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CDC updates pain care guidelines for clinicians
The publication updates and replaces the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain released in 2016. Patients ...
Becker's Hospital Review23d
Nearly 1 in 4 US adults report chronic pain, CDC finds
8.5% experienced high-impact chronic pain, according to the CDC. High-impact chronic pain refers to pain that frequently limits life or work activities. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence ...
WebMD23d
Nearly a Quarter of Americans Endured Chronic Pain Last Year
New CDC data shows that 24% of adults said in a survey that they had pain most days or every day during the past three months. In 2019, just 20% of people said they had chronic pain. Nearly 9% of ...
Daily Herald7d
Report shows increase in chronic pain, but reason why is elusive
The number of people with chronic pain has increased substantially in recent years, and the reason isn’t completely clear. A ...
The Washington Post24d
Nearly a quarter of U.S. adults suffered chronic pain last year
Nearly a quarter of U.S. adults reported living with chronic pain in 2023, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Just over 24 percent (24.3 percent) of ...