INDIAN PAIN SCENARIO - “The Elephant Strives for its Roar”
Editor’s Note: Dr. Chadha has been following the National Pain Report in India. We had a virtual conversation recently and thought that giving our readers…
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Women React to Chronic Pain Insomnia Link
Two women who suffer from chronic pain and who work as advocates in chronic pain weren't surprised to see a story this week that links…
Babies Feel Pain Just Like Adults, What Now?
Scientists at Oxford University say that babies feel pain in the same manner as adults, according to a new report. Babies’ brains “light up” on…
Are Elected Officials Listening to Chronic Pain Patients?
When you write your elected officials and public representatives, you expect an answer. But as of yet, our March 20, 2015, letter to Montana U.S.…
The National Pain Strategy Is Released
A draft of the long awaited National Pain Strategy (NPS) was released today, and the National Institutes of Health want to know what you think.…
Federal Government Increasing Opioid Scrutiny
The U.S. Health and Human Services(HHS) has announced it is expanding its role in reducing prescription opioid and heroin related overdose, death and dependence. This…
New Spinal Cord Stimulation Therapy Showing Promising Results
Does spinal cord stimulation (SCS) work in relieving pain? Some data released at the American Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Meeting held in Maryland in…
You Make the Call: Risk or Opiophobia?
Kurt W.G. Matthies is former computer engineer and freelance writer who has lived with the chronic intractable pain of severe spine disease for over 20…