tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12390685335575161222024-03-13T03:06:17.991-07:00Nip Pain in the bud & let your Soul blossom...by being a smart patient, finding inspiration, and living a joyful life despite chronic painShannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02565419342312281934noreply@blogger.comBlogger329125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239068533557516122.post-32970781362005522992017-05-03T02:21:00.001-07:002017-05-03T23:03:04.961-07:00Accessibility at the Grand Canyon<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I just returned from the Grand Canyon and I want to share my experience in the hope of encouraging others with disabilities and/or health issues to go there. The focus on this post is for those with mobility limitations or those who use a wheelchair. I used my wheelchair almost 100% of the time in order to prevent me from walking and standing too much, so we took notes about the pros & cons of accessibility during our trip. It is our hope that it helps someone enjoy the wonders of the canyon regardless of their ability. We were not compensated in any way for writing this review, and no one was aware that we were taking notes. I tried to make this post as comprehensive as possible, so it is very long and jumps to another page. It covers the train, rooms, food, tours, and much more. This review is solely based on my perspectives during the trip I took in April 2017.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our trip to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon was amazing! Traveling by train was definitely the way to go. It proved to be easy, accessible, and simplified getting to and returning from the canyon. The weather was cold but we were blessed to have a chance to stand on the canyon rim and see such stunning views. It really defies description, but must be seen to truly experience the scale of the canyon, the vivid colors, and the dizzying height. We saw so many animals from elk, to javelinas, to condors. It was a wonderful trip after years of wanting to go.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.thetrain.com/">The Grand Canyon Railway</a> offers the choice of just a day trip to the canyon or various packages which combine staying in the park and/or taking tours. We booked a three night / four day package with the Railway, which is based out of Williams, Arizona. Our first night we stayed at the Railway Hotel In Williams in one of their ADA rooms. It was an extremely nice room which had a roll-in shower with grab bars, fold down bench, and a hand-held shower which was mounted so that a standing person could also use it like a normal shower. Plugs for charging electronic devices were available on the bases of the table lamps, making them easily accessible to use. The common areas of the hotel had accommodations for those with mobility limitations in mind as well. A buffet dinner was provided as part of our package. Although it did not the greatest variety of food options, we found the pasta station to be delicious, which offered items to be freshly sauteed while you waited.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On the morning of our second day, we boarded the train at 9:15 after watching a fun wild west cowboy shootout. The train staff was very helpful with the boarding process. They have a special lift to load patrons in wheelchairs plus those who cannot climb up steps to get on board. We were in the “A” coach class car which was a remodeled 1950s era commuter car; it had a spot for wheelchair parking with a bench seat right behind it for companions. I chose to park my chair and join my husband on the bench seat. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">The restroom was fully accessible and adjacent to the wheelchair parking area. However, if you need to side transfer onto a toilet, it was impossible to do so in the narrow space. However, there is room for another person to be inside the bathroom with you if required. One cautionary note: the bathroom door slides sideways to open and close. At one point when the train was on a mile downhill slope, the door slid closed on my arm when I was exiting the bathroom, causing a bruise and the need to apply an icepack. Luckily I suffered no long term effects and we filled out an accident report to be on the safe side. Have your travel buddy hold the door when you enter and exit! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Not every car which was a part of our train was the same type. There were remodelled 1920s Pullman cars which were adorably vintage, but I noticed that the bench seats looked less padded and not as comfortable as the seats in the car to which we were assigned. There were also other classes of train cars (which I did not get to see) including first class, domed, and luxury. If you have specific needs, be sure to mention them when you make your train reservation so they can put you in the train car which best suits you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">All the aisles in the train cars are wide enough to allow for wheelchair passage. However, the doors between the cars would be hard to open from a seated position, especially when the train is in motion, so ask for assistance. A trip to the 1950’s dining car is totally worth it just to see. It offers pre-packaged snacks like chips and beverages ranging from hot chocolate to root beer floats.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The train ride to Grand Canyon National Park takes about 2 ½ hours. Each train car has its own attendant and they serve as a tour guide as well. Our inbound train had Laura and the outbound attendant was Amber. They were both knowledgeable and entertaining. There was also a singer who played guitar and sang for part of the journey. On the return trip, there is even a train robbery! The Marshall (who is also the mayor of Williams) was funny and a real character. The actual robbery could have been even more fun -- as we used to be part of the Silverado Wild West Company and stage bank robberies at the San Jose Historical Museum in CA, we couldn’t help thinking of how we would have added to their script and made it more playful. But we really did enjoy it and were glad it was part of the train trip.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On the issue of luggage: I had been told that we would only be allowed one checked suitcase plus whatever we could hold on our laps. I always have to travel with a separate suitcase full of foam pillows, pads, and other necessary things. I made sure to get a medical exemption from the Railway the day before. After spending the night in the hotel, we took our bags to the lobby where they were tagged for their final destination. This meant that once our train arrived at the canyon, we were immediately able to begin sightseeing. The Railway delivered our luggage to our lodge which was then taken directly to our room. We never had to pick up our bags or move them anywhere. The same was true when we checked out. All we did was attached a new set of tags to each bag and leave them inside our hotel room and the Railway retrieved them and loaded them for the return trip. We were freed from having to worry about our bags while we enjoyed our last day there.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We stayed at the Cliffrose building of Maswik Lodge. The ADA room was comfortable but rather dated, as it was constructed in the 1960s. The bathroom had a roll-in shower with grab bars for both shower and toilet, and a fold down bench in the shower.. The hand-held shower head was not mounted in a way so that it could be used any other way than by being held. The room had a mini fridge but no microwave. It had few usable electrical outlets. We had to unplug things like the coffee maker and the room clock in order to charge our electronic devices, the power wheelchair, and to plug in my husband’s CPAP machine. One big negative is that the outlets were all down near the baseboards...</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">... If you were traveling alone and have a limiting physical condition which prevents you reaching that low, then there would have been no outlet available -- except for a single one in the bathroom where you’d have to balance the charging device on the edge of the sink. Also, the lighting in the room was rather dim. If you require a brighter environment for managing medical care or because of low vision, it might be a bit of an issue. Overall it was a basic hotel room with no frills but it served its purpose for us. (We did not see any other hotel rooms, so this does not apply to any room but the one we stayed in. There are higher-end accommodations available, and for all we know the other rooms do not have these issues).</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">When it comes to food, you have quite a few choices. Maswik Lodge has a small food court, with options like sandwiches, burgers, salads, pizza, burritos, and more substantial options. Breakfast fare is pretty standard. Prices in the food court were a bit higher than we expected. There are a few restaurants in the park ranging from average American restaurant fare to very high-end fancy dining. There is a market in the Village but we did not go in, so I cannot speak to how great a variety of grocery products are there. If you have specific dietary needs, you may wish to bring some food with you -- we did that by bringing a small two coolers with us, a lunch bag-sized one in my wheelchair backpack and an insulated flat bag inside my suitcase. It made me feel comfortable to have a few snacks that I like available in case I needed them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bathrooms are sparse throughout the park, once you are away from the main Village buildings. This is primarily due to lack of water and infrastructure that is behind the curve when it comes the increasing volume of park visitors. My husband, who suffers from occasional bouts of IBS, relied on precautionary doses of Imodium in order to mitigate restroom visits. The canyon lookout points have glorified outhouses, so if you are used to “flushers” and running water, plan accordingly. The lodges have standard public restrooms, however they commonly have just 4 to 5 stalls which is at times inadequate and there can be a long wait. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our train package included a Xanterra-operated private bus tour which we upgraded to the three hour Grand Tour, including a filling buffet lunch. The buses are fully equipped to accommodate up to two wheelchairs. The bus can kneel down close to the ground and has an extendable ramp to drive up on. It does require a some careful steering to get into the bus and properly restrained with a wheelchair. We found the private tour bus to be the most comfortable way to see the park. They have a wide selection of tours and the drivers are extremely knowledgeable. When they stop at the various sites, the driver assists in getting the wheelchairs on and off the bus. One plus for us with taking the tour buses instead of the park’s regular shuttle buses: you don’t have to wait out in the elements for a shuttle to come, which may be full and necessitate a longer wait. Also, it was very cold with gusty winds two days in a row, and when I was ready to move on to the next site because I was freezing, I was able to get into the bus for shelter while waiting for the rest of the tour members to return. The tour bus prices are reasonable and well worth it. There are no restrooms on the buses. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Note: Wheelchairs larger than 30 inches wide by 48 inches long (76 x 122 cm) cannot be accommodated on buses, and most motorized scooters will not fit either</i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In contrast with the Xanterra Buses, the park operates a series of four shuttle bus lines around the Village with similar roll-on features for wheelchair. However, they can often be overcrowded in busy months and the stops are completely exposed to the elements, which could be a health concern for those with certain health conditions. The drivers on occasion could not figure out the best methods to secure or unsecure the wheelchair. One driver in particular could not figure out how the ratchet straps worked. Passengers on the shuttle buses were not always as attentive as they should be around the ADA section, as the bus drivers will pack the aisle full of people with their backpacks and hiking gear. However, we found the shuttles to be helpful to get around the Village when we needed to, as long as we were careful and didn’t allow ourselves get rushed when loading or unloading.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We took several different tours during our time in the park: The Grand Tour, a Sunset Tour, Hermit Rest Tour*, and Desert View Tour**. The Grand Tour and Sunset Tour visit most of the same views, so I would recommend doing one or the other to save a little money. Sunset can be viewed from many locations, and although you can take a shuttle directly to any lookout point along the lines, be aware that shuttle buses are crowded because everyone wants to see the sunset. Factor in substantial extra time before the sunset, and expect that you may need to wait for a second or third shuttle afterward, especially as they run less frequently at that time of day. The best sunset we viewed in the park was at the Geology Museum at Yavapai Point. That day was very cold and gusty, and we sheltered in the museum and checked out the exhibits until just before sunset (when they closed and kicked everyone out). But you can also view sunset from in the center of the village near the historic El Tovar hotel and the Bright Angel Lodge, both of which have restaurants that look out toward the canyon. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*The Hermit’s Rest Tour goes out to special small building, stopping at some lookout points along the way. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Note</i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: We were </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">not</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> told that Hermit’s Rest building isn’t accessible to wheelchairs. There is a step down to the patio and then steps into and inside the building. They are not steep, but they are present. **The Desert View tour makes stops at more lookout point along a different part of the South Rim, but ultimately goes to the Watchtower, which is not wheelchair accessible. It has approximately 80 steep steps up to the top of a spiral staircase. But the building itself is interesting to see from the outside, and there is a viewing spot at the base which is accessible. Even if I could not get out of my chair, I would totally do the Desert View Tour again.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There are many educational and historical things to see and do in the Village. However, there are a couple of buildings that are not fully accessible to wheelchairs, such as Kolb Studio and Lookout Studio. Kolb Studio is particularly difficult, with a long staircase inside which leads to a very interesting exhibit. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There are several ways to enjoy the canyon. The South Rim trail is paved and wheelchair accessible; we took a shuttle bus to the Visitor’s Center and then I rolled from that point all the way to the Geology Museum to watch the sunset. The next section of the rim trail from there to Verkamps has exhibits along the way, and then it extends all the way to Hermit’s Rest. You can rent bikes or bring your own, and we even saw a tandem bike. If you want to ride one of the famous Grand Canyon mules, there is a 13-month waiting list! Other things to do: white water rafting, helicopter/airplane tours over the canyon, and you can also hike into the canyon on a day trip or longer. One of our tour guides said he’d recently met a couple married 75 years that hiked the canyon from rim-to-rim! To be clear, there is no accessible route down to the canyon floor, unless you can ride a mule or raft down the Colorado River.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.32px;"><span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I want to offer a warning that is often hard to hear. We all have health issues that limit us in some way, and we know when we push our bodies too hard bad things can result. Recently, I saw that happen to someone else and it was so traumatizing I want to share it. My aim is to remind us all to be honest about our limitations, cautious in our environment, and to accept the aids & assistive devices that we need <i>(even when we don't want to)</i>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I had just finished swimming & chatting with a friend at the warm water pool. She is in her 70s and uses a walker, but like all of us with physical issues & stubbornness <i>(I'm raising my own hand here) </i>she doesn't use it all the time. She was moving around the changing area and scuffed her shoe where the floor slightly slopes downward to a drain. She tried to recover but kept stumbling forward. She smashed her head into the wall with an awful sound, trapped her shoulder between a bench and the wall, and crashed into the cement floor. As soon as she hit the floor I knew it was bad and started screaming for help. Lifeguards called for an ambulance. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I could tell right away she had a dislocated shoulder. When they got it straightened out, she started yelling about her knee... it was a compound fracture and looked horrid. She has since had to have surgery for the knee and is now moved to rehab. She lives alone, and this will affect her independence going forward.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm not telling this tale to shock, but to remind us that denying our limitations and not using our aids can really hurt us short and long term. It only takes one misstep to threatened our overall health and independence -- whether we refuse to use our cane and fall, eat something we know will trigger a problem, push beyond our physical endurance and create an injury, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hate that my body makes me so vulnerable and creates so many limitations, but I know that not honestly respecting them will only hurt me. Sometimes that hurt is temporary, but it can also permanently change our lives. </span></div>
