Tuesday-Newsday #144

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are “10 Steps For Healing Well With Chronic Illness”, “Living with Chronic Pain and Depression” and “The Power of Endorphins.” 

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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*MEDICATION NEWS

States Revolt Against Controversial New Painkiller Zohydro

Drugmaker sues Massachusettes over Zohydro ban

FDA, HHS Reaffirm Support for Chronic Pain Patients Amid Zohydro Debate

Potential Hydrocodone-Combination Product Rescheduling Sparks Debate

NACDS to House panel: Transparency key to curbing Rx drug diversion

FDA OKs Naloxone Pen for Opioid Overdose

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS   

Sleep may stop chronic pain sufferers from becoming 'zombies'

The relationship between nutrition and chronic pain

Wait Times for Spinal Cord Stimulation Vary by Specialty

How Dehydration Can Cause Chronic Pain

High Cooking Temperature and Inflammation: Learn why you should be wary of advanced glycation end products

Is laughter the best medicine? Cartoons could help patients cope with their chronic conditions

Laughter as medicine can relieve chronic pain

NOTE: I've written my own piece on Laughter as Medicine on this blog. 

You can read it HERE 

*SICKLE CELL ANEMIA

New tool helps young adults with sickle cell disease in the transition to adult care

Low levels of oxygen, nitric oxide worsen sickle cell disease

Researchers Study Therapy to Relieve Sickle Cell Pain: ReoPro® (Abciximab)

USF Health clinical trials at Tampa General test drugs for sickle cell pain

*MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Doctors criticise FDA over Lemtrada rejection: Say Sanofi/Genzyme’s MS drug should have been approved

Drug company plans to resubmit Lemtrada to the FDA for approval in U.S.

Mode of action of new multiple sclerosis drug Dimethyl Fumarate discovered

Medical Marijuana Pills May Ease Some MS Symptoms: Review: Researchers also found some evidence to support use of other alternative therapies

Statins May Slow Multiple Sclerosis

Bacterial toxin potential trigger for multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis linked to contraceptive pill: Risk could be up to 50% higher in women who take it

Teva asks U.S. Supreme Court to stay ruling in MS drug Copaxone case

Blood Sample Might Predict MS Long Before Symptoms Start: Preliminary research suggests potential for earlier diagnosis

Sleep Apnea May Worsen Fatigue in MS Patients

Immune treatment for MS shows promise

Natalizumab treatment in patients with MS associated with JC virus infection

Researchers develop medical tool for multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis patients experience decreased life expectancy

Modest familial risks for multiple sclerosis

Stem Cell Research for MS Kick-Started by Crowdfunding

Woman helps people suffering from MS choose joy

*FEATURED BLOG POSTS

10 Steps For Healing Well With Chronic Illness

by Peter Waite

Living with Chronic Pain and Depression

by Margarita Tartakovsky

The Power of Endorphins 

by Jan Sadler