WASHINGTON — Nearly a third of Americans experience long-lasting pain — the kind that lingers for weeks to months — and too often feel stigma rather than relief from a health care system poorly prepared to treat them, the Institute of Medicine said Wednesday.
Report: More than 100 million suffer lasting pain
Saturday, July 2, 2011 | 3:41 p.m. CDT;
updated 7:47 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 5, 2011
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