Q: Has there been a change in the major concerns of people in pain over the past several years? If so, what are those changes? Paul Gileno: Sadly, YES! What I have seen as Founder and President of US Pain, and as an experienced person with pain — and what we hear from people with…

A rainbow is a symbol of hope and promise, its beauty connecting the earth with the sky. It is magical and spiritual. When I was growing up on our family’s farm in Nebraska, the rainbows over the wide-open landscape were breathtaking. I loved the smell of the air full of the ozone that preceded and…

The Precision Medicine Initiative is an ambitious new plan announced by President Obama to find more precise treatments for various illnesses, in part by leveraging recent advances in genetic science. The idea is to do away with “one-size-fits-all” medicine not only through genotyping but also by using existing large datasets that already containing a wealth…

Nearly half of all soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq have chronic pain. This is in contrast to the civilian rate of about 26%.  The prevalence of chronic pain in returning soldiers and veterans is unprecedented and probably related to the types of injuries and improved survival rates from successful medical interventions in the field. …

By Barby Ingle, President Power of Pain Foundation Imagine going from living an active life, where dance was a central part of your life, to living in pain that limits your every move. It happened to me. As head of Washington State University’s cheer and dance programs, physical fitness was a central and wonderful part…

The movie “Cake” starring Jennifer Aniston will be released Jan. 23rd. I will definitely be in the audience when it opens, and I urge everyone else to see it. Aniston stars as Claire, a woman who suffers from chronic pain. She becomes obsessed with the suicide death of one of the members of her support…

Healthcare providers in the U.S. are poorly prepared to manage chronic pain, according to the National Institutes for Health. No argument here. Time Magazine’s Alexandra Sifferlin does an excellent job covering the January NIH report on this deepening crisis. But she ignores a crucial factor: how to pay for the interdisciplinary care that the NIH…

The movie “Cake” starring Jennifer Aniston will be released Jan. 23rd. I will definitely be in the audience when it opens, and I urge everyone else to see it. Aniston stars as Claire, a woman who suffers from chronic pain. She becomes obsessed with the suicide death of one of the members of her support…

“For those suffering chronic pain, the hardest part is convincing others.” These words reinforce what nearly one-third of Americans already know, and introduce an NPR feature on chronic pain. After reporting the all too familiar statistics, (about 116 million people suffer from chronic pain with a cost of $635 billion in medical expenses and lost…