Tai Chi can help with neck pain: study

Tai Chi, a low-impact mind-body exercise, can be as effective as neck exercises in relieving persistent neck pain, according to results of randomized controlled trial reported in The Journal of Pain, the peer-reviewed publication of the American Pain Society. >> Read full article

Nova Scotia sees sharp spike in opioid overdose deaths

Seventy people died of opioid overdoses in Nova Scotia in the first eight months of 2016, a spike that is raising early fears of a British Columbia-style crisis. >> Read full article

NIH awards $7.5M grant to chronic pain research

In order to better understand the disparity between identifiable damage and chronic pain, the U.S. National Institutes of Health has awarded $7.5 million over five years to physician-scientists at the University of Michigan Health System. >> Read full article

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I've been deliberating for some time over whether to raise my professional service fees. My practice is located in a small city where an automaker – the major industry in this town – laid off thousands of workers years ago. Tourism and other industries have suffered, and I suspect many shopkeepers and service providers have wrestled with their pricing decisions for fear of customer reprisal. It causes me to reflect on how I, and my colleagues, set pricing. How do we set our pricing? >> Learn More…