Last week on Dr. Kevin Pho’s blog at http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/, there was a new posting about using a mobile app for chronic pain.  This is a great concept, and is something that is going to become a prominent tool for the management of chronic pain.  This specific app is not available yet, but will be in the near future.  Similar apps already exist and it is interesting to look at what is currently available.

Damon Lynn has a very well designed pain diary that is user...

Pain is undertreated in this country. The Institute of Medicine released its report on chronic pain on June 11^th of this year. In it, they stated that 116 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, a third of the population. This excluded children, chronic care facility patients and military personnel. The prevalence of chronic pain will increase as the population at large gets older. Millions of chronic pain sufferers are undertreated. Why then shouldn’t we have a medication on the market...