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Chronic Pain Affects 21% of Americans, CDC Reports
by Judy George: Complete Post through this link…

Chronic pain continued to affect more than one in five U.S. adults, new CDC survey data showed.

During 2021, an estimated 51.6 million adults (20.9%) had chronic pain lasting 3 months or longer, and 17.1 million (6.9
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/04/18/chronic-pain-affects-21-of-americans-cdc-reports/
#Abuse #DisabilityResistence #DisasterandDisability #PainManagement #Recovery

Longitudinal follow-up of the randomized controlled trial of access to the trauma-focused self-management app PTSD coach
By Ida Hensler , Josefin Sveen a, Martin Cernvall , Filip K. Arnberg : Complete Post through this link…

Highlights

https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/04/17/longitudinal-follow-up-of-the-randomized-controlled-trial-of-access-to-the-trauma-focused-self-management-app-ptsd-coach/
#Abuse #AT #DisasterandDisability #EmploymentandAT #PainManagement #Recovery #VetSupport

Survivors of Vets Who Died from PACT Act Illnesses Can Reapply for Benefits
By Amanda Miller: Complete Post through this link…

Dependent family members of veterans who died from illnesses covered by the PACT Act may reapply for survivor's benefits if they
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/04/11/survivors-of-vets-who-died-from-pact-act-illnesses-can-reapply-for-benefits/
#Abuse #DisabilityResistence #DisasterandDisability #HealthandDisability #HealthPolicy #PainManagement #VetSupport

These women survived combat. Then they had to fight for health care.
By Hope Hodge Seck: Complete Post through this link…

The Jax Act, a bipartisan bill introduced in the House, seeks to acknowledge women’s combat service on secretive missions in Afghanistan.

Years before U.S. milita
https://disabilitycosmos.blog/2023/04/01/these-women-survived-combat-then-they-had-to-fight-for-health-care/
#DisasterandDisability #EconomicJustice #HealthPolicy #PainManagement #Recovery #VetSupport