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02565419342312281934noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239068533557516122.post-65244362435062737242016-08-28T02:34:00.002-07:002016-08-28T02:34:28.556-07:00Our Accessible Barrier-Free Bathroom Remodel is Done!<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Sorry that it's been a very long time since my last blog post! I had to stop when we began our handicapped bathroom remodel, and when we were done there was just so much going on in my life that I had to let my blog slide. I didn't mean for it to be so long, and I'm hoping to post now and then. Since the bathroom remodel has been such an amazing thing for me, I'm going to share what we did.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The bulk of 2015 for us was consumed with one major focus: a complete remodel of our master bathroom to make it accessible and barrier-free. We knew eventually I would need a completely open shower, and after a few near falls stepping over the bathtub, it was clearly time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">We spent months planning out every inch of the room and evaluating products for its function. </span> <span style="color: black;">It was difficult for me to wrap my brain around an 2-D architectural schematic, so my husband taught himself how to use a CAD drafting program. He was able to scan the contractor's drawings into the computer so the bathroom could be accurately viewed from every angle and show spatial relationships. Although we had not planned to do that in the beginning, taking that step with CAD helped us avoid problems we had not anticipated and was an incredibly important step in making the design meet our expectations. </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">After nearly 10 weeks of construction, it was finished! The exciting part is that our bathroom turned out even better than we hoped! It is not only a </span><span style="color: black;">beautiful space, it has complete accessibility. Here are some of the amazing changes we made:</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">~There is a normal height sink to use when standing, and a lower sink to use from a sitting position.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">~Opposite the lower sink is a vanity area where I can do make-up and hair, and it is open underneath so I can use a stool or wheelchair.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">~The shower is completely open with no step, lip, or barrier of any kind -- not even a curtain!</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">~The floor is slightly sloped so that no water runs out into the room.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">~Because the shower is so open, I was worried about getting cold when showering so we installed an </span><span style="color: black;">overhead heater that can warm up the space in just 5 minutes. It's one of the best parts of the remodel!</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">~There's a corner bench in the shower, so I can sit down if I need to, and close to it is a light-weight hand-held shower head on a long hose so I can comfortably use it.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">~We chose plumbing fixtures for low hand-strength.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">~Since we wanted to make the shower easy to use, we installed thermostatic control so the water temperature is controlled at the entrance; the water is just the temperature I want before I step into the stream.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~We also installed square grab bars on all walls of the shower and toilet area. I think the square bars do not let a wet hand slip off easily, and therefore, I believe they are safer. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> ~My husband built me a special light-up vanity mirror. I can pull it closer to me so I can see better, since I am so very near-sighted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All these things I listed are just part of what makes the room so function, accessible, and beautiful. The old bathroom was dark, lacked storage, was too narrow for a wheelchair, the tall bathtub was a fall-risk for me, plus the room was ugly. Our newly remodeled bathroom is open, barrier-free, bright, pretty, and a joy to use!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you decide to build an accessible barrier-free bathroom, there is so much you can do before the actual construction starts so that you really know what you are getting. There are so many products to choose from which can make your space amazingly functional, whether someone is able-bodied or has physical limitations. And don't think that accessible and functional means the bathroom will look utilitarian or blah; it can still be a gorgeous space!</span></div>
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02565419342312281934noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239068533557516122.post-13668223197264953382015-09-09T01:41:00.002-07:002015-09-09T01:41:16.193-07:00Pain Reality Day - September 9th<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today is the 1st annual <b><i><span style="color: purple;">Pain Reality Day</span></i></b>. It is our chance as pain patients and those connected to us to educate others what it’s really like to live w/ Chronic Pain—all day 9/9/15 via the Internet. This is an advocacy event that will take place across the whole of the web—every blog, Twitter account, YouTube video and Facebook page belonging to people impacted by pain. Don’t forget to add the hashtag <u><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/painrealityday?source=feed_text&story_id=10206786102224175">#PainRealityDay</a></u> to each post, video or blog entry! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Read more about this new annual pain advocacy event by going <b><u><a href="https://thepainjournal.wordpress.com/2015/02/06/pain-reality-day/">HERE</a></u></b>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are just some of my pain realities.... </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Living with chronic pain is exhausting. Sometimes just making it to noon is all I can do before I desperately need to take a nap. I can't get a normal night's sleep because lying in bed is too painful, even for a small number of consecutive hours. Sitting or standing for short periods of time can hurt so much that I can't stop shifting around, which I know can be distracting or look strange especially in a movie theater or in church. I always have to have pillows to sit on wherever I go. What am I supposed to do when I'm using my wheelchair in a public place and suddenly sitting in it hurts so much that I can't bear to sit any longer... but I can't just walk away from my chair and leave it behind, because walking hurts, too? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Everything I do makes me pay a price in pain. Sometimes I can hide it well and look completely normal. Other times it's all I can do to struggle back to my car at the grocery store, or sit through a traffic jam without holding myself up off of the seat, or to just fake that I'm fine a tiny bit longer so I can get home from some event and let my guard down because I worry what people will think of me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But don't think I do not have a good life. It just takes more effort and sometimes I struggle. Even a cactus, with all its painful spines, will beautifully bloom. You have to learn to embrace joy, express gratitude, and honor God's blessings.</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Note: I'm sorry I haven't been posting regularly, but we are right in the middle of our accessible bathroom remodel and with our home in dusty disarray I'm not able to live there. I will not be doing weekly blog posts until things get back to normal, hopefully in a couple of weeks. But if something like this new advocacy event comes along or there is an vitally important pain news story, I will pop in and post. I'll be back when I can!</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02565419342312281934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239068533557516122.post-58447579891909291082015-08-19T01:08:00.000-07:002015-08-19T01:08:18.315-07:00Tuesday-Newsday #205<div class="p1">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>NOTE: Another week, another missed deadline and short post. Sorry, but it’s been total craziness here as we prepare for my handicapped accessible bathroom remodel project. I may not be able to post at all next week because we actually start breaking down walls on Monday. I promise I’ll do my best to keep posting while in the midst of all the dust and noise.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time for <i>Tuesday-Newsday</i>! The Featured Blog Posts this week are all connected to communicating with others about our chronic pain/illness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>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!</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/849678">Three Lots of Prolotherapy With <i>Phenol</i> Recalled, Distributed to 2 Pain Clinics in CA and NV</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/fibromyalgia-drug-study-enrollment-open-8827140.html">Fibromyalgia Drug Study Enrollment Open</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/8/14/fda-approves-oxycontin-for-kids">FDA approves <i>OxyContin</i> for use by children aged 11 to 16 who suffer from severe, long-term pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/breakthrough-cancer-pain-drug-new-formulation-8827169.html">Breakthrough Cancer Pain Drug<i> Onsolis</i> Soon to Return in New Formulation</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/8/16/floridas-modest-reduction-in-opioid-prescribing">Florida’s ‘Modest’ Reduction in <i>Opioid</i> Prescribing</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.drugstorenews.com/article/purdue-pharma-unveils-opioid-abuse-prevention-webstie">Purdue Pharma unveils <i>opioid</i> abuse prevention website</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/298179.php">Scientists create <i>opioids</i> using yeast</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/849451">FDA Endorses Flow Restrictors on Kids' Liquid <i>Acetaminophen</i></a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-08/qmuo-nsc081115.php">New study confirms listening to music during surgery reduces pain and anxiety</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.vox.com/2015/8/17/9165189/best-painkiller-tylenol-aspirin-advil">Should you take <i>Tylenol, Advil,</i> or <i>aspirin</i> for pain? Here's what the evidence says</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/dearpharmacist/pharmacist-relieve-joint-pain-without-ibuprofen/article_90dcd024-abbe-581d-987b-9bdd8c8daffa.html">Pharmacist: Relieve joint pain without <i>ibuprofen</i></a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.webmd.com/health-insurance/20150812/large-employers-look-to-tighten-control-of-costs-for-expensive-drugs">Some Employers Look To Control High Drug Costs</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/news/20150812/millions_adults_pain">NIH reports more than 25 million Americans live with chronic pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/dr-sean-orr-accused-ms-misdiagnosis-scheme-back-business-n395716">Doctor called “greedy conman” is accused of Multiple Sclerosis misdiagnosis scheme by federal prosecutors, now practicing medicine in FL</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/charismatic--prestigious-doctor-called--greedy-con-man--by-feds-508000835536">Patients speak out about conman doctor</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/8/17/researchers-say-back-to-school-headaches-often-real">Researchers say pediatric headaches at Back to School time are real; Kids stressed out by changes in routines, nutrition and sleep</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://health.usnews.com/health-news/patient-advice/articles/2015/08/06/arthritis-makes-life-with-chronic-diseases-worse">Arthritis Makes Life With Other Chronic Diseases Worse</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/how-the-nfl-could-help-the-chronic-pain-patient-8827104.html">How the NFL Could Help The Chronic Pain Patient</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2015/jul/31/subliminal-learning-and-conscious-thought-can-reduce-and-enhance-pain">Subliminal learning and conscious thought reduce and enhance pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150731/New-IMA-device-could-improve-diagnosis-treatment-of-chronic-musculoskeletal-pain.aspx">New Intelligent Motion Analysis (IMA) device could improve diagnosis, treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/76308/whats-your-chroniclife-sharing-the-raw-reality-of-.html">What's Your <i>#ChronicLife</i>? Sharing the Raw Reality of Living With a Chronic Health Condition next on August 28, 2015</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://paindoctor.com/the-power-of-people-cure-together/">The Power Of People: Cure Together</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/national-pain-awareness-month-belongs-to-you-the-readers">Share YOUR pain story during <i>National Pain Awareness Month</i> in September</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.chronicbabe.com/join-me-for-pain-awareness-month-in-september/">Join Me for <i>Pain Awareness Month</i> in September</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://webauntie.tumblr.com/post/124191447440/spoonie-communications-101">Communicating about our illnesses can be almost as difficult as being sick; Here’s a list of pointers</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Dawn Gibson</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/gooddaysbaddays/2015/06/chronic-illness-and-pain-discerning-who-to-tell-what.html">Chronic Illness and Pain: Discerning Who to Tell What</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Maureen Pratt at </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/">BeliefNet</a> </i></div>
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02565419342312281934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239068533557516122.post-90929757681682513092015-08-11T02:11:00.000-07:002016-05-12T19:43:17.710-07:00Tuesday-Newsday #204 <div class="p1">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>[NOTE: Due to a pain flare and being overwhelmed with planning all the details for our accessible bathroom remodel, this week will be a shorter post.]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Time for <i>Tuesday-Newsday</i>! The Featured Blog Posts this week are all connected to coping with life when you are stuck in bed or at home due to a pain/illness flare-up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>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!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/op-ed-pharmacist-chronic-pain-advocate-launches-non-profit-8827108.html">Pharmacist Chronic Pain Advocate Launches Non-Profit To Help Patients Denied Their Pain Rx</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/PainManagement/PainManagement/52960">Pain Patients Say They Can’t Get Meds After Illegal Rx Drug Crackdown</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/7/29/whowcg68tr77uxeo6bo9gmtdw9oynu">Media Coverage of Pain Meds Often Unfair</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/8/9/fed-report-sparks-new-debate-over-steroid-injections">Fed Report Sparks New Debate over <i>Steroid</i> Injections</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/midwest-pain-expo-to-hear-new-treatment-for-chronic-pain-8827065.html">New Treatment for Chronic Pain: Combination therapy of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation with infused <i>Ketamine</i></a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/8/7/sedatives-or-opioids-which-is-the-bigger-problem">Sedatives or <i>Opioids</i>: Which is the Bigger Problem?</a></b></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.wesh.com/news/second-federal-report-critical-of-dea-actions-with-pharmacies/34425246"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Second federal report critical of DEA actions with pharmacies</span></a></b></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.wesh.com/news/dea-testifies-on-legitimate-prescription-drug-denials/34643226"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">DEA testifies on legitimate prescription drug denials</span></a></b></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.wesh.com/news/congresswoman-calls-for-hearing-on-prescription-access-problem/34606298"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Congresswoman calls for hearing on prescription access problem</span></a></b></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.wesh.com/news/hospice-patients-among-latest-denied-prescription-painkillers/34587018"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hospice patients among latest denied prescription painkillers</span></a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.fmcpaware.org/com-virtuemart-menu-users/announcing-2015-tap-chronic-pain-conference.html"><i>Treating and Preventing (TAP) Chronic Pain Conference</i> October 8-10, 2015: For people with fibromyalgia & chronic pain illnesses</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-08-facial-recognition-app-patient-pain.html">Facial recognition app <i>ePAT</i> assesses pain in patients who cannot speak</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cf0jw6TYfk">Doctor says <i>Calmare</i> Scrambler Therapy can help those with severe, chronic, neuropathic and oncologic pain </a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painmedicinenews.com/ViewArticle.aspx?d=Science%2B%26%2BTechnology&d_id=354&i=July+2015&i_id=1204&a_id=31208">Chronic Inflammatory Pain: Just an Excitable Brain?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/7/13/is-cinnamon-a-safer-pain-reliever">Is Cinnamon a Safer Pain Reliever?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/gooddaysbaddays/2015/08/chronic-pain-far-from-the-maddening-crowd.html">Chronic Pain: Far from the Maddening Crowd?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/295151.php">Reacting positively to stressful situations may play a key role in long-term health, according to researchers</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/7/14/how-does-your-surgeon-rate">How Does Your Doctor Rate?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>*SLEEP and PAIN</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rosie-osmun/stress-sleep_b_7637510.html">The Importance of Mitigating Pain and Stress for Better Sleep</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.newswise.com/articles/improving-sleep-quality-has-pain-control-benefits">Improving Sleep Quality Has Pain Control Benefits</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/14/upshot/how-an-insomnia-therapy-can-help-with-other-illnesses.html?ref=health&_r=0&abt=0002&abg=0">How an Insomnia Therapy Can Help With Other Illnesses</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.mssociety.org.uk/ms-support/community-blog/2015/05/making-relapse-nest">Making a relapse nest</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">from the <a href="http://www.mssociety.org.uk/"><i>Multiple Sclerosis Society of the U.K.</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/turning-straw-gold/201106/things-you-can-do-the-bed">Things You Can Do from the Bed, Part 1: Living well from the bed, the couch, or the recliner</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">by Toni Bernhard J.D. for <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/"><i>Psychology Today</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Things You Can Do from the Bed, Part 2: Ideas from Readers</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">by Toni Bernhard J.D. for <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/"><i>Psychology Today</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://gracequantock.com/sick-tired-bed-bound/">Sick, Tired and Bed-bound – What To Do?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">by Grace Quantock</span></div>
