E-Health Self-Management Chronic Pain Program Beneficial
TUESDAY, April 25, 2023 -- For adults on long-term opioid therapy (LOT) for chronic pain, use of a four-month subscription to the online Goalistics Chronic Pain Management Program (E-Health) is beneficial compared with treatment as usual (TAU),... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 25, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
How to Find Support When You Have Metastatic Kidney Cancer
Nearly two years after he’d been treated for kidney cancer and felt like he was in the clear, Chuck Stravin received the news that some nodules in both of his lungs were growing at an aggressive pace. When those were removed and biopsied, results confirmed that his kidney cancer had become metastatic.
“Everything switched in that moment—the battle became completely different,” he recalls. “Before, we were focused on moving fast and being cancer-free, and then I had to flip a switch and slow down. I had to change my mindset, and I knew I couldn’t do that alone.”
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Source: TIME: Health - April 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Millard Tags: Uncategorized Cancer healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Meet PainTEQ, a 2023 Best Places to Work honoree
PainTEQ provides a novel therapy for treating sacroiliac (SI) joint dysfunction, a prevalent source of chronic low back pain. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - April 24, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Chris Erickson Source Type: news
More than 1 in 5 U.S. adults lived with chronic pain in 2021
And 17 million Americans also experienced high-impact chronic pain severe enough to substantially restrict their daily activities. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Linda Searing Source Type: news
Statement on New York Times Article Regarding Sackler Family Donations to NAS
The news article suggests that the donations from the Sacklers presented a conflict of interest for the National Academies’ studies on chronic pain, opioid use, and ways to combat the opioid epidemic. The Sackler funds were never used to support an advisory study on these issues. (Source: News from the National Academies)
Source: News from the National Academies - April 23, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
