A Nation in Pain: Healing our Biggest Health Problem [Kindle Edition]
Author: Judy Foreman | Language: English | ISBN: B00HO6WTCA | Format: PDF, EPUB
A Nation in Pain: Healing our Biggest Health Problem
Posts about Download The Book A Nation in Pain: Healing our Biggest Health Problem [Kindle Edition] for everyone book mediafire, rapishare, and mirror link Out of 238 million American adults, 100 million live in chronic pain. And yet the press has paid more attention to the abuses of pain medications than the astoundingly widespread condition they are intended to treat. Ethically, the failure to manage pain better is tantamount to torture. When chronic pain is inadequately treated, it undermines the body and mind. Indeed, the risk of suicide for people in chronic pain is twice that of other people. Far more than just a symptom, writes author Judy Foreman, chronic pain can be a disease in its own right -- the biggest health problem facing America today.
Published in partnership with the International Association for the Study of Pain, A Nation in Pain offers a sweeping, deeply researched account of the chronic pain crisis, from neurobiology to public policy, and presents to practical solutions that are within our grasp today. Drawing on both her personal experience with chronic pain and her background as an award-winning health journalist, she guides us through recent scientific discoveries, including genetic susceptibility to pain; gender disparities in pain conditions and treatments, perhaps linked to estrogen; the problem of undertreated pain in children; the emerging role of the immune system in pain; advances in traditional treatments such as surgery and drugs; and fair-minded assessments of the effectiveness of alternative remedies, including marijuana, acupuncture, massage, and chiropractic care. For many people, the real magic bullet, Foreman writes, is exercise. Though many patients fear it will increase their discomfort, studies show it consistently produces improvement, often dramatic. She also explores the destructive "opioid wars," which have led to a misguided demonization of prescription painkillers.
Foreman presents a far-reaching but sensible plan of action, ranging from enhancing pain education in medical schools to reforms of federal policies across the board. For doctors, scientists, policy makers, and especially patients, A Nation in Pain is essential reading. Download latest books on mediafire and other links compilation A Nation in Pain: Healing our Biggest Health Problem
Posts about Download The Book A Nation in Pain: Healing our Biggest Health Problem [Kindle Edition] for everyone book mediafire, rapishare, and mirror link Out of 238 million American adults, 100 million live in chronic pain. And yet the press has paid more attention to the abuses of pain medications than the astoundingly widespread condition they are intended to treat. Ethically, the failure to manage pain better is tantamount to torture. When chronic pain is inadequately treated, it undermines the body and mind. Indeed, the risk of suicide for people in chronic pain is twice that of other people. Far more than just a symptom, writes author Judy Foreman, chronic pain can be a disease in its own right -- the biggest health problem facing America today.
Published in partnership with the International Association for the Study of Pain, A Nation in Pain offers a sweeping, deeply researched account of the chronic pain crisis, from neurobiology to public policy, and presents to practical solutions that are within our grasp today. Drawing on both her personal experience with chronic pain and her background as an award-winning health journalist, she guides us through recent scientific discoveries, including genetic susceptibility to pain; gender disparities in pain conditions and treatments, perhaps linked to estrogen; the problem of undertreated pain in children; the emerging role of the immune system in pain; advances in traditional treatments such as surgery and drugs; and fair-minded assessments of the effectiveness of alternative remedies, including marijuana, acupuncture, massage, and chiropractic care. For many people, the real magic bullet, Foreman writes, is exercise. Though many patients fear it will increase their discomfort, studies show it consistently produces improvement, often dramatic. She also explores the destructive "opioid wars," which have led to a misguided demonization of prescription painkillers.
Foreman presents a far-reaching but sensible plan of action, ranging from enhancing pain education in medical schools to reforms of federal policies across the board. For doctors, scientists, policy makers, and especially patients, A Nation in Pain is essential reading. Download latest books on mediafire and other links compilation A Nation in Pain: Healing our Biggest Health Problem
- File Size: 1143 KB
- Print Length: 464 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0199837201
- Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (January 2, 2014)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00HO6WTCA
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
- Lending: Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,855 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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- #51 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Diseases & Physical Ailments > Chronic Pain
The reason I am buying is that both my wife and I have pain issues. The following is from a very reliable web site I subscribe to that gave this review. Another reason I am buying the book. After reading I will adjust the stars rating based on my feelings about the book.
The following review was written by SB. Leavitt, MA, PhD at Pain Topics News & Research.
Of nearly 240 million adults in the United States, more than 4 in 10, or about 100 million, live with chronic pain of some sort. Yet, the professional and popular news media focus more on abuses of pain medications than the dreaded conditions the drugs are intended to treat. Meanwhile, the suffering of untreated or mistreated patients with pain is largely overlooked.
In her new book — A Nation in Pain: Healing Our Biggest Health Problem — author Judy Foreman provides a deeply researched account of today’s chronic pain crisis and reasons behind it, and she discusses some solutions that could be within reach. Far more than just a symptom, Foreman explains, chronic pain can be a disease in its own right, and the failure to manage pain better in the U.S. and other countries worldwide may be tantamount to torture.
A great many (perhaps, too many) books have been written on the subject of pain; all are well-intentioned and often they are self-published. While some of the books are of interest, most appear to be riddled with personal opinion, biased perspectives, and/or misinformation rather than being guided by facts and solid evidence.
Judy Foreman's new book, A Nation in Pain, doesn't waste any time diving in to the shocking statistics and research related to chronic pain and the severity of the problems surrounding it. It is a mandatory reading for Chronic Pain patients, Medical professionals, and society at large - who is so often misinformed by the media and general lack of education surrounding these issues. This book covers everything from the basic definition of chronic pain --- to opioid wars --- to ideas on how to make real improvements in our nation's response to chronic pain.
Some early facts in this book that i found to be highly interesting:
1). "[the government] spends only about 1% of its vast budget on pain research, despite the fact that chronic pain....is a bigger problem than heart disease, cancer, and diabetes COMBINED. ...Federal spending on chronic pain is actually going down."
2). Judy Foreman discussed the problem of doctors not being educated to treat or work with patients with chronic pain. She cites, "Across all the years of medical training, students got an average of 13 to 41 hours of pain education. Veterinary students got more than twice that - 87 hours on average."
3). "Out of 238 million American adults, 100 million live in chronic pain. And yet the press has paid more attention to the abusers of pain medications than the astoundingly widespread condition they are intended to treat. Ethnically, the failure to manage pain better IS TANTAMOUNT TO TORTURE."
I fully believe that we will be better as a country due to this book, the more people that read it the better. It is rare that any book fills me with this level of inspiration for positive change. I know i will read this book many times, and buy it for those who are important to me. Ms.
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