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August 8th, 2022 RELIEF News By Simona Denise Frederiksen Breaking the Silence for People Living with Endometriosis For a long time – from when I was 13 years old until […]
Learn More >July 21st, 2022 RELIEF News By Alice Gregorie What Do These Medical Procedures Have in Common? Colonoscopy (examination of the colon), cystoscopy (examination of the bladder), endoscopic ultrasound scan (examination […]
Learn More >By Guillaume Christe Self-management strategies play a key role in many chronic illnesses. In the case of back pain, self-management interventions are strongly recommended for both acute and chronic conditions. […]
Learn More >Lower back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of disability worldwide and amounts to billions of dollars in healthcare costs. For many LBP patients, the emergency room (ER) is their […]
Learn More >Pain among hospitalized patients is expected and thus pain assessment is a crucial step towards its appropriate management. The first day after surgery, around 20-40% of patients will experience severe […]
Learn More >Your experience matters. Your voice matters. That’s why we encourage you to submit a proposal for a topical workshop at the 2022 World Congress on Pain in Toronto, from September […]
Learn More >Pain is a complex, nuanced, and often difficult experience. It is something we are all familiar with, something we have all experienced, yet it is really hard to define, and […]
Learn More >Editor’s note: Perri Tutelman is a graduate student in clinical psychology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She is studying pain in children with cancer and in survivors […]
Learn More >As part of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)’s new Global Alliance of Pain Patient Advocates, the 2018 IASP World Congress on Pain featured “The Global State […]
Learn More >Editor’s Note: At the 2018 World Congress on Pain in Boston, US, the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) launched its Global Alliance of Pain Patient Advocates (GAPPA). […]
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