This November, the U.S. Pain Foundation has dedicated its efforts to helping people get to #knowDPN. Through our...
Blog Articles
7 Myths and Facts About DPN
Myth: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is only a concern for people with long-term diabetes. Fact: DPN can develop...
Take Steps Today: Preventing, Detecting, and Slowing the Progression of DPN
Being diagnosed with diabetes raises a variety of concerns, but one many people aren’t aware of is this: Up to half of...
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a glaring light on health care disparities—roadblocks or unequal treatment faced by...
William Hatchett
Fighting for Access to Treatment for Dual Diagnoses William Hatchett II knows that money can’t buy happiness. But he...
Tiffany Porter
Disabled, Black, Female, and Queer: The View from ‘the Bottom of the Barrel’ People still ask Tiffany Porter when she...
Mia Robinson
Turning Pain and Tragedy into Advocacy For Mia Robinson, every day is planned around chronic pain. “How I move in life...
Manisha Gupta, PhD
From Scientist to Patient: When Health Care Equity Becomes a Personal Struggle Manisha Gupta, 39, has battled a...
Lorrie Starr, PhD
Through Pain, a Profusion of Hard-Earned Lessons If Lorrie Starr were to write a book about her life, she’d call it...
Jacob & John Smith
Young Twins Navigating Pain Together The idea of having a child who lives with chronic pain is unbearable to a parent....
Grace Chappell
Combating the Stereotype of the ‘Angry Black Woman’ One day in 2021, without warning, Grace Chappell couldn’t speak....
Dina Thachet
Formerly Hesitant to Question Doctors, She Now Speaks Up for Others Until she was 19, Dina Thachet was “100% healthy,”...