APS President, Dr. David Williams, Talks Pain Management Funding
"Pain Management" is a series of articles that brings you the stories behind the science and treatment of pain. President David Williams, PhD, shares the APS's research priorities.
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The Role of Science in Addressing the Opioid Crisis
Dr. Collins and NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow outline a new public-private partnership initiative to address the opioid crisis. This new initiative will focus on three scientific areas: overdose-reversal and prevention interventions, new medications to treat opioid addiction, and non-addictive interventions for chronic pain. N Engl J Med. Online: May 31, 2017.
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2017 Pain Care for Primary Care
Attend a comprehensive update on a variety of clinical approaches to treat common pain conditions you see in your everyday practice.
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Minimally Invasive SI Joint Fusion May Lessen Pain, Improve Quality of Life
Experts weigh in on the findings of a study comparing patients with sacroiliac (SI) joint pain who received either conservative measures or denervation procedure with a group of patients who received a minimally invasive SI joint fusion.
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Post-surgical Pain Management Can Influence Progression to Chronic Pain
Surgery is the cause for chronic pain in nearly 1 in 4 individuals who endure persistent pain conditions. Understanding pre-operative and post-op factors that influence post-surgical pain management success may provide clues in preventing progression to chronic pain after surgery, according to research presented at the American Pain Society (APS) Annual Scientific Conference.
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Holistic, Patient Centered Care Gaining Acceptance for Pain Management
Treating the whole person and not just the pain has been a mantra of the American Pain Society (APS) for decades. In his keynote address at the organization’s annual scientific meeting, holistic medicine expert David Katz, MD, director of the Preventative Research Center at Yale University, called for clinicians to stop relying exclusively on pain medications and adopt patient-centered, holistic approaches for treating chronic pain patients.
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