An interesting study was published this summer, in the European Journal of Nutrition, showing that people with chronic musculoskeletal pain felt less pain symptoms when they added more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean meats to their diets – while reducing sweets, soft drinks, and Read More …
Back in June I spent almost a week as a volunteer Patient Partner at the North American Pain School (NAPS), held each year in Montebello QC.This annual educational event, for early-career pain researchers, features talks and workshops with leading experts in pain management and research Read More …
If you’ve been following along with me on this wild ride from bioethics and research ethics professional to Patient Partner – living with severe chronic pain and a Mild Cognitive Impairment from the same rare disease – then you’ll know that along the way I’ve Read More …
There was a brilliant but controversial opinion piece in The Globe and Mail newspaper this week, by André Picard. The Globe, as it’s known, is Canada’s only national journalism-based news source – aside from the government-funded CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). As for André Picard, he Read More …
Last month, in the hectic midst of my week away volunteering as a chronic pain Patient Partner with the North American Pain School (NAPS), at the stunning Fairmont Le Château Montebello, I received some good news for my Art Despite Pain initiative (#ArtDespitePain). What was Read More …
I arrived this afternoon at the stunning Château Montebello hotel, built almost a hundred years ago by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company as one of Canada’s ‘grand railway hotels’. This designation includes The Algonquin in St. Andrews (NB), the castle-like Château Frontenac in Québec City, the Read More …