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02565419342312281934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239068533557516122.post-75373850149843449192015-08-04T01:14:00.002-07:002015-08-04T01:14:37.458-07:00Tuesday-Newsday #203<div class="p1">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time for<i> Tuesday-Newsday</i>! The Featured Blog Posts this week are the excellent series: "The Four Agreements".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>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!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*MEDICATION NEWS</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/7/31/ama-needs-to-get-facts-right-about-opioids">AMA Needs to Get Facts Right About <i>Opioids</i></a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.kentucky.com/2015/08/03/3971530/media-misinform-lump-legitimate.html"><i>opinion</i>: Media misinform, lump legitimate pain patients with drug abusers</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://migraine.com/blog/yippee-for-prescription-assistance-programs-or-free-drugs/">Yippee for prescription assistance programs</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.forgrace.org/get-involvedshare-your-story/conferences/"><i>For Grace</i>’s 8th Annual Women In Pain Conference on Sept. 11th</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/cursing-chronic-pain-for-grace-says-yes-8827045.html">Cursing Chronic Pain? <i>For Grace</i> Says Yes!</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/vitamin-d-and-chronic-pain-8826871.html">Vitamin D and Chronic Pain</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/resources/news-and-research/dopamines-crucial-role-priming-chronic-pain">Dopamine's Crucial Role in "Priming" Chronic Pain</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150721134820.htm">Acupuncture impacts same biologic pathways in rats that pain drugs target in humans</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/847492">Are Foam Rollers for Muscle Massage Really Beneficial?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02357381"><i>eNeura SpringTMS</i> Post-Market Observational US Study of Migraine (ESPOUSE)</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/cognitive-health-information-26/brain-health-news-80/nasal-cavity-anesthetic-shows-promise-against-migraines-696870.html">Nerve Treatment Via Nose Shows Promise Against Migraines Reducing pain by about 1/3, small study found</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/6/16/nasal-spray-approved-for-migraine-in-children">FDA Approves <i>ZOMIG </i>Nasal Spray for Migraine in Pediatric Patients Ages 12 and up</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/migraine-treatment-for-teens-approved-8826179.html"><span id="goog_770094714"></span><i>Treximet</i> Approved by FDA for Teens with Migraines</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/mental-health-information-25/anorexia-news-28/migraine-medicine-may-up-risk-of-eating-disorders-in-teens-698166.html">Migraine Drug <i>Topamax</i> May Up Risk of Eating Disorders in Some Teens, But No Cause/Effect Proven in Small Study</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/general-health-information-16/doctor-news-206/too-many-migraine-sufferers-given-narcotic-painkillers-barbiturates-700452.html">Many Migraine Sufferers Given Narcotic Painkillers, Barbiturates: Doctors say these are poor choices, especially for children</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/846802"><i>Sumatriptan</i> Less Effective in Migraine With Aura</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/846793">Migraine Patients Skip <i>Triptans</i> in 40% of Attacks</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.newswise.com/articles/two-techniques-of-temporal-migraine-surgery-are-equally-effective">Two Techniques of Temporal Migraine Surgery Are 'Equally Effective'</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.hcplive.com/medical-news/Effectiveness-of-Self-Administered-Tools-to-Identify-Migraine-and-Chronic-Migraine">Effectiveness of Self-Administered Tools to Identify Migraine and Chronic Migraine</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.clinicalpainadvisor.com/migraine-headache/atraumatic-needles-preventing-postdural-puncture-headache/article/422841/">Atraumatic Needles May Help Prevent Postdural Puncture Headache</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://migraine.com/blog/what-is-emergency/">What is a migraine emergency?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/pulse/gender-differences-migraine-signs-you-should-know-triggers-pain-and-duration-vary-327064">Gender Differences Of Migraine Signs You Should Know: Triggers, Pain, And Duration Vary</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/patient/conditions/headache/chronic-migraine-impacts-entire-family">Chronic Migraine Impacts Entire Family</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/diseases-and-conditions-information-37/kidney-stone-news-433/many-children-with-migraine-headaches-receive-inadequate-care-study-says-700431.html">Most Children With Migraines Don't Get Proven Treatments, And Nearly half don't get any pain relievers at all</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/children-get-migraines-too-8825845.html">Children Get Migraines Too!</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://wtop.com/health/2015/07/kids-migraines-picture-can-worth-thousand-words/slide/1/">Innovative doctor finds simple way to diagnose migraine headaches in children: a picture is worth a thousand words</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/6/24/childhood-trauma-linked-to-adult-migraine">Childhood Trauma Linked to Adult Migraine</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://news.health.com/2015/04/22/chronic-migraines-take-big-toll-on-families-survey-finds/">Chronic Migraines Take Big Toll on Families, Survey Finds</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/patient/conditions/headache/family-support-crucial-surviving-chronic-migraine">Family Support is Crucial to Surviving Chronic Migraine</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://migraine.com/migraines-in-children-and-teens/talking-to-children/">Talking to children and teens about their migraines</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/new-and-old-migraine-treatments-highlight-american-headache-society-meeting-8826600.html">New and Old Migraine Treatments Highlight American Headache Society Meeting</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-approach-to-treating-migraines-focuses-on-neck/">New approach to treating migraines focuses on neck</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/health-and-fitness/health/20150608-patients-find-relief-from-migraines-with-acupuncture.ece">Patients find relief from migraines with acupuncture</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/847715#vp_1">Communication Lacking in Chronic Migraine Encounters</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/bone-and-joint-information-4/carpal-tunnel-syndrome-news-115/migraine-carpal-tunnel-may-be-linked-697715.html">Migraine and Carpal Tunnel May Be Linked</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/848859">Migraine Ups Stroke Risk, but Only in Smokers</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.neurologyadvisor.com/sensory-symptoms-migraine-brain-connectivity/article/404814/?webSyncID=180ddb3b-5edb-5be8-1a57-34de2bdd7607&sessionGUID=827a4d86-765a-dde5-160d-9248a7ea6d4a">Light, Sound Sensitivity in Migraine Linked to Brain Connectivity</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://chicagoheadacheclinic.com/column/headache-and-sleep-disorders/">Headache and Sleep Disorders</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.newswise.com/articles/study-assesses-link-of-preexisting-mental-disorders-with-chronic-headaches?ret=/articles/channels&channel=105&category=feature&page=1&search[status]=3&search[sort]=date+desc&search[channel_id]=105">Study Assesses Link of Preexisting Mental Disorders with Chronic Headaches</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.clinicalpainadvisor.com/migraine-headache/filling-in-the-map-on-migraine/article/415986/">Filling In The Map On Migraine</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/kids-health-information-23/adolescents-and-teen-health-news-719/migraine-twice-as-common-in-high-school-football-players-study-finds-700468.html">High School Football Players May Be at Doubled Risk of Migraine</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/new-migraine-drugs-would-prevent-pain-n377326">CGRP monoclonal antibodies show promise in treating migraine</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.clinicalpainadvisor.com/vagus-nerve-stimulation-cluster-headache/article/400564/">Vagus Nerve Stimulation May Help Prevent Cluster Headache</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150619/Effective-medical-communication-missing-between-physicians-and-patients-with-chronic-migraine.aspx">Effective medical communication missing between physicians and patients with chronic migraine</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://migraine.com/blog/shoes-with-a-game/">Putting Others in Your Migraine Shoes… With a Game</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://migraine.com/migraine-tools/">Migraine Tools</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://migraine.com/blog/migraine-tests-what-can-i-expect-from-a-dna-test/">Migraine Tests: What Can I Expect From a DNA Test?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>How Can I Talk to My Children About Migraine? </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://migraine.com/blog/how-can-i-talk-to-my-children-about-migraine-part-1-my-migraine/">Part 1 – My Migraine</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://migraine.com/blog/how-can-i-talk-to-my-children-about-migraine-part-2-their-migraine/">Part 2 — Their Migraine</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.relieve-migraine-headache.com/HeadWay-7-headache-lies.html">HeadWay, Issue #130 -- 7 Lies Headache Patients Believe</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.relieve-migraine-headache.com/HeadWay-low-blood-pressure-migraine.html">HeadWay, Issue #131 -- Low Blood Pressure and Migraine</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.relieve-migraine-headache.com/HeadWay-osteopathic-manipulative-treatment.html">HeadWay, Issue #132 -- Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*FEATURED BLOG POSTS</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i>Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is an excellent set of writings that are a must-read: <i>The Four Agreements</i> series by Tammy Rome. Although the series is written specifically for those who have migraines/headaches, those with any type of chronic painful condition will benefit from reading it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://migraine.com/blog/4-agreements-best/">Always do your best</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://migraine.com/blog/4-agreements-personally/">Don’t take anything personally</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://migraine.com/blog/4-agreements-impeccable/">Be impeccable with your word</a></b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://migraine.com/blog/4-agreements-assumptions/">Don’t make assumptions</a></b><br />
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02565419342312281934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239068533557516122.post-70463997146467855942015-07-30T22:57:00.001-07:002015-07-30T22:57:46.802-07:00Tuesday-Newsday #202<div class="p1">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i><b>NOTE:</b> Another late posting, sorry. I think it’s going to be this way for awhile, with so much focus on the remodel for our accessible bathroom. Sorry I’m not posting on time or putting up more links, but I promise to keep doing my best every week. Please bear with me.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time for <i>Tuesday-Newsday</i>! The Featured Blog Posts this week are about dealing with people who push unwanted advice on you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>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!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*OPIOIDS*</b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/7/30/fear-of-dea-causing-drug-shortages">Fear of DEA Causing Drug Shortages</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.wesh.com/news/new-allegations-made-on-deas-role-in-pain-prescription-denials/34446168">New allegations made on DEA's role in pain prescription denials <i>(report from WESH-2 in FL)</i></a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.wesh.com/news/pharmacy-rejects-pain-prescription-for-4yearold-with-cancer/34447400">Pharmacy rejects pain prescription for 4-year-old with cancer in Florida, among others</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.wesh.com/health/dea-responds-after-patients-denied-prescription-pain-meds/31323118">Earlier report from WESH-2 about pharmacies denying prescriptions</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/7/23/cdc-reports-on-opioids-appear-biased">CDC Reports on <i>Opioids</i> Appear Biased</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/7/24/pain-patients-should-come-first"><i>opinion</i>: Pain Patients Should Come First</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.clinicalpainadvisor.com/medical-news/data-on-new-naloxone-capsule-for-opioid-induced-constipation-released/article/423778/">Data on New <i>Naloxone</i> Capsule for Opioid-Induced Constipation Released</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*MEDICATION NEWS</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/patient-safety-is-all-about-transparency-and-communication-8826997.html">DQSA: Patient Safety is all About Transparency and Communication</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/295170.php">Body's response to spicy foods guides design of new pain relief drugs</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150725/CU-Boulder-study-reveals-how-and-when-placebo-effect-works.aspx">Study finds the Placebo Effect still works even if a person knows the treatment has no medical value</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/07/27/not-all-fake-medicines-are-created-equal/">Placebos: Not all fake medicines are created equal</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.news9.com/story/29392619/can-placebo-pills-help-cancer-survivors-manage-pain">Can Placebo Pills Help Cancer Survivors Manage Pain?