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New App Can Help Screen for EDS

The Hypermobility Assessment Tool (HAT) app empowers patients who suspect they have EDS by putting the first steps of the screening process directly into their hands.

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New Research Study Finds Everything is Connected, As Many Patients Suspected

A wake-up call to the medical community sent directly with data from commercial health insurers A new study focused on the prevalence of multisystem diagnoses among hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) patients sheds light on a critical aspect of this complex condition: the widespread systemic impact it has on the body and the connection to other […]

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Part Six: Dear Doctor: How To Avoid Causing Clinician-Associated Trauma

This is the sixth and last article in the clinician-associated trauma series. Soon, all six articles will be released in a downloadable e-book available at Chronic Pain Partners’ website. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave a comment below or email the author of the series at kate [at] chronicpainpartners [dot] […]

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Rising Doctor Making an Impact on hEDS: Q&A with MUSC MD/PhD Student Roman Fenner

In this interview, Christie Cox speaks with a rising doctor who also has hEDS and other comorbidities, Roman Fenner. Fenner is currently enrolled in the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) as a dual enrollment student for an MD and PhD – meaning he will learn how to lead medicine and science combined in an […]

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Part One: EDS & Psychological Medical Trauma: An Introduction

[Content warning: trauma, PTSD, mental healthcare, negative clinician behavior, difficult medical encounters] Have you ever read something that left you speechless? I have so many thoughts and feelings about this article – ones that I can’t express with any sort of coherence at the time. What I can say: clinicians READ THIS (finger pointing down […]

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The First Steps of Medicine: Unraveling S.O.A.P. Notes from a First-Year Medical Student

Many of us can often feel like we are ‘professional patients’ managing our care as a seemingly never-ending full-time job of its own. But for a moment, try picturing yourself as a first-year medical student. What tactics can you imagine you might need to learn to keep the volumes of scientific and medical data organized […]

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EDSed Episode 4: Dr. Jacqueline Wolf on GI symptoms & Endometriosis

EDSed is our new series of full-length interviews with international EDS experts. These educational interview series with journalistic (news) quality is complementary to our webinar recordings and another free resource we provide for our community. All films are produced by journalist and We Are Visible filmmaker Karina Sturm and sponsored by Chronic Pain Partners. You can […]

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Dr. Clair Francomano – Physician Training Overview.

Dr. Clair Francomano has recently been added as a new EDS Physician training course to the popular Physician Training program. Click here to register Overview of Diagnosis and Management of Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes Recognizing and treating a group of complex multi-systemic connective tissue disorders: Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (HSD) This course explains the varying presentations, […]