At the beginning of every month, OMH-RC posts ideas that you might like to follow up on for stories. Also see Press Releases . Controlling Cancer Pain.
Research suggests that many cancer patients are reluctant to report their pain.
Barriers to adequate pain management include lack of proper assessment by health professionals, poor communication between patients and providers, and patients' fear of speaking up to seek help. Depression in older minorities. More than two million of the 34 million Americans aged 65 and older suffer from some form of depression, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health. But statistics also show that more than 50 percent of the time, physicians miss or misdiagnose depression in older adults. Getting tested for HIV .