverage of U.S. Pain program.
• “Latta introduces legislation reducing barriers to non-opioid pain management alternatives,” Feb. 28. National Director of Policy and Advocacy Cindy Steinberg is quoted.
• “Congressional Hearing Is First Step in Aligning State and Federal Cannabis Policies” Morning Consult, Jan. 30. Op-ed by Medical Cannabis Advocacy Co-Director Ellen Lenox Smith.
• “A Mother Finds Her Chronic Pain Tribe” National Pain Report, Jan. 11. Article by Jennifer Sampson Potter, U.S. Pain Ambassador, about the Pediatric Pain Warrior Retreat.

2019

• “CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain May See Updates in 2021” National Pain Report, Dec. 8. Article by Shaina Smith, Director of State Advocacy & Alliance Development.
• “Chronic Pain Patients Pinpoint the Need for Improved Methods to Assess Pain” PR Newswire, Nov. 21. Discusses survey collaboration with U.S. Pain and other patient groups.
• “Getting your groove back,” The Bradford Era, Nov. 20. Op-ed by Marcie Schellhammer about the Pediatric Pain Warrior retreat in Gurnee, IL.
• “Tell the FDA There is an Urgent Need for New Options for Pain” National Pain Report, Nov. 18. Written by Cindy Steinberg, National Director of Policy & Advocacy.
• “What Now for U.S. Pain Foundation- An Interview with the Interim CEO” National Pain Report, Nov. 3. Interview with Interim CEO Nicole Hemmenway
• “Capitol Watch Podcast: Chronic pain will likely be treatable with medical marijuana in Connecticut. Night terrors won’t,” Hartford Courant, Oct. 8. Features Ellen Lenox Smith, Co-Director of Medical Cannabis.
• “What Does the Federal Government Need to Hear From the Chronic Pain Community?” National Pain Report, Oct. 10. Discusses U.S. Pain encouraging pain warriors to respond to CMS call for comment.
• “How to Advocate for Chronic Pain” National Pain Report, Oct. 22. Coverage of U.S. Pain Advocacy Summit.
• “Yates: Support students with disabilities,” The Gazette, Oct. 30. Mentions volunteer LaSheila Yates’ participation in the Pain Awareness Month Storyathon.
• “Talking About Pain Event a Success,” National Pain Report, Sept. 7. Discusses Pain Awareness Month webinar with U.S. Pain and Ed Coghlan.
• “Pain support group starts in Ashland,” Ashland Tidings, Sept. 10. Mentions new support group starting in Ashland, OR, and Storyathon.
• “‘Wear Blue’ and join the dialogue about chronic pain,” Cumberland Times-News, Sept. 18. Discusses U.S. Pain’s Pain Awareness Month initiatives.
• “U.S. Pain Foundation Conducting Survey on Chronic Pain” National Pain Report, Sept. 19. Discusses U.S. Pain and Health Union’s survey on chronic pain.
• “Allsup Supports U.S. Pain Foundation in Bringing Attention to Chronic Pain during Pain Awareness Month,” Globe Newswire, Sept. 23. Discusses U.S. Pain #LetsTalkAboutPain initiative.
• “National Pain Report Editor to be Interviewed,” National Pain Report, Aug. 28. Covers Sept. 5 webinar collaboration between U.S. Pain and National Pain Report.
• “Knowledge is Power, but Experience Tells the Real Story,” National Pain Report, Aug. 26. Mentions U.S. Pain Ambassador Network
• “Acupuncture for Chronic Pain Under CMS Review,” National Pain Report, July 30. Mentions U.S. Pain’s support of the CMS proposal.
• “So Tired of Still Fighting for Medical Cannabis Rights,” National Pain Report, July 28. Article by Medical Cannabis Co-Director Ellen Lenox Smith.
• “Chronic pain should be a qualifying condition for medical marijuana,” Hartford Courant, July 17. Op-ed by Ellen Lenox Smith.
