Viki Kind is a clinical bioethicist, medical educator and hospice volunteer. Her award winning book "The Caregiver's Path to Compassionate Decision Making: Making Choices For Those Who Can't" guides families and professionals through the difficult process

Individuals with EDS have a defect in their connective tissue, the tissue that provides support to many body parts such as the skin, muscles and ligaments. The

Individuals with EDS have a defect in their connective tissue, the tissue that provides support to many body parts such as the skin, muscles and ligaments. The fragile skin and unstable joints found in EDS are the result of faulty collagen. Collagen is a

Barby has been diagnosed with RSD for some 10 years and has become her own best advocate. She is also an advocate for all of us with chronic pain and our famil

Barby has been diagnosed with RSD for some 10 years and has become her own best advocate. She is also an advocate for all of us with chronic pain and our families. She works with Power of Pain Foundation, she's a mentor for RSDHope, a member of RSDSA, an

American RSDHope was started in 1995 by Bob Orsini, Lynne Orsini and Keith Orsini as a place of support, information, and education to the millions of CRPS pati

American RSDHope was started in 1995 by Bob Orsini, Lynne Orsini and Keith Orsini as a place of support, information, and education to the millions of CRPS pati

Thomas Kisner suffered through chronic back pain for over 20 years with no relief in sight. Numerous trips to the doctors, MRIs, and CAT scans never offered a resolution for his problem. Physical therapy did help to some degree but was not worth the time

Dr. Seddon R. Savage MD,MS,FASAM is Medical Director of the Chronic Pain and Addiction Treatment Center at Silver Hill Hospital in Connecticut and is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology on the adjunct faculty of Dartmouth Medical School. She is the

Cynthia was a glamorous ballerina until she was 21 when a simple injury of tearing a hamstring turned into the most excruciating, burning pain she had ever felt. Her leg turned purple and became swollen and cold and the pain steadily grew worse and worse.