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Jun 17
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Introducing Mission: Cure’s Summer 2020 Intern Cohort!

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This summer, Mission: Cure is excited to welcome nine incredible interns to our team. As our largest summer intern cohort ever, they have been busy in these past few weeks learning about chronic pancreatitis and Mission: Cure’s model and speaking with other individuals in Mission: Cure’s network. Despite not being able to be physically together, this already promises to be an exciting summer of progress, collaboration, and innovation! Stella Ng My name is Stella and I’m a rising sophomore at Brown concentrating in Public Health and East Asian Studies. I am an active member of the Brown Taekwondo club, serving…

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Jan 30
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Pancreatitis Pain: The Latest Treatment & Policy Perspectives on Opioids

By Pain Management, Webinars: Pain Management

Mission: Cure’s most recent webinar is now online: Pancreatitis Pain: The Latest Medical & Policy Perspectives on Opioids Watch It Now! On this webinar, Kate Nicholson, J.D., a civil rights attorney, pain patient advocate, and expert on the so-called opioid or overdose crisis, and Dr. Eva Szigethy, a leading UPMC psychiatrist focused on the management of chronic pain and psychotropic medication management in patients, discuss: Barriers to care for patients who use opioids The opioids policy environment and how patients can use recent policy changes to self-advocate Pain treatment options, including opioids Dealing with anxiety and depression Dr. Eva Szigethy is a professor of psychiatry, medicine and pediatrics at…

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Oct 28
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Pancreatitis Pain: A Medical Approach with a Patient Focus

By Patient Resources, Webinars: Pediatric Pancreatitis
Pancreatitis Pain: A Medical Approach with a Patient Focus  If you or a loved one suffer from chronic pain from pancreatitis, you won't want to miss the second in Mission: Cure’s series on managing chronic pancreatitis pain. The first webinar in this series discussed a psychological approach called pain self-management. In this webinar, Dr. Steven Freedman discussed a range of medications and medical procedures that have been successful in reducing or managing pain, including: ·      Analgesics ·      Medical Marijuana ·      Uncoated pancreatic enzymes ·      Neuropathic pain treatments ·      Hormones for women ·      Trans-cranial Magnetic Stimulation Dr. Freedman shared his patient-centered, problem-solving approach to finding solutions...
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Sep 06
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Depicting a child suffering from chronic pain on a couch.

Pancreatitis and Chronic Pain: How Can I Manage?

By News, News, News, News, News, Patient Resources, Webinars, Webinars, Webinars, Webinars: Pain Management, Webinars: Pain Management
On this Mission: Cure webinar, Dr. Tonya Palermo discusses pain self-management techniques If you or a family member have chronic pain from pancreatitis, Mission: Cure’s webinar with Dr. Tonya Palermo will be helpful as it explores the impact of chronic pain on children, adults and families dealing with pancreatitis. “Chronic Pain and Pancreatitis” was selected as the topic for this webinar in Mission: Cure’s ongoing Patient Education Webinar series based on input from patients and families who identified pain as their number one pancreatitis-related issue. Our speaker : Dr. Tonya Palermo University of Washington, Psychologist, Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain...
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Sep 05
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Shows Mission: Cure's team at PancreasFest 2019.

Mission: Cure Update: PancreasFest and Progress

By Clinical Trials, Genetics, Repurposing Drugs

PancreasFest 2019 unveiled promising scientific discoveries and exciting collaboration opportunities, and Mission: Cure was there! Yes, PancreasFest is the name of a scientific conference held annually in Pittsburgh, PA in July where leading physicians, researchers and patient advocates share new discoveries, discuss results of the latest research and identify best practices for diagnosing and treating pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer and other pancreatic diseases. Two of Mission: Cure’s projects were featured before this highly collaborative and committed group.

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