Tuesday-Newsday #41

Tuesday-Newsday time! Today we look at stories from these subjects: Chronic Pain, Patient News, Neck and Shoulder Pain, RSD/CRPS, and Osteoporosis. The last item is from the category Living with Pain. It’s another witty piece by Sue Falkner-Wood called, “Chronic Pain Lessons From Your Thanksgiving Turkey.”

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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, and meds in anything I post nor can I guarantee 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

Spousal Communication Impacts Partner’s Pain Coping

Chronic Illness May Up Out-of-Pocket Costs for Insured

Pain and Depression: A Fire in the Brain

'Incurable' Patients Try Witch Doctor Remedies In New Documentary

*PATIENT NEWS

Is Your Coffee Fix Getting in the Way of Medication? 

Note from Shannon: I wrote a blog post about avoiding Medication Interactions which everyone should read - Medication Safety: Prevent Drug Interactions

Doctors Who Own MRIs Order Far More Scans

Federal court rules Bone Marrow Donors can be compensated; proponents say this will help save lives

New CDC guidelines cause ire and fears of fewer lives saved: Can you be too promiscuous to donate an organ?

*NECK and SHOULDER PAIN

Shoulder Pain: Low And High Dose Corticosteroids Have Same Efficacy

Beware of “text neck”: Hunching over tech gadgets causes neck, shoulder strain

*REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY / COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME

The 'Disinhibited' Brain: New Findings On CRPS - A Disease Characterized by Severe Pain

*OSTEOPOROSIS

Newly Identified Gene May Be Risk Factor for Osteoporosis

Whole-Body Vibration Doesn't Build Bone After All: No benefit seen in high-risk postmenopausal women in study

3-D Printers May Help Fix Fractures

Denosumab for osteoporosis: no atypical fractures

*LIVING WITH PAIN

Chronic Pain Lessons From Your Thanksgiving Turkey

by Sue-Falkner Wood