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/public-health-information-30/drug-safety-news-741/drug-companies-sometimes-delay-reports-of-patient-harms-to-fda-study-701680.html">Drug Makers May Delay Reporting Patient Harms to FDA: Study</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.aol.com/article/2015/07/26/state-health-insurance-markets-struggle-with-cost-challenges/21214092/">Obamacare: State health insurance markets struggle with cost challenges</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*MEDICAL MARIJUANA</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/kids-health-information-23/adolescents-and-teen-health-news-719/young-colorado-man-s-suicide-linked-to-pot-consumption-701638.html">Health officials examine the first reported marijuana-linked death in Colorado </a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/mental-health-information-25/addiction-news-6/medical-marijuana-may-pose-risk-to-teens-701651.html">Teens with legal access to medical marijuana are 10 times more likely to report problems with addiction than those who get the drug illegally</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/296930.php">Non-psychotropic compound in Cannabis may be used to treat fractures</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS</b></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-27/what-to-do-about-chronic-pain/6644344"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Discovering why </b></span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chronic Pain </b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>happens to some of us and not others</b></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.healthcanal.com/disorders-conditions/pain/65531-study-to-assist-those-in-pain-to-think-clearly.html">New study aims to improve the cognitive functioning of people living with chronic pain </a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://krqe.com/2015/07/21/unm-study-curvy-women-more-prone-to-pain/">Curvy women are more sensitive to pain than other women</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://fibromyalgianewstoday.com/2015/07/24/fibromyalgia-patients-show-tendency-smoke-study-population/">Adults with chronic pain are commonly smokers, according to a study from Mayo Clinic</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2015/07/28/Spinal-cord-stimulation-more-effective-at-higher-frequency/2811438115386/">High-frequency spinal cord stimulation nearly twice as effective than traditional low frequency stimulation, study finds</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/7/22/wear-tear-care-the-quell-pain-relief-device">Wear, Tear & Care: The <i>Quell</i> Pain Relief Device</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/non-narcotic-pain-relief-options-getting-8826614.html">Non-Narcotic Pain Relief Options Getting Cooler with <span class="s1"><i>COOLIEF </i>Cooled Radiofrequency</span></a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.newstribune.com/news/2015/jul/25/inventor-heal-thyself-device-eases-chronic-pain/">Inventor says new device <i>CP Relief Wand</i> treats chronic pain conditions including Fibromyalgia, Restless Leg Syndrome</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://wamu.org/programs/metro_connection/15/06/18/maryland_inventor_chases_ambitious_dream_an_end_to_chronic_pain">Inventor Chases Ambitious Dream To End Chronic Pain With His Device: <i>SpringTMS </i>(Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator)</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/meet-rhiannon-bannenberg-the-inspirational-aussie-film-maker-with-a-fantastic-attitude-towards-the-chronic-pain-that-plagues-her/story-fneuzlbd-1227457080999">Inspirational Aussie writes her first feature film relating to her struggle with chronic pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.hcplive.com/medical-news/understanding-the-relationship-between-chronic-pain-and-obesity">Understanding the Relationship between Chronic Pain and Obesity</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.clinicalpainadvisor.com/chronic-pain/link-between-genetics-and-chronic-pain-conditions/article/420057/">Exploring The Link Between Genetics and Chronic Pain Conditions</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/296952.php">New research uncovers how DNA influences the severity of any genetic disease</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/general-health-information-16/misc-alcohol-news-13/study-finds-drinking-may-ease-fibromyalgia-pain-but-doctors-wary-701794.html">Study Finds Drinking May Ease Chronic, Widespread Pain, But U.S. Doctors Say Alcohol is the Wrong Approach</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.</b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/turning-straw-gold/201507/4-tips-dealing-unsolicited-health-advice">4 Tips for Dealing with Unsolicited Health Advice</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Toni Bernhard J.D. at </span><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/turning-straw-gold" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Turning Straw into Gold</i></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://insicknessinhealth.blogspot.com/2010/08/unwanted-help.html">Unwanted Help</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Barbara Kivowitz at <a href="http://insicknessinhealth.blogspot.com/"><i>In Sickness As In Health: Helping couples cope with illness</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i><b><u>NOTE</u></b>: I’m late in posting once again, sorry about that. I had no idea how hard this accessible bathroom remodel was going to be! The details are wearing me out. It’s another abbreviated blog, but I’m just so happy I’m able to get something up this week. I’ll keep trying to get back on schedule.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time for <i>Tuesday-Newsday</i>! The Featured Blog Posts this week are all about keeping your life in balance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>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!</i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vice.com/read/how-the-war-on-drugs-is-hurting-chronic-pain-patients-716">How the War on Drugs Is Hurting Chronic Pain Patients</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/7/17/study-opioid-overdoses-often-occur-at-low-doses"><i>Opioid</i> Overdoses Occur Even at Low Doses, New Study Finds</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/chiropractors-weigh-in-on-opioid-use-8826875.html">Chiropractors Weigh In On <i>Opioid</i> Use</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/the-voice-of-the-chronic-pain-patient-is-not-being-heard-8826686.html"><i>opinion</i>: The Voice of the Chronic Pain Patient Is Not Being Heard</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.healio.com/rheumatology/psoriatic-arthritis/news/online/%7B4d3c5bb3-c81b-4f16-bf9c-6614e281f1d6%7D/non-medical-switch-of-anti-tnf-agents-may-result-in-increased-side-effects-lack-of-efficacy?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=rheumatology%20news">Non-medical switch of anti-TNF agents may result in increased side effects, lack of efficacy</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://wwlp.com/2015/07/15/how-natures-deadliest-venoms-are-saving-lives/">Nature’s deadliest venoms are saving lives, treating chronic pain</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/patients-with-multiple-medications-find-relief-with--pillpack--463914051762">“Pillpacks” Help Patients With Multiple Medications Keep On Top of Their Rx Without Cumbersome Pillboxes</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/alternative-medicine-information-3/mis-alternative-medicine-news-19/chronic-pain-alternative-therapies-ajmc-kaiser-release-batch-1840-701375.html">Many Pain Patients Don't Tell Their Doctors About Using Alternative Therapies</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=35487450">BYU study scans pain patients using <i>Calmare</i> device; patients still needed for study</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://fibromyalgianewstoday.com/2015/07/s21/major-depressive-disorder-indicated-54-percent-participants-chronic-pain-study/">Major Depressive Disorder Indicated With 54% Chronic Pain Patients in Study; Researchers seeking patients to test online depression program</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.paulchristomd.com/food-for-thought-diet-plays-significant-role-in-pain-relief/s">Food for Thought: Diet Plays Significant Role in Pain Relief</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://fusion.net/story/170301/text-messaging-treats-pain-study/">Texting may help relieve physical pain</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://chronicpainlife.com/2015/07/01/adult-coloring-for-chronic-pain-or-illness/">Adult Coloring for Chronic Pain or Illness</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/23153/147406/movement">Kinesiophobia: How to Stop the Fear of Movement</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/general-health-information-16/injury-health-news-413/muscle-strength-fades-after-just-two-week-of-inactivity-700818.html">Muscle Strength Fades After Just Two Weeks of Inactivity</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/7/16/chronic-pain-patients-face-insurance-challenges">Chronic Pain Patients Face Insurance Challenges</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://avalere.com/expertise/managed-care/insights/exchange-plans-include-34-percent-fewer-providers-than-the-average-for-comm">Obamacare exchanges have 1/3 fewer doctors available than an average private health insurance network; For cancer specialists, it is even lower at 42%</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/doctor-leaves-health-plan-142530958.html">What to Do When Your Doctor Leaves Your Health Plan</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://blog.arthritis.org/stories-of-yes/using-social-media-to-fight-denied-claim/?utm_source=enewsletter&utm_medium=dedicated&utm_campaign=victories">When Failure Isn't an Option: JRA patient uses social media to fight a denied insurance claim and won </a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://blog.arthritis.org/stories-of-yes/scleroderma-morphea-zane-breier/?utm_source=enewsletter&utm_medium=dedicated&utm_campaign=victories">Arthritis Foundation Helps Achieve a Big Victory in One Boy’s Fight Against Arthritis</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2015/7/1/service_dogs_law.html#.VZX94At---B.facebook">Jail time now possible if you have a fake service animal</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/mar/31/service-animals-disabilities-live/">Service animals allow those with disabilities to live life more fully</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/kaelintully/8-types-of-service-dogs-we-should-be-grateful-for#2gx5mgt">8 Types Of Service Dogs We Should Be Grateful For</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://jessicagimeno.com/when-to-say-no-5-questions-to-help-you-set-boundaries/">When To Say No: Five Questions To Help You Set Boundaries</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Jesssica Gimeno at <a href="http://jessicagimeno.com/"><i>FashionablyIll</i></a></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.prohealth.com/fibromyalgia/library/showArticle.cfm?libid=20112&B1=EM051315F&utm_source=EM051315F&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=FM&slvor=12506.1195226.0.1.0.24948&eid=davcat14@aol.com">Looking After Yourself Isn’t Selfish</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Jan Sadler of <i><a href="http://painsupport.co.uk/">PainSupportUK</a></i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>NOTE:</b> Once again, sorry for the late post. I’ve been so busy on the weekends, which is when I usually do all the work in researching and compiling. We are also in the planning stages for building an accessible bathroom, so I apologize if late posts comtinue in the near future. I’m trying my best to get them up on time.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>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!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.clinicalpainadvisor.com/news/avinza-discontinued/article/426124/">FDA announces that <i>Avinza</i>, a non-abuse deterrant opioid painkiller, has been discontinued</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/cardiovascular-health-information-20/heart-attack-news-357/nsaid-folo-701243.html">FDA adds tougher<i> labels to NSAIDs such as Ibuprofen, Naproxen for raising heart & stroke risk</i></a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/mental-health-information-25/antidepressants-news-723/antidepressant-painkiller-combo-may-raise-risk-of-brain-bleed-701325.html">Taking both an antidepressant and an <i>NSAID</i> may increase risk of a brain beed</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.hcplive.com/contributor/scott-glaser-md/2015/07/interventional-pain-management-lets-abandon-the-safe-triangle">Doctor warns of danger from Transforaminal Epidural Steroid injections: Abandon the “Safe Triangle”</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150706143246.htm">Researchers find why patients with various autoimmune & connective tissue disorders may be at risk for life-threatening cardiac events if they take certain anti-depressants or anti-histamines</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/07/13/worries-about-hpv-vaccine-european-unions-medicines-agency-investigating-reports-of-rare-but-severe-reactions/">Concerns in Europe over three HPV vaccines after rate but severe adverse reactions including Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.newswise.com/articles/study-highlights-important-safety-issue-with-widely-used-mri-contrast-agents">MRI Problem? Possible issue for patients injected with contrast agents (GBCAs) for their scans</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/mental-health-information-25/anxiety-news-33/back-pain-and-depression-combo-lessens-pain-relief-from-narcotic-painkillers-701210.html">For chronic back pain patients who also have depression or anxiety, narcotic painkillers may not be the best therapy</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/296669.php">Study finds people who misuse prescription pain relievers all have one thing in common: A history of recent illicit drug use</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/specialisms/substance-misuse/drug-users-and-smokers-most-at-risk-of-opioid-addiction/5087399.article">Illicit drug users and smokers are those most at risk of <i>opioid</i> addiction</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painmedicinenews.com/ViewArticle.aspx?d=In%2bBrief&d_id=375&i=July+2015&i_id=1204&a_id=29291">NIDA Reports Teen Prescription <i>Opioid</i> Abuse Declining</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.clinicalpainadvisor.com/pharmacology/useful-adjunct-to-opioids-in-pain-therapy-identified/article/418423/">Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation may have an additive effect when combined with <i>Morphine</i>, animal study finds</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150715/Futura-Medical-develops-new-generation-of-topical-pain-relief.aspx">Company develops new generation of topical relief products that target more active ingredients directly to the point of pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150703/Scientists-find-way-to-create-therapeutic-heat-to-treat-people-suffering-from-chronic-muscle-pain.aspx">Scientists find way to create therapeutic heat to treat people suffering from chronic muscle pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.theledger.com/article/20150708/MCT/150709446/1023/life?Title=Formula-for-a-Headache-When-a-Prescription-Costs-More-With-Insurance-Than-With-Cash">When a Prescription Costs More With Insurance Than With Cash</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/7/2/is-your-doctor-working-for-a-drug-company">Is Your Doctor Getting Money from a Drug Company?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.ncjrs.gov/ondcppubs/publications/pdf/prescrip_disposal.pdf">Proper Disposal of Prescription Drugs You No Longer Need</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*MEDICAL MARIJUANA</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/06/23/416791647/medical-marijuana-is-often-less-potent-than-advertised">Medical Marijuana Is Often Less Potent Than Advertised</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.healthline.com/health-news/should-a-worker-be-fired-for-using-medical-marijuana-at-home-070915#1">Should a Worker Be Fired for Using Medical Marijuana at Home?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/online-survey-shows-medical-marijuana-devotees-like-it-8826848.html">Small Online Survey Shows Patients Who Use Medical Marijuana Believe It Is The Best Available Treatment For Them</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/6/30/indica-or-sativa-which-marijuana-strain-works-for-you">Which Marijuana Strain Works Best for Pain?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.clinicalpainadvisor.com/medical-marijuana-for-children-no-indications/article/420059/">Children & Medical Marijuana: No Health Conditions Identified For Which It Is Accepted Therapy</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'No rigorous research evidence shows the potential benefits outweigh the known risks to child health & development'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/kids-health-information-23/adolescents-and-teen-health-news-719/teens-who-see-medical-marijuana-ads-may-be-more-likely-to-use-701067.html">Medical Marijuana Ads May Prompt Pot Use Among Teens</a></b></span></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/296422.php"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unwanted side effects of cannabis isolated in new study</span></a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/7/5/searching-for-medical-marijuanas-therapeutic-window">Searching for Medical Marijuana’s ‘Therapeutic Window’</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dalhousie-researcher-investigates-use-of-marijuana-for-arthritis-pain-1.3142592">New study to find if medical marijuana can help repair arthritic joints and relieve pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.alternet.org/drugs/canada-medical-cannabis-conundrum">Canada's Medical Cannabis Conundrum</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.empr.com/news/painshield-md-ultrasound-device-pain/article/425712/?webSyncID=c680a8cc-8b58-9b9d-ea50-8bd22a898ba9&sessionGUID=c6d8db11-5aa4-6da4-2162-e940c9b2c051">First Hands-Free Ultrasound Device for Pain Launched: <i>PainShield MD</i></a></b></span></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.painmedicinenews.com/ViewArticle.aspx?d=Nonpharmacologic%2bTherapy&d_id=84&i=July+2015&i_id=1204&a_id=29528"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More Americans Practicing Yoga, Meditation To Control Pain, But Supplements Still Lead Alternative Therapies</span></a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://psychcentral.com/news/2015/07/09/web-based-program-can-aid-in-managing-chronic-pain/86628.html">Web-Based Program Can Aid in Managing Chronic Pain and Reduce Their Reliance on Opioids, According to WSU Study</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/06/26/online-tools-can-help-manage-pain/">Online tools can help manage pain, an Australian study suggests</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/15/us-chimaera-surgical-tool-idUSKCN0PP17P20150715"><i>Chimaera</i> device paves way for wireless pain relief</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painsproject.org/news-alert/">40 National Leaders and Organizations Endorse Four Core Messages to Drive a Cultural Transformation in the Way Pain is Perceived, Judged and Treated</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.dailydemocrat.com/general-news/20150702/father-daughter-duo-sets-out-to-show-chronic-pain-not-visible-but-not-fictional/1">Father-daughter duo sets out to show chronic pain not visible, but not fictional</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-07-stem-cells-pain-relief-mice.html">Stem cells provide lasting pain relief in mice with neuropathy</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-07/uoq-kss070615.php">Killer sea snail a target for new drugs</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3125357/Furred-arteries-Diabetes-Eye-disease-Dementia-Depression-doctors-believe-triggered-one-SILENT-KILLER.html">Inflammation may be the silent killer that links most, if not all, common chronic diseases</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painpathways.org/men-and-pain-how-do-guys-deal-with-chronic-pain/">Men and Pain: How Do Guys Deal with Chronic Pain?