====== Federal pain research database launched ====== http://www.nih.gov/news/health/may2014/ninds-27.htm#http://www.kpaddock.com "The [[http://paindatabase.nih.gov/|Interagency Pain Research Portfolio (IPRP)]], a database that provides information about pain research and training activities supported by the federal government, has been launched by six federal agencies. Pain is a symptom of many disorders; chronic pain can present as a disease in of itself. The economic cost of pain is estimated to be hundreds of billions of dollars annually in lost wages and productivity..." {{tag>}} ~~DISCUSSION~~