tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069533709334209690.post950454296492929850..comments2023-12-01T00:19:28.295-08:00Comments on The Pained Ink Slayer: Aren’t we a motley crew? The diversity of chronic pain and its relationship to fibromyalgia.The Pained Ink Slayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495729147432131238noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069533709334209690.post-83215313863124435152011-09-27T12:19:29.320-07:002011-09-27T12:19:29.320-07:00More than 116 million Americans--about one-third o...More than 116 million Americans--about one-third of the population – live with chronic pain, according to a new report from the Institute of medicine. This figure is greater than the combined number of people who suffer from heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.<br /><br />But despite the large amount of people who experience pain for months or even years, there is very little awareness about it.<br /><br />Prevention and treatment of chronic pain is commonly "postponed, inaccessible or inadequate" for many racial and ethnic minorities, women and children. "Nor is easy so to receive people from low income and education, cancer patients, seniors, and people who are in the final stage of their lives," according to ABC News.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.findrxonline.com" rel="nofollow">Chronic pain</a> costs amount to $365 billion per year, taking into account the costs of treatment and monetary losses resulting in diminished productivity of this disorder, according to the report of the Institute of medicine.Fergiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02137585394601544823noreply@blogger.com