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/7/6/how-pain-management-clinics-fail-us"><i>opinion</i>: How Pain Clinics Fail Patients</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*PATIENT NEWS</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/hospitals-highest-markups-n371741">Some Hospitals Marking Up Treatments By as Much as 1,000 Percent: Study</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/294449.php">New urine test may lessen need to draw blood</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.hcplive.com/medical-news/Medical-Identity-Theft-Incidents-Increasing">Medical Identity Thefts Increasing</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://health.clevelandclinic.org/2014/11/6-tips-for-reading-your-own-medical-records/">6 Tips for Reading Your Own Medical Records</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/HospitalBasedMedicine/GeneralHospitalPractice/51234">Hospitals Increasingly Turn to Patients’ Perspectives for Advice</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.aol.com/article/2015/06/01/vast-trove-of-medicare-data-details-how-billions-are-spent/21189822/">Vast trove of Medicare data details how billions are spent</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.webmd.com/news/20150608/worlds-population-is-getting-sicker-study-shows">World's Population Is Getting Sicker, Study Shows</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/295887.php">Patients want to be able to contact doctors via email or Facebook</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/6/27/why-choosing-a-doctor-is-like-a-job-interview">Why Choosing a Doctor Is Like a Job Interview</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painpathways.org/clinical-trials-101-facebook-chat/">Clinical Trials 101</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://m.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11462377">Why music is good for your health</a></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://countingmyspoons.com/2015/02/let-pain-take-identity/">Have you let Pain take your Identity?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Julie Ryan at <a href="http://countingmyspoons.com/"><i>Counting My Spoons</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://jessicagimeno.com/?p=3092">Who am i? The chronically ill person’s identity crisis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Jessica Gimeno at <a href="http://jessicagimeno.com/"><i>Fashionably Ill</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.creakyjoints.org/blog/identity-crisis/">Identity Crisis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Christine Schwab for </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.creakyjoints.org/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Creaky Joints</a></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i><b>NOTE:</b> Apologies for getting this up so very late, I’ve been very busy and overwhelmed the past week. Since it is now Thursday, I’m just getting up a shortened blog post. I’ll try to meet deadline next Tuesday as best I can. Sending you all wishes for less pain.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time for <i>Tuesday-Newsday</i>! This week’s focus will just be on Pain and Medication News. The Featured Blog Posts this week are all to chronic pain and your friendships</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>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!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/7/2/smoking-linked-to-longer-opioid-use">Smoking Linked to Longer <i>Opioid</i> Use</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150708/Internet-based-program-can-help-people-manage-their-chronic-pain-reduce-reliance-on-opioids.aspx">Internet-based program can help people manage their chronic pain, reduce reliance on <i>opioids</i></a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/6/24/survey-finds-doctors-need-more-education-about-addiction">Survey Finds Doctors Need More Addiction Education</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/my-story-physician-perspective-on-urine-drug-testing-8826682.html">Physician Perspective on Urine Drug Testing</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/urine-drug-test-for-chronic-pain-patients-another-perspective-8826693.html">Urine Drug Test For Chronic Pain Patients – Another Perspective</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/o-tempora-o-mores-a-draconian-practice-in-american-pain-management-8826647.html"><i>opinion</i>: What happens when a pain patient is “fired” by their doctor</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/the-voice-of-the-chronic-pain-patient-is-not-being-heard-8826686.html"><i>opinion</i>: The Voice of the Chronic Pain Patient Is Not Being Heard</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/6/19/new-drug-could-relieve-neuropathy-pain"><i>Opioid</i> Abuse Takes Back Seat to Cost at Medicare: New research shows lowering cost of painkillers a bigger priority than discouraging abuse</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/295948.php">Genetic discovery uncovers key tool for <i>morphine</i> production in poppies</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.expressnews.com/business/health-care/article/U-S-suffering-from-prescription-drug-shortage-6356831.php">U.S. suffering from prescription drug shortage</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/296184.php">Placebo effect an important tool in relieving the symptoms of patients and improving other therapeutics</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://powerofpain.org/2015-midwest-pain-summit/">August 15th in Chicago: Midwest Neuropathic PAIN Treatment Education Expo</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/senior-citizen-information-31/misc-death-and-dying-news-172/each-added-chronic-illness-lowers-ups-risk-of-premature-death-701037.html">One Chronic Illness Can Shorten Your Life Span, But More than One Greatly Raises Your Risk For Premature Death</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/6/9/uje3h7zohaz2sax7ixwimlfxfp8kux?rq=Back%20Pain%20The%20World%27s%20Leading%20Cause%20of%20Disability">Back Pain Is The World's Leading Cause of Disability</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.newswise.com/articles/spinal-cord-stimulation-for-chronic-pain-led-to-decreased-healthcare-costs-and-improved-functional-measures">Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain Led to Decreased Healthcare Costs and Improved Functional Measures</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.sunriseseniorliving.com/blog/july-2015/new-device-may-improve-chronic-pain-and-sleep-quality.aspx">New wearable Technology Device May Improve Chronic Pain And Sleep Quality</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/BackPain/52191">Motion Sensor Biofeedback Improves Low Back Pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.arthritis.org/living-with-arthritis/pain-management/tips/warm-water-therapy.php?utm_source=enewsletter&utm_medium=dedicated&utm_campaign=pain">Warm Water Works Wonders on Pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/treatments/complementary/spirituality-healing-touch">Spirituality & Healing Touch: How incorporating these practices can help improve pain management</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://calgaryherald.com/life/relationships/journaling-turns-a-page">Expressive writing (journaling) can help with chronic pain and general health</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/latif_nasser_the_amazing_story_of_the_man_who_gave_us_modern_pain_relief?language=en">Amazing Story of the Man Who Gave Us Modern Pain Relief: from TEDTalk</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/why-noah-coughlan-matters-to-chronic-pain-8826735.html">Why Noah Coughlan Matters To Chronic Pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*FEATURED BLOG POSTS</b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://lottieryan.com/cant-keep-ask-help-get-without-feeling-useless-losing-friends-2">Can’t keep up? How to ask for help and get it (without feeling useless or losing friends)</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Lottie Ryan of <a href="http://lottieryan.com/"><i>Who’s That Lady?</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://bandbacktogether.com/how-to-help-a-friend-with-chronic-illness/">How to Help a Friend With Chronic Illness</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Aunt Becky of <a href="http://bandbacktogether.com/"><i>Band Back Together</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/05/chronic-illness-strikes-tips-talking-family-close-friends.html">When chronic illness strikes: Tips on talking to family and close friends</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Toni Bernhard</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time for <i>Tuesday-Newsday</i>! This week our focus is on <b>MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS</b> and <b>FOOT PAIN</b>. The Featured Blog Posts relate to positive changes that living with chronic pain/illness has created in the writers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>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!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/cancer-information-5/chemotherapy-news-122/evidence-supports-medical-pot-for-some-conditions-not-others-700667.html">Evidence Supports Medical Marijuana for Some Painful Conditions, But Not For Many Others</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/public-health-information-30/marijuana-news-759/labels-on-edible-medical-marijuana-products-often-misleading-study-700664.html">Labels on Edible Medical Marijuana Products Often Misleading: Study</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/marijuana-for-chronic-pain-more-supply-needed-8826628.html">Marijuana For Chronic Pain: More Supply Needed?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/6/26/cymbalta-and-lyrica-in-legal-battles"><i>Cymbalta</i> and <i>Lyrica</i> in Legal Battles</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/chronic-pain-patients-feeling-discomfort-to-being-ignored-8826662.html">Results of 2 Surveys Show Chronic Pain Patients' Feelings Range from Uneasy to Alarmed About Current Rx Environment </a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/teva-launches-painmatterscom-to-support-responsible-pain-management-2015-06-24?reflink=MW_news_stmp"><i>PainMatters.com</i> Launched to Support Responsible Pain Management</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150622124713.htm">Reversing the deadly side effects of Tylenol overdose: Model could help counteract poisoning from popular painkiller</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/6/28/implant-could-be-game-changer-for-pain-treatment"><i>Probuphine</i> Implant Could Be ‘Game Changer’ in Pain Treatment</a></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/FDAGeneral/52172">Public Rarely Knows Full Reason FDA Rejects New Drugs</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/general-health-information-16/doctor-news-206/few-hospital-patients-asked-about-supplement-use-study-finds-700473.html">Many Hospital Patients Not Asked About Supplements: This raises risk of harmful drug interactions</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/chronic-pain-patient-records-are-they-accurate-8826666.html">Chronic Pain Patient Records – Are They Accurate?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.newswise.com/articles/research-finds-males-and-females-process-chronic-pain-differently">Research Finds Males and Females Process Chronic Pain Differently</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/5/19/a-pained-life-where-can-i-get-help">Resources for Pain Patients: Where Can I Get Help?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/The+Community+Pain+Center+%E2%84%A2+Launches+%26quot%3B100K+Against+Chronic+Pain%26quot%3B+Campaign/10669272.html">The Community Pain Center Launches "<i>100K Against Chronic Pain</i>" Campaign</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.betaboston.com/news/2015/06/22/brigham-and-womens-hospital-is-testing-an-app-to-manage-chronic-pain/">Doctors developing and testing a smartphone app they hope will help patients and their doctors better manage chronic pain</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.pharmacist.com/knocking-out-pain-hospital-pharmacists-launch-new-approach-pain-management">Hospital pharmacists launch new approach to pain management</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.hcplive.com/medical-news/Does-Prism-Adaptation-Hold-Promise-for-Pain-Patients-s">Does Prism Adaptation Hold Promise for Pain Patients?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.webmd.com/multiple-sclerosis/news/20150424/prices-of-ms-drugs-soaring-study-finds">Prices of Multiple Sclerosis Rx Soaring Even for Older Drugs, in Some Cases Rising More Than 700%</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/columns/trevis-gleason-life-with-multiple-sclerosis/cant-afford-prescription-how-get-help/">Can’t Afford Your MS Prescriptions? Here’s How to Get Help</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/292604.php">FDA approves <i>Glatopa</i>, the first generic version of Copaxone</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.mymsaa.org/news-msaa/1338-glatopa-launch"><i>Glatopa </i>will be on pharmacy shelves soon</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/MultipleSclerosis/49941"><i>Gilenya</i> May Be Best in MS Patients Failing Initial Tx</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com/2015/06/29/novartis-gilenya-found-long-term-positive-effects-patients-relapsing-remitting-multiple-sclerosis/"><b><i>Gilenya</i> Found to Have Long-Term Positive Effects on Patients with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis</b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/AAN/51214">Is Stopping <i>DMT</i>s Feasible in Multiple Sclerosis?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/cognitive-health-information-26/brain-health-news-80/new-drug-shows-promise-for-ms-698401.html">New Drug Shows Promise for MS: Early results indicate treatment can repair nerve damage</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/292764.php">Extending <i>Natalizumab</i> up to 8 weeks shown safe and effective in patients with MS</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/CMSC/51882">Oral MS Drugs: Taking a pill may be easier than self-injecting, but patient compliance is still an issue</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/MultipleSclerosis/52394">Positive Top-Line Results for MS Drug <i>Ocrelizumab</i> in Two Phase III Clinical Trials</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com/2015/06/12/ms-survey-respondents-favor-legal-marijuana-access-medical-use/">Most MS Survey Respondents Favor Legal Marijuana Access For Medical Use</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.clinicalpainadvisor.com/musculoskeletal-pain/multiple-sclerosis-comorbidities-pain/article/418874/">MS Comorbidities May Influence Pain</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-01-holistic-wheelchair-users-multiple-sclerosis.html">Holistic assessment needed for wheelchair users with multiple sclerosis because of pain issues</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.empr.com/medical-news/anxiety-independently-predict-pain-ms/article/422312/">Anxiety Could Independently Predict Pain in MS Patients</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com/2015/04/16/co-existing-ms-and-fm-influences-pain-threshold-according-to-new-study/">Co-existing MS and FM Influences Pain Threshold, According to New Study</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.emaxhealth.com/1275/trigeminal-neuralgia-and-multiple-sclerosis">Trigeminal Neuralgia and Multiple Sclerosis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=34839">Massage for MS</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.emaxhealth.com/12509/ballroom-dancing-may-improve-function-multiple-sclerosis-patients">Ballroom dancing may improve function in multiple sclerosis patients</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com/2015/06/16/fda-taps-online-patient-database-gain-access-patient-reported-ms-health-data/">FDA Taps Online Patient Database To Gain Access To Patient-Reported MS Health Data</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/AAN/51216">MS Patients See Less Disability With Biotin Treatment</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/vitamins-and-nutrition-information-27/food-and-nutrition-news-316/ms-linked-to-lower-levels-of-key-nutrients-in-women-696466.html">Multiple Sclerosis Linked to Lower Levels of Key Nutrients in Women</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/vitamins-and-nutrition-information-27/caffeine-health-news-89/could-coffee-lower-risk-of-multiple-sclerosis-696755.html">Could Coffee Lower Risk of Multiple Sclerosis?