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Editor's Note 
 
Ontario’s WSIB is funding research into nonspecific chronic pain as part of its 10-year partnership with St. Joseph’s Health Care London. Find details about the project in this week’s lead news story.
- Brandi Cowen, Editor
 
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WSIB funding research to change the way we see chronic pain

Pain is invisible, but to people who experience it for months or even years, it can be a debilitating and life-altering reality. A pioneering research project funded under the Ontario WSIB’s $66 million, 10-year research partnership with St. Joseph’s Health Care London could help change all that, in part by making the source of the pain more visible.


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