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Two new editions of Pain: Clinical Updates published in connection with the 2016 IASP Global Year Against Pain in the Joints offer help for clinicians treating patients with osteoarthritis and other joint ailments.

APS, a member of the Multi-society Pain Workgroup (MPW), representing more than 100,000 physicians and 15 medical societies, applauds the Washington State Health Care Authority's Health Technology Clinical Committee (HTCC) for preserving access to spinal injection therapies for millions of people who suffer from back pain.

In order to further scientific advancement, Leidos, a health, national security and engineering solutions company, in partnership with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), created OnPAR (Online Partnership to Accelerate Research). OnPAR represents a new funding paradigm that provides a second opportunity for promising unfunded NIH research proposals. Leidos has developed the OnPAR processes and website and will manage the overall program.

Join us during the Twitter Chat on Thursday, 3/24 from 12-1 pm PST. Hosted by Standford Pain and Beth Darnall. #PainPsychChat @AmericanPainSoc

On Tuesday afternoon March 15th the CDC released the final version of their 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.

The American Pain Society (APS) today endorsed the federal government's National Pain Strategy for its recommendations to better educate primary care physicians about pain and pain treatments, reduce stigma by increasing public awareness about pain and its overall impact on society, and expanding access to personalized multimodal and multidisciplinary pain care.

The American Pain Society (APS) will host its 35th Annual Scientific Meeting May 11-14 at the Austin Convention Center.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health professionals of a voluntary recall of morphine sulfate. 

The American Pain Society has released a new evidence-based clinical practice guideline, appearing in The Journal of Pain, with 32 recommendations to help clinicians achieve optimal pain management following surgery.

Please consider submitting a proposal for the Pediatric Data Blitz at the 35th Annual Scientific Meeting, May 12, 2016.

The CDC is seeking applications to investigate the connection between Rx opioid use and transition to heroin. Application submissions are due February 15, 2016. Click here for more information. 

The North American Pain School, an educational initiative of IASP, in collaboration with ACTTION, will bring together leading experts in the fields of pain research and management to provide a unique educational and networking experience for the next generation of basic science and clinical pain researchers.

News from The Journal of Pain, new research on opioid prescribing in Washington State reports that a health plan initiative to change shared expectations of physicians regarding clinically appropriate drug levels for long-term management of chronic pain achieved significantly greater reductions in opioid dosing.

"Autoantibodies from RA patients administered to mice cause pain-like behavior, independent of inflammation, through chemokine signaling."

Relief is a new website designed for patients and the general public seeking information on chronic pain. 

An e-newsletter from the Chronic Pain Research Alliance designed to provide up to date information on recent basic science and clinical pain research for all members of the pain community.

Children who still have moderate to severe post-operative pain one month after a surgical procedure are at risk for deterioration of their health-related quality of life, according to research reported in The Journal of Pain.

Join Jennifer Stinson, RN-EC, PhD, CPNP, from The Hospital for Sick Children, at the upcoming webinar - One size doesn't fit all: Personalized digital health approaches to chronic disease management. On Monday, January 25, 2016, from 3 pm - 4 pm EDT. 

From the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, statistics show new findings in adolescent back pain. 

The Clinical and Basic Science Data Blitz will be held Wednesday, May 11, 6–8 pm, in Austin, TX, as part of the 35th Annual Scientific Meeting. The Call for Submissions for the Data Blitz will be available on February 4, 2016. The submission deadline is March 17, 2016.