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/290151.php">Study examines physician-industry conflict of interest issue from MS patient perspective</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/290355.php">Multiple sclerosis: Becoming aware of its invisible difficulties</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-multiple-sclerosis-association-of-america-launches-updated-my-ms-manager-mobile-phone-app-to-help-people-with-ms-better-manage-their-disease-300095825.html">My MS Manager App to Help People with MS Better Manage Their Disease</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.west-info.eu/the-spanish-app-to-help-ms-sufferers/">The Spanish app to help MS sufferers</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com/2015/05/19/case-study-explores-hypnosis-as-potential-treatment-for-multiple-sclerosis-symptoms/">Case Study Explores Hypnosis as Potential Treatment For Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_926754406"></span>Jack Osbourne and Teva Launch New Educational Multiple Sclerosis Website</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.mymsaa.org/PDFs/SEARCH.pdf">How to S.E.A.R.C.H. for the right MS therapy for you, from the MS Association</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com/2014/12/15/national-ms-society-funds-video-game-for-multiple-sclerosis-and-stroke/">Can a Video Game Improve MS Treatment?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.mymsaa.org/news-msaa/1261-cooling-vests-beat-heat">Cooling Vests Help Individuals Living with MS Beat the Heat</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/AAN/51147">An 80-Proof Antidote for MS Disability? Patients consuming more of the hard stuff had lower EDSS scores.</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com/2015/01/15/researchers-study-device-to-improve-balance-for-ms-patients/">Researchers Study Device to Improve Balance for MS Patients</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-05/uovh-mss051915.php">Scientists ID cause of movement, balance problems in MS</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com/2015/06/24/association-british-neurologists-releases-new-guidelines-multiple-sclerosis/">Association Of British Neurologists Releases New Guidelines For Multiple Sclerosis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3097499/One-four-MS-patients-misdiagnosed-trapped-nerve-told-ve-stroke-charity-warns.html#ixzz3ecSoRTws">One in four MS patients are misdiagnosed with a trapped nerve - while others are told they've had a stroke, charity warns</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.clinicalpainadvisor.com/musculoskeletal-pain/gender-differences-in-ms-development/article/417352/">Gender Differences In MS Development Explored</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/290429.php">Strong genetic risk factor for MS discovered in family of five affected siblings</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.mssociety.org.uk/ms-support/community-blog/2014/12/dealing-my-ms-pain">opinion: Dealing with my MS pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/columns/trevis-gleason-life-with-multiple-sclerosis/my-counterpane-a-new-place-to-meet-ms-where-you-are/"><i>MS Counterpane</i>: A New Site to Meet Multiple Sclerosis Where You Are</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com/2015/06/19/biogen-self-join-together-help-women-relapsing-multiple-sclerosis-re-imagine-"><i>Biogen</i> and <i>SELF</i> Join Together to Help Women With Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis Re-imagine Daily Life</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painpathways.org/montel-williams/">Montel Williams: Update</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painpathways.org/celebrities-with-ms-how-famous-father-and-son-find-hope/">Celebrities with MS: How Famous Father and Son Find Hope</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*FOOT PAIN</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150525092711.htm">Customizable female footware based on smart materials could prevent some of the most common foot problems</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://siouxcityjournal.com/special-section/siouxland_life/foot-woes-will-prevent-some-from-wearing-sandals-flip-flops/article_f9826df4-323b-572d-be2e-15fb69fd03da.html">Foot woes will prevent some from wearing sandals, flip flops this summer</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.freep.com/story/life/2015/05/21/10-reasons-to-never-wear-flip-flops/27711769/">10 reasons you should never, ever wear flip-flops</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2799344/agonising-pain-broken-bones-spinal-damage-forget-killer-heels-s-flats-really-leave-feet-agony.html#ixzz3ecTvg0aB">Agonising pain, broken bones and even spinal damage...Forget killer heels. It's flats that really leave your feet in agony</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://news.health.com/2015/03/02/ultrasound-treatment-may-be-option-for-plantar-fasciitis/">New hydrotherapy Aquaroll offers alternative option for treating ailments in feet, joints, and more</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://news.health.com/2015/03/02/ultrasound-treatment-may-be-option-for-plantar-fasciitis/">The Ultrasound Treatment That May Help People With Chronic Plantar Fasciitis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150330173839.htm">Clinical trial tests two physical therapies for plantar fasciitis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/up-to-65-percent-of-patients-with-chronic-plantar-fasciitis-may-benefit-from-shock-wave-therapy-300078967.html">Up to 65 percent of patients with chronic plantar fasciitis may benefit from shock wave therapy</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/plantar-fasciitis-stubborn-to-heal-experts-say-don-t-put-off-treatment-1.2042731">Plantar fasciitis stubborn to heal, experts say don't put off treatment</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/-dr-joseph-horrigan/plantar-fasciitis-or-some_b_5825016.html">Plantar Fasciitis or Something Else? What to Consider When That Heel Pain Doesn't Improve</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.healthcmi.com/Acupuncture-Continuing-Education-News/1290-new-acupuncture-relieves-heel-pain-plantar-fasciitis">Acupuncture Relieves Heel Pain & Plantar Fasciitis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painpathways.org/lou-the-hulk-ferrigno/">Lou <i>THE HULK</i> Ferrigno and Plantar Faciitis - Fighting Pain & Staying Strong</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/blog/bs-hs-expert-pediatric-foot-condition-20150601-story.html">Don't ignore foot problems in children, doctor says</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*FEATURED BLOG POSTS</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://jessicagimeno.com/?p=1828">Five Good Ways Illness Changed Me</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Jessica Gimeno at <a href="http://jessicagimeno.com/"><i>Fashionably Ill</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://chronically20something.wordpress.com/2014/11/19/reasons-im-glad-to-be-sick/">Reasons I’m Glad To Be Sick</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Retha of <a href="https://chronically20something.wordpress.com/"><i>Chronically 20 Something</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.cfidsselfhelp.org/library/mental-adjustments-1">Mental Adjustments, Part 1: Reframing</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Bruce Campbell of <a href="http://www.cfidsselfhelp.org/"><i>CFIDS and Fibromyalgia Self-Help</i></a></span></div>
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02565419342312281934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239068533557516122.post-72774159300741170892015-06-23T00:16:00.001-07:002015-06-23T00:16:44.002-07:00Tuesday-Newsday #197<div class="p1">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time for <i>Tuesday-Newsday</i>! This week focus is on <b>Parkinson’s Disease</b> and also <b>Psoriatic Arthritis</b>. The Featured Blog Posts this week are all connected to <b>Employment/Career</b> when you live with chronic pain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>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!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*MEDICATION NEWS</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/healthcare/biotech/pharmaceuticals/wockhardt-gets-usfda-nod-to-market-pain-relieving-drug/articleshow/47767763.cms">FDA aproves <i>Oxycodone HCl</i> liquid for chronic pain, one of the few generic versions of this product</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.wandtv.com/story/29337213/illinois-lawmakers-approve-bottle-locking-bill-for-painkillers">Illinois Lawmakers Approve Bottle Locking Bill for Painkillers; Will be first of its kind if signed by governor</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/6/12/there-is-no-epidemic-of-painkiller-overdoses"><i>opinion</i>: There is No 'Epidemic' of Painkiller Overdoses</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.hngn.com/articles/103088/20150623/white-house-removes-major-barrier-to-marijuana-research.htm">White House Removes Major Barrier To Marijuana Research</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20150622/doctors-should-urge-against-pot-use-during-pregnancy-guidelines">Doctors discourage pregnant women from marijuana use due to potential effects on baby's brain, new guidelines state</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/kids-health-information-23/adolescents-and-teen-health-news-719/synthetic-pot-a-growing-danger-cdc-report-finds-700340.html">Synthetic Pot a Growing Danger, CDC Report Finds</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painmedicinenews.com/ViewArticle.aspx?d=Web%2bExclusives&d_id=244&i=June+2015&i_id=1198&a_i"><i>Biosimilars</i> Arena Still Littered With Litigation</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/health-technology-information-18/computers-internet-144/fda-seizes-counterfeit-drugs-devices-sold-online-700550.html">FDA Seizes Counterfeit Drugs, Devices Sold Online: International effort takes aim at more than 1,050 websites</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/295590.php">Potent approach shows promise for chronic pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/survey-for-pain-patients-8826602.html">Survey for Pain Patients: Share Your Opinion</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/treatments/chronic-pain-patients-who-fail-standard-treatment-now-what">Chronic Pain Patients Who Fail Standard Treatment: Now What?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/6/14/decide-your-own-health-outcomes">Take Charge of Your Pain Care</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://esciencenews.com/articles/2015/05/31/american.surgery.patients.more.pain.medication.yet.more.pain">American surgery patients - more pain medication, yet more pain! extends to secondhand smoke, too </a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.newswise.com/articles/study-text-messaging-reduces-pain-medicine-requirements-during-surgery">Text Messaging Reduces Pain Medicine Requirements During Surgery</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/health-technology-information-18/anesthesia-news-721/smokers-need-more-anesthesia-and-painkillers-during-surgery-699846.html">Smokers May Need More Anesthesia, Painkillers for Surgery; Small study finds effect </a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://wrvo.org/post/new-research-may-help-smokers-chronic-pain-quit">New research may help smokers with chronic pain quit</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.clinicalpainadvisor.com/chronic-pain/link-between-genetics-and-chronic-pain-conditions/article/420057/">Exploring The Link Between Genetics and Chronic Pain Conditions</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150622/Opioid-offers-pain-relief-for-Parkinsone28099s-patients.aspx"><i>Opioid</i> offers pain relief for Parkinson’s patients</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150421163320.htm">Parkinson's patient experiences symptom relief with new medication <i>Duopa</i></a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.webmd.com/parkinsons-disease/news/20150323/deep-brain-stimulation-may-ease-some-parkinsons-pain-for-years">Deep Brain Stimulation May Ease Parkinson's Pain for Years</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150611114056.htm">Noninvasive brain stimulator may ease Parkinson's symptoms in a patient's home</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.neurologyadvisor.com/aan-2015-coverage/diary-app-helps-track-disease-progress-in-parkinsons-patients/article/410914/">Diary App Helps Track Disease Progress in Parkinson's Patients</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.healthcmi.com/Acupuncture-Continuing-Education-News/1419-acupuncture-alleviates-parkinson-s-disease">Acupuncture relieves Parkinson’s disease symptoms</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/06/07/ny-dance-company-promotes-dance-therapy-parkinsons-disease-patients">NY dance company promotes dance therapy for Parkinson's disease patients</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.west-info.eu/curing-parkinsons-disease-with-music-and-dance/">Using music & dance to ease muscle stiffness of Parkinson's disease</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/845526">Feldenkrais Method Exercise Promising for Parkinson's</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.newswise.com/articles/altered-pain-processing-in-patients-with-cognitive-impairment">Altered Pain Processing in Patients with Cognitive Impairment, Parkinson's</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/diseases-and-conditions-information-37/psoriasis-news-621/psoriasis-costs-americans-up-to-135-billion-annually-study-finds-695242.html">Psoriasis Costs Americans Up to $135 Billion Annually</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/294063.php">A need for global awareness of the burden of psoriatic arthritis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/Arthritis/49892">PsA patients and doctors most likely to disagree on pain, fatigue, tender joint count</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/EULAR/52137"><i>Stelara</i> Eases Spine Symptoms in PsA</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.hcplive.com/medical-news/Golimumab-Effective-Long-Term-Treatment-for-Psoriatic-Arthritis-"><i>Golimumab</i> (<i>Simponi</i>) Effective Long-Term Treatment for PsA</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/EULAR/52120"><i>Otezla</i> Eases Severe Joints in Psoriatic Arthritis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2015/01/16/eu-oks-otezla-celgene-first-in-class-pill-for-patients-with-psoriasis-psoriatic/">European Union approves <i>Otelza</i> for psoriatis arthritis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.healio.com/rheumatology/psoriatic-arthritis/news/online/%7B2738a34b-2aef-41d2-84de-77fdd8b6558d%7D/nice-rejects-otezla-for-psoriatic-arthritis-coverage">NICE rejects Otezla for psoriatic arthritis coverage in the U.K. because of cost-cutting</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://psoriasis.org/advance/stopping-biologic-before-surgery-could-lead-to-psoriasis-psa-flare?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=fbpost">Study: Stopping biologic before surgery could lead to PsA flare</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lillys-psoriatic-arthritis-drug-succeeds-stage-study-121655028--finance.html">Psoriatic arthritis drug <i>Ixekizumab</i> succeeds in late-stage study</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.hcplive.com/medical-news/Drug-Free-Remission-Unlikely-for-Psoriatic-Arthritis">Drug-Free Remission Unlikely for PsA, very small study finds</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/EULAR/52072">Injury May Trigger Psoriatic Arthritis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/2586118">Study Reveals That Many Patients of PsA Are Undertreated</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/Arthritis/52246">Many psoriasis patients have undiagnosed arthritis: Skin problems may be focused on to exclusion of other symptoms</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.arthritis.org/about-arthritis/types/psoriatic-arthritis/articles/psa-comorbidity-guidelines.php">Psoriatic Arthritis Patients Will Soon Get New Guidelines</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/psoriatic-arthritis-patients-psay-yes-to-a-different-approach-to-disease-management-2015-02-25">Psoriatic Arthritis Patients "pSAY YES!" to a Different Approach to Disease Management</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/hs/psoriatic-arthritis-management-treatment/marriage-story/">Psoriatic arthritis can stress even a strong marriage</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.webmd.com/arthritis/psoriatic-arthritis/news/20150205/psoriatic-arthritis-gene-psoriasis">Researchers have identified a gene behind Psoriatic Arthritis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/Arthritis/51752">Delayed Diagnosis in PsA Worsens Damage, Disability</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/841787">New Treatment Paradigms in Psoriatic Arthritis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/838260_1">Psoriatic Arthritis: Current Therapy and Future Approaches</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.familypracticenews.com/news/expert-analysis/single-article/bsr-multiple-benefits-seen-with-intensive-psoriatic-arthritis-therapy/a11230531012641dd2531f361daa5309.html">Multiple benefits seen with intensive psoriatic arthritis therapy</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.healio.com/rheumatology/psoriatic-arthritis/news/online/%7Bf9beca7e-d481-453e-bf6b-9c43a636cdd9%7D/patients-with-psoriatic-arthritis-mutilans-have-higher-burden-of-disease">Patients with psoriatic arthritis mutilans have higher burden of disease</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://psoriasis.org/advance/why-psoriasis-is-less-common-in-asians?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=fbpost&utm_content=PsoriasisandAsians">Why psoriasis is less common in Asians</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/news/how-explain-psoriatic-arthritis/">How to Explain Psoriatic Arthritis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.psoriasis.org/">National Psoriasis Foundation website: resources, information, videos, and much more</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.</b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.chronicbabe.com/awap-wednesday-when-do-i-bring-up-workplace-accommodations-during-a-job-search/">When do I bring up workplace accommodations during a job search?</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jenni Prokopy, editrix of <a href="http://www.chronicbabe.com/"><i>Chronic Babe</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.chronicbabe.com/awap-wednesday-should-i-tell-my-potential-clients-i-have-a-chronic-illness/">Should I tell my client I have a chronic illness?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jenni Prokopy, editrix of </span><a href="http://www.chronicbabe.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Chronic Babe</i></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.healthline.com/health-news/re-entering-the-workforce-with-chronic-condition-011515#1">Re-Entering the Workforce with a Chronic Condition</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by David Heitz</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://letsfeelbetter.com/five-basic-rules-for-dealing-with-chronic-illness-and-your-career/">Five Basic Rules for Dealing with Chronic Illness and Your Career</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Ilana Jacqueline at <a href="http://letsfeelbetter.com/"><i>Let’s Feel Better</i></a></span></div>
