Tuesday-Newsday #20

It’s time for Tuesday-Newsday! The subjects this week are Pain Relief, Neuropathy, Cancer, Interstitial Cystitis, and Multiple Sclerosis.  The final item I've included is an essay meant for healthy people to read, called “10 Commandments for interacting with the chronically ill.”

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WARNING:  My goal is to provide the most up-to-date news I can, which you can then take to your personal doctor and debate the merits of before you try it. I do not endorse any of the docs, treatments, info, meds, etc., in anything I post nor can I guarantee that they are all effective, especially not for everyone. I always include the citation, source, or website so you know where it came from. As is the case with any health info, ALWAYS get your doctor's opinion first!

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*PAIN RELIEF

Risk of irregular heart rhythm from use of Ibuprofen is ‘small’

Discovery of how sunburn causes pain could lead to new pain medications

Medtronic alerts doctors on pain pump problem

*NEUROPATHY - NERVE PAIN

New Method Diagnoses Chronic Unexplained Nerve Pain

Mutations Of A Single Gene Cause Mystery Pain (Peripheral Neuropathy)

*CANCER

FDA Approves Lazanda® - First Fentanyl Nasal Spray - For Cancer Patients

APF: Breakthrough Cancer Pain report

FDA program puts drug Onsolis at a disadvantage in cancer drug market

*INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS

New Strategy To Combat Cystitis

Interstitial Cystitis, Pain Respond to Cyclosporine

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for painful bladder syndrome/interstitial cystitis resistant to conventional treatments

Long Nights: Sleep Eludes Women With Bladder Disorder

*MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Multiple Sclerosis linked to Shingles

Early-Stage MS Patients May Have Fracture Risk: Study Suggests Vitamin D Deficiency Raises Risk for Osteoporosis

*FOR THOSE WHO *DON’T* HAVE CHRONIC ILLNESS

10 Commandments for interacting with the chronically ill