Tuesday-Newsday #146

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are “Why You MUST Accept Your Chronic Illness”, “How to Stop Feeling Guilty” and “How Chronic Pain and Illness Fan the Flames of Uncertainty.”

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

Is ibuprofen making us sick? Research suggests it may cause gut conditions such as coeliac disease 

FDA Panel Gives Combo Opioid Moxduo The Thumbs Down

FDA Warns about Epidurals, Requires Label Change

Beyond MS, Cannabis Unproven in Neurology

Researcher: More Medical Marijuana Studies Needed

Discovery may lead to improvements in drugs that act on the sodium channel to treat a range of cardiac and pain conditions

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS   

Study Seeking Patients: If your partner is in chronic pain, what impact does that have on your relationship?

Pain 'reduces sex drive of women but not men,' study suggests

Genes May Help Determine Your Pain Threshold: Study could explain why some people are more stoic than others, researchers say

Virtual garden helps patients describe chronic pain

Thinking Of A Happy Place Might Help Reduce Pain

Study Finds Massage Improves Blood Flow (Video)

A Close-up Look at Acupuncture for Pain

Custom-made orthotics may help stamp out foot pain

FDA Approves First Upgradeable SCS System

More Contacts, More Relief Says New Spinal Cord Stimulation Research

FDA Clears New Allay Laser for Chronic Heel Pain from Plantar Fasciitis

Two-Time APS Clinical Center of Excellence Takes ‘Whole Patient’ Approach To Treating Pain

ESCAPE Trial Finds Nurse-Led Pain Therapy Beneficial

Inventor of Calmare Scrambler Tries to Block Sales

Can treatment over the Internet help chronic pain?

Woman with chronic pain & illnesses says Obamacare left her without doctors and medication

FDA chides Indiana pain management doc for unapproved human experiments

*PEDIATRIC PAIN

Less pain meds and anesthetic given to kids is a problem, says pain specialist

Codeine often prescribed to children, despite available alternatives

Pre-Surgical Drug May Ease Recovery and Reduce Pain for Kids

Families seeking medical marijuana to treat children’s seizures are being cautioned by CO state’s public health chief

Common Tests May Miss Pediatric Diabetic Neuropathy

Eastern Approach Helps Western Kids Cope With Pain Management At Children’s Hospital

Sedative Dosing of Propofol for Treatment of Migraine Headache in the Emergency Department

Headache: How do treatments for children differ?

Topamax Approval for Migraines Expanded to Younger Users

Caution Urged With Topamax Despite Approval for Adolescent  Treatment

Interview with the Creator Pain Squad, a smartphone-based electronic pain management tool for sick children which helps them keep a pain journal & communicate with their health team

Pain Bytes website helps children with chronic pain share stories, learn strategies for pain management

Adolescents with psychiatric problems more likely to suffer chronic pain

Making music videos 'helps young cancer patients cope'

Mindfulness-based meditation helps teenagers with cancer: Controlled clinical trial intervention on mood, sleep and quality of life reveals impact

Risks to Bone Health in Treating Chronic Disease in Younger Patients

Children with IBS have higher prevalence of celiac disease

Boy to Congress: Children get arthritis, too

*FEATURED BLOG POSTS

AWAP Wednesday: Why You MUST Accept Your Chronic Illness

by Jenni Prokopy, editrix of Chronic Babe

How to Stop Feeling Guilty

by Helena at Chronic Marriage: Helping Couples with Chronic Illness Build Extraordinary Marriages

How Chronic Pain and Illness Fan the Flames of Uncertainty

by Toni Bernhard