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02565419342312281934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239068533557516122.post-29394215506450353722015-06-17T22:53:00.001-07:002015-06-17T22:59:13.827-07:00Tuesday-Newsday #196<div class="p1">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Note: Due to technical difficulties and schedule conflict, Tuesday-Newsday is a day late. Sorry about that. Here at last is this week's post...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time for <i>Tuesday-Newsday</i>! This week focus is on Cancer Pain. The Featured Blog Posts this week are all connected to parenting when you have chronic pain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>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!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/846478">Medicare Drug Plans Favor Generic <i>Opioids</i> Over Abuse-Deterrent Formulations</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://mwcnews.net/focus/politics/52166-the-other-war-on-drugs.html#sthash.rBQx4eyV.dpuf"><i>opinion</i>: A large number of chronically ill & disabled are being denied access to their Pain Rx</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/15/news/companies/dish-employee-firing-marijuana-colorado-court/">Colorado's Supreme Court rules that employers can fire workers who use medical marijuana even though it's legal in that state</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.boston.com/health/2015/06/17/state-state-guide-marijuana-legislation/2o6MJo12zcDqHLfsNvnxrI/pictures.html#slide-4">State-by-state guide to marijuana legalisation in the U.S.</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/6/12/all-forms-of-medical-marijuana-now-legal-in-canada">All Forms of Medical Marijuana Now Legal in Canada</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.mmm-online.com/patients-do-not-feel-connected-to-pharma/article/408255/">25% patients don’t identify with the marketing aimed at them by drug companies</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://medcitynews.com/2015/06/objectively-measuring-pain-device/">How much does it hurt? Company is developing software that uses EEG measurements to objectively answer the question</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.newswise.com/articles/spinal-cord-stimulation-for-chronic-pain-led-to-decreased-healthcare-costs-and-improved-functional-measures">Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain Led to Decreased Healthcare Costs and Improved Functional Measures</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://psychcentral.com/news/2015/05/26/subconscious-therapy-can-improve-pain-tolerance/84974.html">Subconscious Therapy Can Improve Pain Tolerance</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-05-mechanisms-underlying-chronic-pain-reveal.html">New findings about mechanisms underlying chronic pain reveal novel therapeutic strategies</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-05-patterns-patient-managinglife-pain-diary.html">Researchers to look for patterns in patient data from <i>ManagingLife</i>'s pain diary app</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/setback-in-medical-marijuana-study-8825511.html">Setback in <i>Medical Marijuana</i> Study for Cancer Pain: <i>Sativex</i> worked no better than placebo</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/288395.php">Scientists investigate sound waves for burning away cancer pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.kmbc.com/health/cancer-breakthrough-helps-ease-kansas-mans-pain/31574972">Cancer breakthrough helps ease Kansas man's pain: STAR procedure aims to deactivate cancer cells near bones</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.newswise.com/articles/new-procedure-tested-to-relieve-pain-from-cancer-that-has-spread-to-spine">New Procedure Tested to Relieve Pain from Cancer that has Spread to Spine</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.healthcanal.com/cancers/64275-trinity-researchers-lead-new-research-on-early-palliative-care-for-advanced-cancer-patients.html">Update on the Management of Pain in Patients With Advanced Cancer </a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/resources/news-and-research/cancer-pain-signal-sparks-research-pain-rx">Cancer 'Pain Signal' Sparks Research Into Pain Rx</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/mental-health-information-25/anxiety-news-33/cancer-survivors-may-struggle-for-years-with-mental-physical-problems-695326.html">Many cancer survivors have unmet physical and mental needs related to their disease and its treatment</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://necir.org/2014/11/03/study-finds-lyme-disease-diagnosis-masked-cancers/">Study finds cancer diagnoses delayed because of chronic Lyme misdiagnosis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/physicalsideeffects/pain/paindiary/index">Guide to Controlling Cancer Pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/content/@editorial/documents/document/acspc-033203.pdf">Daily Pain Diary Form from the American Cancer Society</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/chronic-pain-11/parenting-children?page=1">Chronic pain presents special challenges for parents</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Gina Shaw for <a href="http://www.webmd.com/"><i>WebMD</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/what-chronic-pain-taught-me-about-motherhood-8825743.html">What Chronic Pain Taught Me About Motherhood</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Darisse Smith for <a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/"><i>National Pain Report</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.creakyjoints.org/blog/rachelles-rules-how-to-be-home-alone-with-kiddos-when-youre-sick/">How to be home alone with kiddo(s) when you’re sick</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Rachelle (aka Spoonless Momma) for <a href="https://www.creakyjoints.org/"><i>Creaky Joints</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2015/01/parenting_with_chronic_pain.html">Parenting With Chronic Pain: What kind of mother refuses to pick up her child? This kinds</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Sarah Erdreich for <a href="http://www.slate.com/"><i>Slate</i></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time for <i>Tuesday-Newsday</i>! This week our subject focus is on Spondyloarthritis (Anklosing/Axial) and also Medical Marijuana. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>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!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/have-pharmacies-gone-too-far-florida-seeks-an-answer-8826460.html">Have Pharmacies Gone Too Far? Florida Seeks an Answer </a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">update: <a href="http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/action-9-state-pharmacy-board-hears-pain-sufferers/nmZFc/" style="font-weight: bold;">State pharmacy board heard from pain sufferers who have been unable to get their prescriptions filled</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/cjarlotta/2015/06/05/should-physicians-prescribing-opioids-be-confident-in-managing-chronic-pain/">Should Physicians Prescribing <i>Opioids</i> Be Confident In Managing Chronic Pain?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painpathways.org/medical-monitoring/">New Personalized Less Invasive Medical Monitoring: Drug Screening of Patients on <i>Opioids</i></a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.raps.org/Regulatory-Focus/News/2015/06/08/22644/Legislators-Press-FDA-to-Add-Black-Box-Warning-to-Immediate-Release-Opioids/">Legislators Press FDA to Add Black Box Warning to Immediate-Release <i>Opioids</i></a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/time-magazine-releases-cover-story-on-pain-killers-8826446.html">TIME Magazine Releases Cover Story on <i>Opioid</i> Pain Killers</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/6/8/five-ways-time-gets-pain-pills-so-wrong">Five Ways TIME Gets Pain Pills So Wrong</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/294787.php">New study finds patients are not reading drug labels, making unwise choices about taking two or more OTC drugs at same time</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://health.einnews.com/pr_news/268906164/rxrights-petition-urges-congress-to-allow-americans-access-to-canadian-medicine?ref=rss&lcode=4t1SfmjsrW82ZILoeJl0ug%3D%3D">RxRights Petition Urges Congress to Allow Americans Access to Canadian Medicine</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://medcitynews.com/2015/06/voucher-program-for-pediatric-drug-development/">In 21st Century Cures bill, voucher program to incentivize pediatric drug development raises questions</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/pharmalot/2015/05/29/will-the-21st-century-cures-bill-lower-standards-for-some-drug-approvals/">Will the 21st Century Cures Bill Lower Standards for Some Drug Approvals?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/general-health-information-16/misc-drugs-news-218/j-amp-j-to-use-bioethicists-for-advice-on-drugs-for-the-dying-699238.htmls">Drug company announces independent bioethicists to determine if dying patients should be allowed emergency access to experimental Rx</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*MEDICAL MARIJUANA</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/295002.php">Overall marijuana exposure of children under age 6 is rising: In states with legalized medical marijuana, the rate of exposure is almost 610%</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.neurologyadvisor.com/pain/medical-marijuana-cannibinoids-pain/article/416155/">Medical Marijuana for Pain: Many Questions Remain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/846094">Cannabis Harms Brain, Imaging Shows</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tbo.com/list/news-opinion-commentary/doctors-dont-support-medical-pot-20150607/"><i>opinion:</i> Doctors don’t support medical pot</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1504/S00067/top-pain-specialists-urge-caution-on-medicinal-cannabis.htm">Medicinal cannabis to relieve chronic non-cancer pain likely to be more risky than beneficial, say top pain specialists down under</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/medical-marijuana-amendment-passes-u-s-house-8826440.html">Medical Marijuana Amendment Passes U.S. House</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/medical-marijuana-for-va-patients-8826232.html">Medical Marijuana for Veterans?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/more-on-marijuana-and-opioid-mix-8826424.html">More on Marijuana and Opioid Mix</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/5/18/why-doctors-are-slow-to-embrace-medical-marijuana">Why Doctors Are Slow to Embrace Medical Marijuana</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://theconversation.com/is-the-medical-marijuana-debate-even-worth-having-37658"><i>opinion:</i> Is the medical marijuana debate even worth having?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/845997">Your Medical Data, Cybercriminals' Holy Grail, Now Espionage Target</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/chronic-pain-and-sleep-big-problem-8826415.html">Chronic Pain and Sleep? Big Problem</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://pain.about.com/od/livingwithchronicpain/fl/Pain-Drains-the-Brain-Why-We-Forget.htm">Pain Drains the Brain: Why We Forget</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/845177">Mindfulness as Effective as Cognitive Behaviorial Therapy (CBT) in Pain Catastrophizing</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/293376.php">Integrative medicine has positive impact on chronic pain, depression, patient activation</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.chch.com/breakthrough-at-mcmaster-university-in-chronic-pain-research/">Scientists discover way to grow neurons from a blood sample, which could used to experiment with innovative pain control treatments</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/tiny-percentage-people-cant-feel-173100534.html">People with a rare genetic mutation who can't feel pain are revolutionizing how we treat it</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.popsci.com/how-master-your-third-arm">Study explores the concept of “homuncular flexibility, which will soon be studied for use in treating pain</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/how-to-talk-to-your-pain-doctor-one-patients-response-8826228.html">How to Talk to Your Pain Doctor – One Patient’s Response</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/columns/my-health-story/dry-needling-most-painful-thing-ever-loved/">Dry Needling: The Most Painful Thing I’ve Ever Loved</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/Arthritis/49889"><i>NSAIDs</i> in Spondlyarthritis: Sorting Risks</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/BackPain/51471">Study Suggest Combo <i>DMARD-TNF</i> Inhibitor for Spondyloarthritis Helpful, But Questions Remain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.newswise.com/articles/secukinumab-suppresses-signs-and-symptoms-of-active-ankylosing-spondylitis?ret=/articles/channels&channel=6305&category=feature&page=2&search[status]=3&search[sort]=date+desc&search[channel_id]=6305"><i>Secukinumab</i> Suppresses Signs and Symptoms of Active Ankylosing Spondylitis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.healio.com/rheumatology/spondyloarthropathies/news/online/%7B1f024773-55c0-47fa-88ea-fb5630c55e39%7D/long-term-adalimumab-treatment-shows-sustained-benefits-in-patients-with-ankylosing-spondylitis">Long-term <i>Adalimumab</i> treatment shows sustained benefits in patients with ankylosing spondylitis</a></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-02-impairs-treatment-response-inflammatory-arthritis.html">Smoking impairs treatment response in inflammatory back arthritis</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/BackPain/49172">Markers Predict Worsening of Ankylosing spondylitis</a></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.newswise.com/articles/physically-demanding-work-may-increase-effects-of-inflammation-in-ankylosing-spondylitis?ret=/articles/channels&channel=6305&category=feature&page=1&search[status]=3&search[sort]=date+desc&search[channel_id]=6305">Physically Demanding Work May Increase Effects of Inflammation in Ankylosing Spondylitis</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141209120027.htm">New insight into risk of Ankylosing Spondylitis</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/BackPain/48980">Ankylosing Spondylitis: More Than Just the Spine</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/286913.php">Gene test for ankylosing spondylitis steps closer</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141116094018.htm">Physically demanding work may increase effects of inflammation in ankylosing spondylitis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.doctorslounge.com/index.php/news/pb/54387">Restless Leg Syndrome Common in Ankylosing Spondylitis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.imedicalapps.com/2015/04/iankylosing-spondylitis-pro-app-simplifies-complicated-condition/"><i>iAnkylosing Spondylitis Pro</i> App Simplifies a Complicated Condition</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.healio.com/rheumatology/spondyloarthropathies/news/online/%7B3e788531-1fe4-4b70-aa1b-cc91a6bec5e9%7D/depression-anxiety-common-in-patients-with-axial-spondyloarthritis">Depression, anxiety common in patients with axial spondyloarthritis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.spondylitis.org/press/news/630-la-seminar-video.aspx">SAA’s Spondylitis Educational Seminar (Videos)</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://letsfeelbetter.com/the-elevator-pitch-how-to-quickly-explain-your-disease-published-in-this-months-ig-living/">The Elevator Pitch: How to Quickly Explain Your Disease </a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Ilana Jacqueline at <a href="http://letsfeelbetter.com/"><i>Let’s Feel Better</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/gooddaysbaddays/2014/09/chronic-pain-how-can-you-feel-like-you-belong.html">Chronic Pain: How Can You Feel Like You Belong?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Maureen for <a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/"><i>Beliefnet</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://chronicbabe.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=24d7779a689d25d5321cdf7b7&id=38af34212f&e=f0aa2ac69b">What does it mean to be "As Well As Possible?"