Media releases

Media releases issued by ANZCA and the Faculty of Pain Medicine concerning pain.

Date	Title
2012
February 17	Chronic pain patients warned on drug withdrawal
February 15	Fewer deaths and overdoses to result from opioid tracking
January 18	Health professionals urged to have greater empathy for patients
2011
December 24	Professor Robert Helme discusses headaches and migraines on Melbourne’s ABC 774
October 27	Causes of pain: physical or psychological?
October 17	Pain specialists tackle $1.2 billion a year migraine headache
October 17	Global Year Against Headache highlights costly migraine problem (NZ)
June 2	New online training program to tackle pain
May 12	East meets west at pain medicine meeting
2010
October 18	Pain experts pushing to teach young doctors more about pain
October 8	“The story doctor” to speak at pain meeting
October 8	Moves to educate GPs in pain management discussed
September 27	Prescription opioids must not be dismissed: pain specialists
June 11	Boost for Queensland pain sufferers
April 30	Faculty of Pain Medicine - Refresher Course Day
March 11	Summit calls for Government action on pain
March 11	Pain sufferers wait an average six months to see specialist: study
March 4	Too many children suffering unnecessary pain
Februrary 11	Cancer patients should not live or die in pain: experts
2009
December 10	Most vulnerable being denied rights, say pain experts
October 18	World-first National Pain Strategy launched
October 16	Leading pain specialists gather for Melbourne meeting
2008
May 2	Breaking pain barriers: Communicating issues in cancer pain