Report calls for cultural transformation of attitudes toward pain and its prevention and management

Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 03:31 in Health & Medicine

Every year, at least 116 million adult Americans experience chronic pain, a condition that costs the nation between $560 billion and $635 billion annually, says a new report from the U.S. Institute of Medicine. Much of this pain is preventable or could be better managed, added the committee that wrote the report.