The Pain Relief Network http://painreliefnetwork.org Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:30:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Legal talent to share http://painreliefnetwork.org/legal-talent-to-share.php/ http://painreliefnetwork.org/legal-talent-to-share.php/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:04:06 +0000 Admin http://painreliefnetwork.org/?p=1244 Dec 25, 2009
By: Karen McCowan
The Register-Guard
An Oregon native is honored for her work to help others in pain


Most people would not use the word “gift” to describe a diagnosis of not one but…

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By: Jacob Sullum
Dec 9, 2009


This week the Institute for Justice and the Reason Foundation (which publishes Reason magazine and Reason Online) filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of Siobhan Reynolds, the pain…

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Nov 5, 2009
By John Tierney


Chronic pain affects more than 70 million Americans, which makes it more widespread than heart disease, cancer and diabetes combined. It costs the economy more than $100 billion…

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Author Unknown
medicalnewstoday.com


Science now offers us ever more advanced ways to understand and control pain. But with those new treatments come new questions about the use (and misuse) of state-of-the-art technology and how far…

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By Carrie Johnson
Washington Post Staff Writer


Heightened efforts by the Drug Enforcement Administration to crack down on narcotics abuse are producing a troubling side effect by denying some hospice and elderly patients needed pain…

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Oct 27, 2009


A new Pain Medicine Position Paper published by leaders of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM), reveals businesses lose $61 billion annually due to ineffective pain care and the lack of optimal…

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Oct 19, 2009


AUSTRALIA could become the first country to recognise chronic pain as a disease in its own right, giving sufferers greater credibility and access to more integrated services.


Chronic pain, which affects one in five…

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Bill H. McCarberg, MD
Question


The primary care physician is the point of service entry into our medical delivery system. This doctor is the one initially seen for almost every type of disorder. Why is…

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by SB. Leavitt, MA, PhD
Controversy still exists about the long-term prescribing of opioids for chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) conditions, and particularly regarding the safety and effectiveness of higher opioid doses. Yet, there appears to…

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