My heart breaks when I meet a young person sharing that they are confronting life with chronic pain. At the age of 74,...
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Should I Consider Having A Service Dog?
Have you ever wondered about the advantages of having a service dog? If you are living with a difficult medical...
Spotlight: T1D Exchange
Established in 2009, T1D Exchange is a nonprofit organization that facilitates research and drives quality improvement...
Charis Hill
Pain Paves an Unlikely Path to Becoming Whole Charis Hill, 35, delights in wordplay. As a person who identifies as...
AGING INDIVIDUALS’ PAIN SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED: COMMUNICATION AND ACCESS ARE VITAL
Many people living with chronic pain have at some point felt dismissed by medical professionals—and for older...
BIPOC AND CLINICAL TRIALS: REBUILDING TRUST AFTER GENERATIONS OF ABUSE
In 1932, the U.S. Public Health Service began a study on syphilis involving 600 Black men. Despite being promised...
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...