Help For Chronic Pain Patients In Need Of Diagnosis

For many people, the most maddening part of chronic pain is trying to find someone that can tell you the actual reason. Finding the source of pain can be tricky. Ask any doctor. Better yet, ask anyone suffering from "chronic pain/cause unknown."
Millions of people wake up each day to pain and other symptoms from [...]

Adequate Health Care Is A MUST For All People Struggling With Chronic Pain And Disability!

If you're reading this chronic pain blog, it's likely chronic pain is a part of your life. You or your spouse or your child or your sibling struggle with it, and you're looking for help.
You're not alone. Millions of people need help. And millions are being denied help because they have the misfortune to [...]

Mad Scientist…or BAD Scientist? Pain Drug Researcher Accused Of Fabricating Favorable Research

The next time a much-touted drug doesn't work for you, you may want to stop blaming yourself and think about the following.
In March of 2009, Doctor Scott S. Reuben, a prominent anesthesiologist and former chief of acute pain at Baystate Medical Center in Massachusetts, was accused of faking studies that were published in several [...]

Health Care With A Twist

With the soaring cost of health care here in the U.S. and 56 million people without health insurance, a lot of us are left to our own devices when it comes to health issues. If you're caught in that position, you'll appreciate this funny "fake" news a friend recently sent me. It's a tip [...]

Confirmed—The Internet Is An Important Pain Management Tool

If you’ve turned to the internet in your quest for pain relief, you’re already using one of the best pain management tools available.

As reported in The Journal of Pain published by the American Pain Society, researchers in a Chicago-based program set out to determine how effective mind/body self-care techniques were in helping adults cope with [...]

Does The Orencia Promise Signal New Help For Pain Patients Or A Disturbing Trend?

I used to be deeply troubled by the amount of money pharmaceutical companies spent wooing doctors. From gourmet dinners to tropical cruises, nothing was too much so long as it swayed doctors to write out prescriptions for big brand name pharmaceuticals.
But recently, some states have been taking steps to limit the sort of largesse [...]