Judy Foreman

Nationally Sindicated Fitness, Health, and Medicine Columnist

ABOUT JUDY FOREMAN

Judy Foreman, author of The Global Pain Crisis – What Everyone Needs to Know, 2017 “A Nation in Pain – Healing Our Biggest Health Problem,” Oxford University Press, 2014, was a staff writer at The Boston Globe for 23 years, from 1978 through 2000, and a medical specialist and science writer since 1985. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis. READ FULL BIO

 

“Finally, a scientific and empathetic book that sensibly sorts out the problems and possibilities of adequately controlling pain. What a relief!”

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The Gender Gap

Learning why men and women experience pain differently It’s one of the more puzzling observations in medicine: The vast majority of chronic pain patients are women. Women suffer disproportionately from irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, headaches (especially migraines), pain caused by damage to the nervous system, osteoarthritis, jaw problems … READ FULL COLUMN
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Out of 238 million American adults, 100 million live in chronic pain. And yet the press has paid more attention to the abuses of pain medications than the astoundingly widespread condition they are intended to treat. Ethically, the failure to manage pain better is tantamount to torture. When chronic pain is inadequately treated, it undermines the body and mind. Indeed, the risk of suicide for people in chronic pain is twice that of other people.

Foreman presents a far-reaching but sensible plan of action, ranging from enhancing pain education in medical schools to reforms of federal policies across the board. For doctors, scientists, policy makers, and especially patients, A Nation in Pain is essential reading. LEARN MORE

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