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During 2023, 36 percent of U.S. adults ages 65 and older reported suffering chronic pain and 13 percent reported having high-impact chronic pain, according to survey results published by the National Center for Health Statistics in November 2024. The analysis defined chronic pain as pain that occurred every day or most days of the week, […]