Tuesday-Newsday #110

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! There are two Featured Blog Post this week: “Having RA has made me a cat!” by Deb aka AbcsOfra and “The Sleep Issue” from Jan Sadler’s PainSupportUK newsletter.

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

For CDC details on the outbreak such as Case Count and state-by-state infection breakdown, click here

Lawyers seek records of everyone treated with NECC drugs: Subpoenas served on Nashville clinic and other sites across the country

Fungal meningitis outbreak update: Infection traveled surprising route

*PAIN NEWS

Pain Remains Leading Cause of Disability

Myopain: The Most Common Cause of Chronic Pain

Myofascial pain syndrome often leaves doctors baffled and patients untreated

Chronic Pain Can Persist After Major Surgery

Neurostimulation Lowers Need for Opioids in Chronic Pain

Music Therapy Reduces Pain in Palliative Care Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

How to Satisfy Your Insurer's Interpretation of Total Disability

This piece is from an RA website, but the information could be useful for those with other chronic conditions

Hypnotherapy helps with joint pain 

Rx-Analgesic Overdoses Hitting Women Harder: A full view?

*MILITARY VETERANS

War Spawns New Approaches for Wounded Service Members’ Pain Care

Researchers Find Biological Evidence of Gulf War Illnesses

Gulf War Illness Causes Brain to Process Pain Differently

War veterans and chronic pain: Hearing, breathing problems

Chronic daily pain continues to be burden for limb-injured veterans, says pain management expert

Pain improves during first year but mental-health problems linger, study says

Military: Acupuncture for PTSD: Getting soldiers through the door

De-Stress Vets blog: Stress relief resources for veterans, servicemembers, and military families

*LYME DISEASE

Mother diagnosed with MS and facing life in a wheelchair is cured - after she discovered her symptoms were due to a TICK BITE 

Potential Lyme Disease Vaccine Shows Promise

Lyme disease rates rise in northern U.S.

Refractory Lyme Arthritis May Be Autoimmune

Lyme disease bill pits frustrated patients in Maine against the medical mainstream

When Lyme Disease Lasts and Lasts

New tick-borne illness mimics Lyme disease but often goes undetected

*INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES

New Pelvic Pain Diary by KevMed Will Help Chronic Pelvic Pain, IC, and IBS Patients Take Charge of Their Condition

Scientists find key to growth of "bad" bacteria in inflammatory bowel disease: Research is the first to shed light on how harmful gut bacteria thrive in the intestine

Exercise And Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Scientists Find New Clues

Ulcerative Colitis: Why I Donated My Stool and saved a friend

How Does Fibrosis Occur in Crohn's Disease?

Endometriosis tied to higher risk of Crohn’s

Study Finds No Tie Between Acne Drug Accutane and Crohn's, Colitis: New data involving 45,000 women may settle the question

Advances not helping all kids with bowel ills

*SICKLE CELL

Sickle Cell Disease patients are being called 'drug seekers'

‘Sickle Cell Disease’ and ‘Sickle Cell Trait’ Are Not the Same

Debate Heats Up Over Screening Athletes for Sickle Cell Trait: NCAA mandates such a test, but medical group urges a different option

New Therapies Break Sickle Cell’s Painful Grip: From improved bone marrow transplantation to stem cell research... sickle cell anemia may soon be on the run

New Sickle Cell Anemia Therapy Advances to Phase II Clinical Trials

Computer models shed new light on sickle cell crisis (w/ video)

*FEATURED BLOG POSTS

Having RA has made me a cat!

by Deb aka AbcsOfra

The Sleep Issue

by Jan Sadler of PainSupport.co.uk