Tuesday-Newsday #89

It’s time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Post this week is “I Spy With My Little Eye a Life of Chronic Pain,” 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. As is the case with any health info, ALWAYS get your doctor's opinion first!

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*FDA and CDC ALERT: UPDATE ON MENINGITIS OUTBREAK

Current Count: 419 Cases, 30 Deaths, 10 Joint Infections

Spine Infections Hit Fungal Meningitis Survivors: Dangerous 2nd Infection Adds New Concerns

Congress to hold hearings on meningitis outbreak

New Legislation in Congress Would Give FDA More Authority Over Compounding Pharmacies

FDA: More Tainted Products at Firm Tied to Meningitis Outbreak

More Drug Shortages in Fungal Meningitis Aftermath

*MEDICATION NEWS

Prescription Painkillers not as addictive as feared; Study finds that concerns about the risk of becoming addicted might be "overblown"

The DEA’s War on Pain Patients Reaches California

Should specialized nurses be allowed to diagnose and treat pain patients? Reaction is mixed

 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have decided to allow Medicare funds to be used to pay certified registered nurse anesthetists to diagnose and treat chronic pain patients. The American Society of Anesthesiologists is outraged and warns this will jeopardize patient safety and increase the risk of fraud. Nurse Anesthetists applaud the ruling.

The Prescription Drug Shortage Dilemma

In 2012 we're in the midst of a different kind of drug war, fighting to get the ones many people need. 

     ~ Why do we have The Problem?

     ~ How is it affecting The Patients?

     ~ What is the answer to Prevention?

     ~ To find out if a drug you take is in short supply or if it has become available again you can visit this website and also a second website here

*MIGRAINES and HEADACHES

Hurting for migraine relief? How to time treatment

Migraine Sufferers Find Relief From Handheld Magnetic Device

Painkillers 'are the cause' of millions of headaches

St. Jude Medical's Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Study Confirms Benefit For Chronic Migraine Patients

All Acute Antimigraine Drugs Protect Against Chronic Migraine

Woman's 20-year headache finally gets a diagnosis: Hemicrania continua

A Sumatriptan Iontophoretic Transdermal System for the Acute Treatment of Migraine

Frovatriptan Shown Advantageous in Menstrual Migraine

Migraine In Kids Linked To Poor School Performance

CAM for Headache & Migraine Reviewed

100th issue of HeadWay newsletter

*FEMALE PAIN CONDITIONS

The National Vulvodynia Association is seeking patients to take a short online survey

Patients Sought for Study of New Drug to Reduce Pain and Symptoms of Endometriosis

New Device Dramatically Reduces Pain in Chronic Pelvic Pain and Interstitial Cystitis Patients, Finds Clinical Study Presented to the International Pelvic Pain Society

Cranberries of Little Help in Preventing UTI

Antibiotic Resistance Increasing With Urinary Tract Infection Treatment

Overtreating UTIs: Walk Softly and Carry a Dipstick

Persistence Is Key to Treating Vaginal Pain

Continuously Taking Birth Control Pills Lowers Pain During Menstrual Cycles

Women with severe endometriosis may be more attractive

Scientists Uncover Genetic Link for Uterine Fibroids

Unique Uterine Fibroid Treatment

*FEATURED BLOG POST

I Spy With My Little Eye a Life of Chronic Pain

by Sue Falkner-Wood