Tuesday-Newsday #70

It’s time for Tuesday-Newsday! The featured blog post this week is “Do You Lose Your Potential When You Lose Your Health?” by Sue Falkner-Wood.

Let Me Know: If you’d like me to watch for articles on your pain condition, just drop me a note in the comments section below.

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 NEWS

U.S. Hospitals Adding Palliative Care Teams at a Feverish Pace

Working through pain may actually reduce it

Depression & Anxiety Hinder Pain Relief

*PAIN Rx

FDA Proposal Gives Pharmacists Too Much Power, Docs Argue

Your level of side effects with Opioids may be linked to your genes

No Increase in Miscarriage Risk With Nonprescription NSAIDs

Beware: The Internet has led to an 'explosion' of counterfeit drugs

Pro Athletes Turn to Controversial Blood Injections for Chronic Pain Relief: “...athletes have become the vanguard, the guinea pigs, some would say, in testing cutting-edge and experimental therapies for chronic pain...”

*OSTEOPOROSIS

Boniva Shortage: Osteoporosis Drug In Short Supply, FDA Says

Bone Loss May Be Detectable Earlier, By Testing Urine Instead of Relying on X-rays

Bisphosphonates raise risk of rare fractures over time, study says

Controversy over Calcium supplement study and risk of heart attack

HRT Update: Therapy May Reduce Fractures, Boost Some Risks

Screening Strategies For Osteoporosis In Young Adults Outlined In New Review

New Clinical Practice Guidelines On The Management Of Osteoporosis In Men

Task Force Says Older Women Should Not Take Low-Dose Daily Calcium, Vitamin D To Prevent Fractures

Vitamin D Plus Calcium May Extend Life

*SPINE ISSUES

FDA OKs Lyrica for Spinal Cord Injury

Low Back Pain Eases but Doesn't Vanish

Telephone Advice Provides Long-Term Back Pain Relief

Medicare will no longer cover most uses of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for chronic low back pain

Biomedical disc could improve treatment of chronic back pain

Etanercept Not Equal to Steroids for Sciatic Pain

Re-Routing Spinal Cord Signals Restores Movement in Paralyzed Rats: But experts note the technique might not work in humans

*FEATURED BLOG POST 

Do You Lose Your Potential When You Lose Your Health?

by Sue Falkner-Wood