Maybe people would be less fearful of vaccinations if we stop calling them “jabs” and “shots”

Grateful to receive my vaccine ‘sting’ last night. Awed by the amount of energy and collaboration that went into making such a tiny act possible. #maximumrespect

Thanks Fiona Campbell, MD and team: “Support the development, dissemination, and evaluation of evidence-informed clinical guidance for health care professionals who authorize access to cannabis for medical purposes to treat and manage chronic pain while...working to support...research”

Improvements to Canadian medical cannabis regulations are needed to ensure a better evidence base and safer prescribing for pediatric patients, argue authors of new commentary: cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.… @c4t_canada #Pediatrics #HealthResearch #CDNhealth #Marijuana

Some excellent reading on the complexities of chronic pain #CPSNPAW

The 26th annual McGill pain day is fast approaching! Time to register for the poster competition! 📆 Date: Thursday January 20th 2022 Location: McGill Residence Hall, 3625 Avenue du Parc, Montréal @rqrd_qprn Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain McGill University

News Release: Canopy Growth Releases Environmental, Social, Governance Report: bit.ly/CGCESG

An advanced EBM evidence pyramid acknowledges that randomized trials sometimes yield only very low certainty evidence and that observational studies sometimes yield high certainty evidence. bit.ly/3BJiSNe

I spoke to Clare Watson for her piece in Nature Outlook on the potential for psychedelics to help people living with chronic pain: nature.com/articles/d4158…

Why Does #ChronicPain Hurt So Much? When doctors ran out of answers for me, I looked to philosophy instead, by @KieranSetiya theatlantic.com/health/archive… via The Atlantic Health

For the endocannabinologists?

Opinion: Indigenous cultures hold the keys to sustaining our planet. At COP15, will we finally be listening? - The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

From our labs The Quebec Cannabis Registry: Investigating the Safety and Effectiveness of Medical Cannabis. #AECRPresearch McGill Medicine and Health Sciences McGill Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit

It is with great sadness we report the passing of Raphael Mechoulam, Ph.D. icrs.co/INMEMORIAM/Rap…

Shedding light on the extent and impact of chronic pain in the US. Lessons for us all via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2023/05/03/opi…

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Mark Ware, pain physician and clinician scientist, as the Director of the Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit at the McGill University Health Centre and the Alan Edwards Chair in Clinical Pain. bit.ly/42aJvo1 Mark Ware

IASP releases a #GlobalYear2023 fact sheet on Traditional Medicine Practice Across Asia. Explore diverse non-Western approaches to traditional medicine across the continent. bit.ly/3O84fJt

Our paper about chronic pain led by @TanguaySabourinis out in Nature Medicine | nature.com/articles/s4159…. This article introduces the concept of pain spread in chronic overlapping pain conditions and shows that it can be predicted. (1/4)