Is Your Pain a Symptom-or a Disease?

Whether your problem is arthritis, or fibromyalgia, a nerve disorder, or something entirely different, be aware that there has been a shift in thinking about pain. Instead of simply trying to suppress it, experts now agree that pain is best treated as a disease or entity on its own, even when its associated with another health condition. In line with this approach, the Institute of Medicine, in a report published in June 2011, called for…