Tuesday-Newsday #106

NOTE: This will be my last blog post until after we move to a new state. 

I hope to be back online by mid-May. Keep checking back, please! I promise to be back searching for information to help you better manage your chronic pain issues as soon as I am able. Until then, please keep me in your thoughts & prayers.

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Post is, “5 Tough Choices You Face When Chronically Ill or in Pain,” by Toni Bernhard.

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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*MENINGITIS OUTBREAK NEWS 

Current Count: 730 Cases, 51 Deaths, Joint Infections 35

New Infographic - learn about the key points and timeline of this outbreak

U.S. proposes charging compounding pharmacies for oversight

*NEW Rx CONTAMINATION RECALL

Nurse spotted mold-tainted drugs right away, hospital says

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS

When the hurting won't stop: How chronic physical pain drove a Calgary teen to take his life

Novel Discovery Reveals Signals From Brain Aid the Spread, Persistence of Pain

Can online chat rooms and 'cyberhugs' help chronic pain sufferers cope?

Magnetic Brain Stimulation Could Ease Pain: Altering brain activity with magnetic fields may relieve chronic pain

Caves that can banish pain

*MEDICATION NEWS

Pain Group Questions Simple Dosing Changes as Fix to Prescription Drug Abuse Problem

Is Compounding ‘Denial Coma’ Over?

Do must not turn a blind eye to the recreational use of cannabis in states that liberalize drug laws;  International monitoring group urges United States to live up to its treaty commitments

*PATIENT NEWS

Group appointments with doctors: When three isn't a crowd

'Under the skin' blood-testing device developed

Actively Engaged Patients Have Lower Health Care Costs, Better Outcomes

Study results take almost two years to be released

Steer Clear of 'Miracle Cures,' Other Bogus Health Products; FDA warns some can cause serious harm

Report Details Steps to Boost Patient Safety: Leadership is needed for change to occur

Disabled people may struggle to get specialty care

Study suggests that devices that aid the disabled become part of mind's eye

*FIBROMYALGIA

Fibromyalgia Research: Help by Taking This Survey 

Small Benefit of SNRIs for Fibromyalgia Pain

Drugs to Treat Fibromyalgia Just as Likely to Harm as Help

Low-Dose Naltrexone Improves Fibromyalgia Pain and Mood

New Fibromyalgia Diagnostic Blood Test – For Real?

New ‘somatic symptom disorder’ listed in DSM-5 captures fibromyalgia patients; debate rages on about the issue

Fibromyalgia: Moderate Drinking May Ease Symptoms

Researchers launch study on dual fibromyalgia treatment

Mild electrical pulses to earlobe may provide relief to Fibromyalgia patients (Alpha-Stim)

µ-Opioid Receptors Impaired in Fibromyalgia Patients, Study Shows

Important Evidence Supporting Fibromyalgia As A Spectrum Disorder

Living With Fibromyalgia: A Journey of Hope and Understanding (watch the YouTube videos HERE)

National Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Association newsletter

*FEATURED BLOG POST

5 Tough Choices You Face When Chronically Ill or in Pain

by Toni Bernhard, J.D.