Tuesday-Newsday #26

This week’s our subjects are Chronic Pain in Women, Patient News, Cancer, Arthritis, and a Study Seeking Pain Patients in Philly. To finish off, I’m linking to a newsletter by Jan Sadler of PainSupportUK called, “Doing Too Much” about how we often push ourselves too hard and don’t listen to the warnings our bodies give us.

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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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*CHRONIC PAIN in WOMEN

Comedian Says Chronic Pain Is No Laughing Matter: Women in Pain Conference to focus on psychological remedies rather than meds

Researchers identify possible new targets for treating pain in women

*PATIENT NEWS

Many doctors face malpractice claims, but few pay

Method to Detect When Patients Are Awake During Surgery Fails

*CANCER 

New leukemia treatment exceeds 'wildest expectations': A single shot could be one of the biggest advances in cancer research in decades

Music therapy quells pain in people with cancer

Doctors Urge Cancer Patients To Talk With Them About What Supplements They Are Taking Before Beginning Treatment

*ARTHRITIS

New Online Arthritis Panel: The Arthritis Foundation is seeking people to join their new panel so you can share what arthritis sufferers want and need, learn what other patients are saying, and to amplify your voice and make a difference. To join, go HERE

Metal-On-Metal Hip Replacement Warning

Super Bowl Champion Receives Winning Alternative to Knee Replacement: A innovative brace wiith an electronic stimulator

Contaminated Water in Ohio and West Virginia Linked to Osteoarthritis

Knee Pain Eased With Combo Treatment of Ibuprofen plus Acetaminophen

Need a New Hip? Someday You May Grow Your Own

Healing Arthritic Knees With a Robot

Many Arthritis Patients May Not Be Exercising Enough

*CHRONIC PAIN STUDY SEEKING PATIENTS in PHILADELPHIA

Chronic pain patients are invited to receive a free Integrative pain consultation/evaluation at the Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine. Patients will participate in an assessment designed to help manage pain and to study the effectiveness of an integrative treatment approach. You are eligible if you’ve had *any* type of chronic pain for at least three months. To learn more, call the Center at 215-503-7329. Dr. Daniel A. Monti is the Director of the Center and conducting this study. This info was provided by the RSDSA (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Association) 

*LIVING WITH CHRONIC PAIN

Doing Too Much

by Jan Sadler of PainSupportUK