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The U.S. is a Nation in Pain – America’s Life Expectancy Fell Again in 2016

Health Populi

wars since 1950, according to Pain in the Nation Update from the Well Being Trust and Trust for America’s Health. The Trust for America’s Health is a non-profit, non-partisan organization focused on public health and healthy communities.

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Haiku as a path to resilience in the COVID-19 era: #HaikuChallenge20

Society for Participatory Medicine

I have just finished co-teaching a month-long elective on the topic of pain to a group of rising 4th year medical students. All humans will experience pain in their lives, some of us more than others, but pain is a universal experience of being mortal. In our isolation we are connecting around what we are observing.

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Understanding Acute Diseases: Duration And Link To Chronic Health Conditions

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Self-management is an essential component of managing chronic diseases and can include lifestyle changes like a healthy diet, regular exercise, and stress management techniques. Chronic diseases are a significant public health concern in the United States and around the world.

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Reimagining Pain in the Wake of the Opioid Epidemic

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Vijay Yanamadala, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Sword Health and System Medical Director of Spine Quality at Hartford Healthcare. In 2017, after years of over prescribing opioids to treat pain, leading to opioid addiction for millions of Americans, opioid dependency was declared a public health emergency.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

Eskenazi Health (Indianapolis). The Indiana Public Health Association recognized Eskenazi Health for its workplace culture in the Public Health is Good Business category, which complements the American Heart Association’s platinum-level fit-friendly worksite honor also bestowed on the health system.