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Risk Factors Linked to Pain after Breast Cancer Surgery
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Stress reduction, drug therapy may prevent chronic problems
A woman's young age, extensive surgery, and whether she suffered severe postoperative pain are risk factors for developing chronic pain after breast cancer surgery, a University of Rochester study found.
Up to half of all women who undergo a lumpectomy or mastectomy feel pain weeks or months later near the breast, adjacent armpit, and upper arm on the same side. It is often described as burning, throbbing, and/or a shar...
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Chronic pain and intimacy in the relationships of older adults
Generations
; Chronic pain significantly challenges all aspects of a person's life. When treating older adults with chronic pain, most professionals focus on alleviating the immediate physical discomfort and managing the cause of the pain. But there is more to the experience of pain than its physical
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Misdiagnosis of chronic pain: a bioethical problem.
Michigan Academician
; ABSTRACT Chronic pain imposes a considerable toll on modern health care. Undiagnosed pain impacts the lives of those affected, families, employers, and the economy, and it puts a significant financial burden on the healthcare system. Millions of individuals around the world across all age
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Cast a wide net with chronic pain.(prevention in action)
Clinical Psychiatry News
; Chronic pain cuts wide. One out of every five people lives with some sort of chronic pain. Of that 20%, one-third are not able or are only minimally able to maintain an independent lifestyle because of it, according to the International Association for the Study of Pain. And chronic pain cuts deep.
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Victory over chronic pain.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)
; ... weight climbed to 234 unfit pounds. I thought my life was over, she said. In 2001, she returned to an orthopedist and got more news that brought more tears: Her knee had bone against bone. More medicine, more denial. She went on with her life. She still knew ...
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Chronic pain causes victims to quit their jobs; pain costs more than $100 billion a year.(Statistical Notes)
Health Care Strategic Management
; More than 25 percent of men and women who live with chronic pain report that this condition affected their decision to quit their job, according to the Gender Attitudes Toward Chronic Pain survey commissioned by Partners Against Pain[R] and the National Women's Health Resource Center (NWHRC).
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Epidemiologic Perspective on Chronic Pain Treatment
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
; Objective: To review the epidemiologic literature concerning psychosocial mediators of outcome in chronic pain. These factors deserve attention in the assessment and treatment of chronic pain by mental health professionals. Method: We reviewed literature dealing with epidemiologic perspectives on
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Chronic pain baffles docs, leaving patients to go it alone.(Arts and Lifestyle)
The Boston Herald
; Byline: Cara Nissman Cindy Steinberg enjoys going to concerts and plays, but when she reserves tickets for a show, she asks about more than the view. I call ahead to find out where I can lay my mat to lie down flat during intermission, Steinberg said. I can't be upright for more than 90 minutes at
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One in six Israelis suffers chronic pain
Jerusalem Post
; ... SIEGEL Jerusalem Post 11-18-2003 Headline: One in six Israelis suffers chronic pain Byline: JUDY SIEGEL Edition; Daily Section: News Page: 07 Tuesday, November 18, 2003 -- One in six Israeli adults suffers from chronic pain, and nearly a third of those say that ...
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Racial Differences in the Physical and Psychosocial Health among Black and White Women with Chronic Pain
Journal of the National Medical Association
; ... 1992:103:813-816. 41. U.S. Bureau of the Census. Census of population and housing: summary Tape File 3B, Table P80A. Census CD + Maps. Place: GeoLytics: Published; 1998. 42. Toit RC, Pollard CA, Margolis RB, et al. The Pain Disability Index: psychometric and ...
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Chronic Pain and Occupation: An Exploration of the Lived Experience
The American Journal of Occupational Therapy
; OBJECTIVE. There is limited research on the relationship between chronic pain and occupation. This phenomenological research study explored the lived occupational experiences of people who have chronic pain. METHOD. Via demographic questionnaires, semistructured interviews, and field notes, data
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