10th Annual Headache and Pain Conference
If I wasn’t conducting a training in Philledelphia next week I’d be attending the Michigan Head-Pain & Neurological Institute’s (MHNI) 10th Annual Headache and Pain Conference. This year’s line up is exceptional as well as the topics they’ll be covering.
The conference states that pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined. According to the National Centers for Health Statistics, pain affects 76.2 million people. The conference will be covering the latest research into creating more effective treatment outcomes for people suffering with pain focuses on gender differences, the detrimental impact of certain medications, and nerve and magnetic stimulation.
Please find below some of the interesting information on the impact of pain from a press release by the conference organizers.
Pain is a serious issue in the US
- More than one-quarter of adult Americans report a problem with pain that persisted for more than 24 hours in duration.
- More women than men reported that they were in pain.
- 42% of adults report pain that lasted longer than one year.
- About 1.2 million Michigan adults experience ongoing chronic pain.
- According to the National Institutes of Health, the annual cost of chronic pain in the United States, including healthcare expenses, lost income, and lost productivity, is estimated to be $100 billion.
- According to the National Sleep Foundation, an estimated 20 percent of American adults (42 million people) report that pain or physical discomfort disrupts their sleep a few nights a week or more.
- Low back pain is the most common (27 percent), followed by severe headache or migraine pain (15 percent), neck pain (15 percent) and facial ache or pain (4 percent).
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