• “California State Capitol Hosts INvisible Project: Migraine Disease Edition,” National Pain Report, July 15. Article by Director of State Advocacy and Alliance Development Shaina Smith.
• “Creating Policy Change from your Couch,” National Pain Report, June 7. Written by Shaina Smith, Director of State Advocacy and Alliance Development.
• “HHS Chief Medical Officer to Pain Community- ‘We Hear You,'” National Pain Report, June 11. Shaina Smith’s advocacy work mentioned.
• “HHS Pain Task Force to meet May 9-10 – Pain community is represented,” National Pain Report, May 4. Written by Nicole Hemmenway, quotes Cindy Steinberg.
• “Pain management report passes – What happens now?,” National Pain Report, May 12. Quotes Cindy Steinberg.
• “Another pain organization to shut down,” National Pain Report, May 24. Quotes a U.S. Pain tweet about the American Pain Society’s closure.
• “Senate committee testimony calls for more coverage of massage,” American Massage Therapy Foundation: NJ Chapter, May 31. Mentions Cindy Steinberg.
• “HHS Draft Pain Report-Lots to Think About and to Still Do,” National Pain Report, April 2. Quotes Cindy Steinberg.
• “Deadline for Comment Has Passed – Pain Patient Advocacy Groups Add Their Voice,” National Pain Report, April 3. Discuss CPATF coalition.
• “NH patients laud FDA warning not to suddenly cut opioids to chronic pain sufferers,” New Hampshire Union Leader, April 10. Quotes Cindy Steinberg.
• “Pediatric Pain Event Coming,” National Pain Report, April 21. Discusses upcoming U.S. Pain Pediatric Pain Warrior retreat.
• “Chronic Pain and the Other Side of the Opioid Epidemic – Patient Advocacy 101,” National Pain Report, April 28. Mentions U.S. Pain Foundation resources.
• “Progress against cancer pain taking many directions, NCI reports,” Oncology Times, March 20. Mentions Cindy Steinberg’s comments at Feb. 12 Senate hearing.
• “More research is underway for cannabinoids for neurologic disorders,” Neurology Today, March 21. Mentions Cindy Steinberg’s comments at Feb. 12 Senate hearing.
• “Pain advocacy groups tell HHS Secretary revise CDC guidelines,” National Pain Report, March 28. Discusses joint letter from Consumer Pain Advocacy Task Force, which includes U.S. Pain.
• U.S. Pain Foundation patient turned advocate speaks to Senate, Practical Pain Management, Feb. 21.
• A conversation about pain management is long overdue, ProHealth.com, Feb. 20.
• D.C. Week: Revision in CDC Opioid Guidelines Demanded, MedPage Today, Feb. 15.
• Woman Testifies About Chronic Pain, Opioids From Cot, The Fix, Feb. 15.
• Patient advocate tells U.S. Senate Committee “Pain conversation is long overdue,“ National Pain Report.
• Pain patients to Congress: CDC’s Opioid Guideline is Hurting Us, MedPage Today, Feb. 13.
• Woman in cot testifies to Congress on opioids, chronic pain management, NBC News, Feb. 12.
• Senators focus on marijuana’s role in combatting the opioid crisis, Marijuana Moment, Feb. 12.
• Opioid crackdown said to leave out pain patients, McClatchy DC Bureau, Feb. 12.
• Pain patients to Congress: CDC’s Opioid Guideline is Hurting Us, MedPage Today, Feb. 13.
• NH patients implore policymakers: Don’t punish pain, Union Leader, Jan. 30. Mentions rally and Bobbi Blades, a U.S. Pain support group leader.
• Chronic pain: Patients rally for change in Concord, Union Leader, Jan. 27. Quotes Cindy Steinberg.
• HHS patient pain task force looking for public comment, Pain News Network, Jan. 16. Mentions Cindy Steinberg as only patient on the task force.
• Fed panel releases draft report on pain management, National Pain Report, Jan. 1. Discusses U.S. Pain’s efforts to encourage comment.