Tuesday-Newsday #111

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The two Featured Blog Post this week are: “Anger and Chronic Pain (i.e.- I am PISSED off)" by Tracy Rydzy and “My Story: Forming a Coalition for People in Pain” by Fred Brown.

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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*WARNING: DEVICE RECALLS*

Medtronic SynchroMed Implantable Infusion Devices Recalled

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS

Painkiller Wars: Where are Patients Left?

Readers Sound Off on Possible FDA Limits on Painkillers

Extended-Release Hydromorphone May Mitigate Drug Abuse

Non-Invasive Pain Treatment Calmare Now In Illinois

FDA approves SENSUS device additionally to treat sleep for those with chronic painful neuropathy

A New Model Of Understanding Chronic Pain & Depression May Offer Hope To Sufferers: "Chronic Pain Sensitization Syndrome" (CPSS)

HEGU: Can You Relieve Pain With a Squeeze to the Hand?

Tips for Addressing Chronic Pain

Experts Launch Pain Management Competency Program

Introducing FindZebra; A Specialized Search Engine For Rare Diseases

*PATIENT NEWS

Your Internet Medical Search Isn't Private, Study Finds: Companies track and sell the information, researcher says

Many Americans Earn Low Grades for Proper Med Use: On average, adults over 40 with chronic conditions only score a C, one-third get a D or F

Dwelling on stressful events can increase inflammation in the body, study finds 

Lots of Americans Want Health Care Via Their Smartphone: But all too often, the demand outpaces the technology to deliver it

*PHANTOM PAIN

A New Challenge to the Maladaptive Plasticity Theory of Phantom Limb Pain 

Brain Retains Picture Of Missing Limb After Amputation, Often Resulting In Phantom Pain

*PEDIATRIC PAIN

Chronic pain conditions in children leading to increasing hospital visits

Nerve Damage May Underlie Widespread, Unexplained Chronic Pain in Children

Pain Relievers Do Not Cause Asthma in Children, Study Finds

Do Common Painkillers Cause Kidney Failure in Children?

Mayo Clinic: Teens with chronic pain should not use medical marijuana

Ongoing unexplained pain in children is often misdiagnosed and misunderstood, according to an expert

“Growing Pains…..Reality or Brush-off? When do you NOT accept the diagnosis of growing pains?

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

Music decreases perceived pain for kids in pediatric ER: UAlberta medical research

Reducing Pain And Anxiety Among Pediatric Patients Using Robot Therapy

Kinect-enabled games used in pain care for kids

Pediatric pain relief... without the pills: A 3-D technology called the V-pod visuals distract youngsters during painful procedures

New Website Helps Parents Manage Children’s Pain After Surgery

High Tech ‘Crystal Ball’ Could Measure Pain in premature infants – giving a voice to patients too young to speak for themselves

Colic May Be Linked to Childhood Migraine, Study Says: Expert suspects disrupted sleep cycles might play a role in both disorders

Childhood Deprivation Can Lead to Pain, Adult Depression

Double-Jointed Adolescents at Risk for Joint Pain, Study Finds

Advances not helping all kids with bowel ills

Pain control in children with cerebral palsy: New study encourages pediatricians to treat the cause, not the symptoms

*FEATURED BLOG POSTS

Anger and Chronic Pain (i.e.- I am PISSED off)

by Tracy Rydzy

My Story: Forming a Coalition for People in Pain

by Fred Brown