This series highlights the problem of pain in midlife and its impact on health and health behaviors during the midlife years and as women age. It is guest edited by Carol Derby and Jelena Pavlovic from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, U.S.
Pain in midlife women: a growing problem in need of further research
More than 10% of American adults experience some level of daily pain, and nearly 40 million (17.6%) experience episodes of severe pain annually. Women are particularly impacted by both episodic and chronic pai...