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Let’s Go To Camp! Applications are open.
The U.S. Pain Foundation is thrilled to announce that applications are open for the 3rd Annual Pediatric Pain Warrior...
Advancing Research for Chronic Pain Act Introduced in House
WEST HARTFORD, CONN., JANUARY 31, 2024 -A bipartisan bill introduced today in the House seeks to eliminate gaps in...
DISBELIEF, SCHOOL CHALLENGES, AND COMPREHENSIVE CARE: TACKLING BARRIERS FACING CHILDREN LIVING WITH PAIN
In the United States, 50 million individuals live with chronic pain—about 1 in 6 people. This metric, while staggering...
CONNECT EFFECTIVELY WITH YOUR DOCTOR: TIPS ON COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY, CONCISELY, AND PRODUCTIVELY
Visiting the doctor—for the first time or for yet another follow-up—can be overwhelming. Chuck Vega, MD, a family...
INADEQUATE ASSESSMENT OF PAIN: WHERE A 1-10 PAIN SCALE FALLS SHORT
When a 36-year-old Latino man walks into a clinician's office seeking help for pain, chances are good he will be asked...
MAKING MEDICAL FORMS AND DOCTOR VISITS MORE INCLUSIVE: CREATING SAFE APPOINTMENTS FOR TRANSGENDER, NONBINARY, AND GENDER DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS
Medical appointments that are not affirming of patients’ gender, name, and pronouns can be traumatic for individuals...
GENDER-BASED HEALTH STIGMAS CAN EXACT EVEN HIGHER TOLL ON BIPOC MEN
“[Many] men reach a certain age and say, ‘I ain’t never going to the doctor,’” says New Orleans-based Eric Griggs, MD,...
WHEN MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL PAIN COINCIDE, CERTAIN POPULATIONS ARE HIT HARDER
The tie between physical pain and mental illness can feel like a never-ending and inseparable cycle, with pain causing...
OPIOID RESTRICTIONS LEAVE BIPOC BEHIND: A LOOK AT THE 2016 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR PRESCRIBING OPIOIDS, THE RECENT DRAFT UPDATE, AND THE DISPARITIES THAT REMAIN
Ethleen Peacock was born in Sierra Leone, a country in West Africa, with sickle cell disease—a disorder in which red...
SSDI EASES FINANCIAL BURDENS WHEN YOU CAN’T WORK —HERE’S HOW TO NAVIGATE IT
One of the most significant stressors experienced by those living with debilitating chronic pain is how to pay for the...
WOMEN’S PAIN IS WIDESPREAD, BUT RESEARCH LAGS AND DISBELIEF ABOUNDS
For as long as she can remember, Claudia King has experienced pain with urination as well as pain during and after...