Learn Correct Terminology With the Disability Style Guide Jaclyn Youhana Garver 9/25/19, 3:15pm Illustration for article titled Learn Correct Terminology With the Disability Style Guide I have used the term “special needs” freely and often throughout my life. I have a brother with autism, and the phrase is pretty versatile and, I thought, inoffensive. But…
Category: October 2019
It’s not just opioids: What doctors want you to know about benzos
By Breeanna Hare, CNN Posted at 5:35 AM ET, Fri October 4, 2019 How benzodiazepines affect your brain 00:51(CNN) — There’s no understating the extent of America’s opioid crisis. In 2017, the same year it became a public health emergency, an estimated 1.7 million people in the US had substance abuse disorders related to prescription opioids.…
Email members of Congress and ask them to hold a hearing on the new report on pain.
We have a federal blueprint on pain. Now Congress must act. This engagement is for all constituents to send an email to their legislator. A new, congressionally mandated report has the potential to improve care for the 50 million Americans who live with daily pain. It provides a blueprint for pain management that is multidisciplinary,…
Patients, Privacy, and PDMPs: Exploring the Impact of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
October 3, 2019 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT Hayek Auditorium, Cato Institute TwitterLinkedInRedditFacebookFeaturing David S. Fink, MPhil, MPH, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; Kate M. Nicholson, JD, Civil rights attorney and pain patient advocate; Nathan Freed Wessler, JD, Staff attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project; Patience Moyo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Brown…
Symptoms of Chronic Pain Posted on August 14, 2018 by MyChronicPainTeamhug (26)like (53)comment (59) share Chronic pain comes in many varieties. People with chronic pain often experience other symptoms that exacerbate pain and worsen disability. Pain sensations People with chronic pain describe many different pain sensations. Different types of chronic pain are often associated with specific varieties of pain. Providing…
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