The debate over the appointment of a seasoned scientist with private-sector experience to
the governing council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research1 (CIHR) is based on …

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Epidemics of opioid use are old news in the United States, but an epidemic that kills over
200,000 Americans is not. A multiplicity of intertwined factors have brought us to this place …

The United States faces a challenge that affects millions of people: the opioid epidemic, also
referred to as the opioid crisis. In October 2017, the President of the United States declared …

Transparency, freedom from bias, and accountability are, in principle, hallmarks of taxpayer-
funded institutions. Unfortunately, it seems that at least one institution, the Centers for …

It is a familiar scenario. A problem arises slowly at first then increasingly it festers until it
reaches crisis level. Usually, some sentinel event occurs that seems to demand immediate …

The prescription opioid crisis ravaged communities across the globe, leaving a trail of
devastation in its wake. 1, 2 This was particularly true in the United States, where an absurd …

Chronic pain is a prevalent, debilitating, and costly public health problem. 1 Recent
estimates suggest that approximately 20% of all adult Americans report chronic pain (ie …

When opioid treatment was extended to patients with chronic pain, we took a leap of faith;
we believed that the established success of opioid treatment for acute and terminal cancer …

The epidemic of opioid use and abuse in the US has many aetiological factors: the result of
changing social conventions in health care, inadequate physician education about pain and …