</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Jenni Prokopy, editrix of <a href="http://chronicbabe.com/"><i>Chronic Babe</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are all related to </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">going to college when you have </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">chronic pain/illness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>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!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/5/23/tramadol-er-visits-soar-as-prescriptions-rise"><i>Tramadol</i> ER Visits Soar as Prescriptions Rise</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/6/1/study-links-painkillers-to-homicides">Study Links Painkillers to Homicides</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/national-pain-strategy-public-comment-closed-robust-response-reported-8826239.html">National Pain Strategy Public Comment Closed – Robust Response Reported</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painmedicinenews.com/ViewArticle.aspx?d=Policy%2b%26%2bManagement&d_id=83&i=May+2015&i_id=1180&a_id=30949">FDA Releases Final Guidance for Abuse-Deterrent <i>Opioids</i></a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/the-prescription-drug-abuse-caucus-what-does-it-mean-to-chronic-pain-sufferers-8826244.html">The Prescription Drug Abuse Caucus: What Does It Mean to Chronic Pain Sufferers?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/is-senate-prescription-drug-caucus-the-wrong-prescription-8826257.html">Is Senate Prescription Drug Caucus the Wrong Prescription?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://morrowcountysentinel.com/news/opinion/153818831/Six-ways-to-end-the-Opioids-crisis">One Pain Doctor’s Opinion of 6 Ways to End the <i>Opioids</i> Crisis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/26194-8826194.html">A New Voice for Chronic Pain, and Her Thoughts on the National Pain Strategy</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/5/22/readers-sound-off-on-urine-drug-tests">Patients sound off on how urine drug tests are unreliable or misinterpreted by doctors </a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://blog.arthritis.org/news/georgia-biosimilars-legislation-passed">Georgia and Tennessee both approve bills allowing <i>Biosimilar</i> medicines</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/news/20150512/insomniacs-may-be-more-sensitive-to-pain">Insomniacs May Be More Sensitive to Pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/fibromyalgia-research-its-worse-than-chronic-pain-alone-but-exercise-helps-8826267.html">Fibromyalgia Research Finds It’s Worse than Chronic Pain Alone, but Exercise Helps</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://psychcentral.com/news/2015/06/01/cognitively-impaired-individuals-perceive-pain-differently/85202.html">Cognitively Impaired Individuals Perceive Pain Differently</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-05/cafn-abu052215.php">A better understanding of links between pain and anxiety reveals treatment opportunities</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.painmedicinenews.com/ViewArticle.aspx?d=Clinical%2bPain%2bMedicine&d_id=82&i=May+2015&i_id=1180&a_id=32297">Neurocognitive Tests Potential Tool for Understanding Impairments in Chronic Pain Patients</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=646eeb1a-df88-4f68-b5a2-0e906fca33e8&c=215d4ab0-439f-11e3-a67b-d4ae529ce48a&ch=22e7e250-439f-11e3-a7d7-d4ae529ce48a">NFMCPA Advocate Voice spring edition <i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(breaking news on chronic pain & fibromyalgia)</span></i></a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/general-health-information-16/doctor-news-206/babies-may-be-more-sensitive-to-pain-than-adults-698514.html">Babies May Be More Sensitive to Pain Than Adults</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150223/CHLA-pediatric-expert-answers-questions-about-PTSD.aspx">Children with serious medical diagnoses or chronic pain can suffer from "Medical PTSD</a>"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/general-health-information-16/doctor-news-206/medical-home-article-694953.html">Coordinated Care Through 'Medical Home' Best for Chronically Ill Kids: Study</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.healthcmi.com/Acupuncture-Continuing-Education-News/1397-acupuncture-eases-pain-for-children-stanford-university">Acupuncture Eases Pain For Children</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/taylor-swift-helps-ease-kids-pain-from-surgery-8825521.html">Listening to music or audio books significantly eases kids’ pain from surgery</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.news-press.com/story/life/wellness/2014/12/02/music-established-form-therapy/19747183/r">Hospital uses certified music therapists to interactively address the physical, emotional, cognitive and social needs of pediatric patients</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/meet-medi-robot-taking-pain-out-kids-hospital-visits-n363191">Meet <i>MEDi</i>, the Robot Taking Pain Out of Kids' Hospital Visits</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-06-pain-facesoftware-kids.html">New method for measuring pediatric pain uses software to read kids' facial expressions</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://wgnradio.com/2015/06/01/child-life-specialists-brain-cancer-and-a-hole-in-one-for-doctor-kevin-most/">Child life specialists help chronically ill kids in the hospital to deal with pain, coping, and much more</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://nccih.nih.gov/health/providers/digest/child-use?nav=cd">Children’s Use of Complementary Health Approaches</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.marinij.com/20150425/marin-parents-of-mentally-ill-children-grapple-with-chronic-pain-and-grief">Parents of mentally ill children grapple with chronic pain & grief</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.clinicalpainadvisor.com/global-initiative-to-address-pain-in-children/article/404773/">Global Initiative To Address Pain in Children</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painpathways.org/pediatric-pain-management/">Pediatric Pain Management</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/why-does-childrens-pain-get-short-shrift/article20842813/">Why does children’s pain get short shrift?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.newswise.com/articles/psychological-predictors-can-identify-children-at-risk-for-higher-pain-intensity-after-surgery">Psychological Predictors Can Identify Children at Risk for Higher Pain Intensity After Surgery</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/291948.php">WebTIPS helps ease pain & anxiety for children undergoing surgery -- and for their parents, too</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/resources/news-and-research/parents-play-role-childs-postop-pain">Parents Play Role in Child's Postop Pain</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/the-future-of-medicine-telehealth-visits-allow-ucsf-patients-to-continue-care-from-home/Content?oid=2927156">Telehealth visits allow UCSF pediatric pain patients to continue care from home </a></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.kare11.com/story/news/health/2015/01/15/innovative-kids-pain-clinic-opens-in-twin-cities/21828461/">Innovative kids' pain clinic opens in Twin Cities</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/cheo-gets-funding-to-help-children-with-chronic-pain">CHEO gets funding to help children with chronic pain </a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2014/12/29/pediatric-pain-clinics-offer-last-resort-for-kids-with-elusive-chronic-pain/JqFoiJ387JCW8tSr4j4LbM/story.html">Helping children push past the pain at Boston Children’s Hospital</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://sampan.org/2015/03/bmc-engages-pediatrics-psychiatry-family-and-integrative-medicine-for-children-with-chronic-pain/">BMC engages pediatrics, psychiatry, family and integrative medicine for children with chronic pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.newswise.com/articles/warning-on-use-of-drug-for-children-s-sleep?ret=/articles/channels&channel=131&category=feature&page=1&search[status]=3&search[sort]=date+desc&search[channel_id]=131"><b>Sleep researchers warn doctors and parents NOT to give <i>Melatonin</i> to children</b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/health/7-things-i-want-teens-diagnosed-with-a-chronic-119457175518.html">7 Things I Want Teens Diagnosed With a Chronic Illness to Know</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.tcapp.org/parents-talk-tcapp-blog/2014/3/5/surviving-the-rabbit-hole">Surviving the rabbit hole when your child lives with a chronic pain condition</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.tcapp.org/parents-talk-tcapp-blog/2014/7/16/that-space-between-us">That Space Between Us <i>(How a parent can bridge the emotional distance to a child in pain)</i></a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.arthritis.org/get-involved/juvenile-arthritis-national-conference/">Juvenile Arthritis National Conference July 23 - 26</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.kidsgetarthritistoo.org/meet-other-families/juvenile-arthritis-camps/">Juvenile Arthritis Camps All Around the Country</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/Arthritis/51414">Safety Holds Up for Anti-TNF in JIA</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.kidsgetarthritistoo.org/research/arthritis-app.php">Discover an app to help children cope with JA pain</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/Arthritis/48659">Questions on JIA Treatment<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> <i>(scroll halfway down the page)</i></span></a></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.healio.com/rheumatology/juvenile-arthritis/news/online/%7B1d65f72b-dec7-4996-a3f3-6b2375b1749c%7D/jia-health-status-worsens-in-adulthood">JIA health status worsens in adulthood</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diana-bianchini/the-disease-affecting-300_b_6613768.html">The Disease Affecting 300,000 Kids in the United States That You Don't Know About</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94728312">10 Tips For College Students With Disabilities</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Kathleen Masterson</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Emily Bradley of <a href="http://chroniccurve.tumblr.com/"><i>Chronic Curve</i></a></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/dec/29/neurological-disease-at-university">Don't let chronic fatigue stop you going to university</a></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChronicPainPhotoProjectApril2015/">21-Day Chronic Pain/Illness Photo Project</a> was started by Stephanie Blumensaat of <i>ChronicPainLife.com</i>. She posits that photography can be incredibly healing, and an amazing tool for creating awareness of our inner selves as we live with our chronic conditions. In the Facebook group, every day a word or phrase related to living with chronic pain/illness was listed as a photo prompt. Group members were asked to take a photo inspired by that prompt and then share the photo plus their thoughts about how the two are connected.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have done art therapy in connection with my chronic painful illness, both led by a professional art therapist and also by a support group leader. I’ve found the process to be thought-provoking, insightful, and cathartic. As a person with a very creative soul, using art to get more deeply in touch with my emotions is very appealing -- and it has even brought to the surface issues I needed to face but found difficult to express in words.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the spirit of sharing how it has resonated with me, I will today post one of my entries. I will save the rest for another day. Although the 21 day project has finished, the group is still open, and you can go there to join in the experience. I encourage you to do so!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are so many I cannot even list them all, and how do I choose one? </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm going to go with Adaptability as one of my biggest challenges - both with regard to dealing with illness changes and to my odyssey of moving to a new state and beginning a brand new life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back in CA I had gotten into a stale routine, isolationist and minimal: go to aquatic physical therapy, go to any appointments, come home, limit my activities, and mostly be on the internet all day and most of the night. I was anticipating pain and symptoms so much, that I was self-restricting my life as a way of "guarding" against problems. I became a kind of hermit, not really living a joyful life. Even though I locked myself away as a form of protectionism, I had up days and down days, severe flare-ups and massive physical setbacks anyway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, I knew when we moved to a new state, since we didn't know anyone or have anything set up in advance, that I would have to push myself outside of my comfort zone and leave my self-restricting isolation. I knew I would have pain and problems, I'd have to educate people about my changeable illness & activity levels. I wanted to see new things, have fun experiences, try to improve my marriage by being willing to have new adventures -- and not just "exist".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I have. I've taken risks that I expected would make me feel horrible and that I could never endure. But I did. I have tried to do things I would never have dared before. I've spent more time with my husband outside of my safe little world in the last 2 years we lived here than in the last 10 years before we moved. That's not to say that sometimes I bit off more than I could chew and had to stop or cancel things, or that my physical state at the end of the day required a significant amount of time to recover back to my "normal". But I took the risks. I had just needed to be forced into making braver and more life expanding choices... and moving was the catalyst to a new state of Adaptability.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>About the photos:</i> These photos are of my Epiphyllum plant. In California it was happy; it wasn't very fussy and didn't require that much care. But knowing we were moving to a desert climate and that it likes high humidity, I reluctantly left the Epi with my parents. When they moved here to the same place recently, they brought it back to me. I was worried it would die but decided to give it a chance. My patio was too sunny and it began to suffer. So I again gave it back to my parents to hang on their shady patio. I didn't expect it would survive. It surprised us by forming buds and recently it bloomed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not only is the flower as big as my Dad's hand but the vivid pink/purple petals are almost iridescent and gorgeous beyond words. With my mother's twice daily misting and some extra tender care, it has been able to handle the change of climate and adapted to its new surroundings -- as I am myself. I am hoping the Epi will survive its first triple-digit desert summer and bloom again next spring. </span></div>
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02565419342312281934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239068533557516122.post-65464698264848191492015-05-20T01:18:00.001-07:002015-05-20T01:18:40.623-07:00Tuesday-Newsday #193<div class="p1">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>[Oops! Once again my chronic illness has interfered with my ability to post on time. Sorry about that, I'll again next week.]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time for <i>Tuesday-Newsday</i>! The Featured Blog Posts this week are all related to Acceptance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>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!</i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-05/joso-sar051115.php">Substance abuse risk not greater in those using <i>Medical Marijuana</i> with prescribed <i>Opioids</i></a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/5/15/cdc-social-media-campaign-backfires">CDC Social Media Campaign Backfires: Backlash causes launch of another campaign about the "pandemic" of untreated chronic pain</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/health/2015/05/14/cancer-patient-turned-away-pharmacy/27346033/">Cancer patient, who is a retiread pain management doctor, denied pain Rx by pharmacies says “enough is enough”.</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.modbee.com/news/local/article20907534.html">Modesto man with severe chronic pain from can’t get prescriptions filled; he suffers from severe MS and trigeminal neuralgia</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/the-national-pain-strategy-doesnt-go-far-enough-8826189.html"><i>opinion</i>: The National Pain Strategy Doesn’t Go Far Enough</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/my-story-president-obama-please-talk-about-chronic-pain-8826172.html"><i>opinion</i>: President Obama – Please Talk About Chronic Pain</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/5/14/hillary-clinton-please-be-responsible-for-opioids"><i>opinion</i>: Hillary Clinton: Please Be Responsible for <i>Opioids</i></a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://magazine.good.is/articles/yoga-brain-grey-matter-pain">Yoga's Surprising Brain Benefit May Erase the Effects of Chronic Pain</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.newswise.com/articles/patient-centered-outcomes-studies-needed-in-pain-management">Patient-Centered Outcomes Studies Needed in Pain Management</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/GeneralNeurology/51467">Celiac Tied to Neuropathy Risk, And Vice Versa</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150519/DyAnsys-new-non-narcotic-treatment-solution-may-provide-relief-to-chronic-pain-sufferers.aspxs"><i>ANSiStim</i> is a new wearable non-narcotic treatment solution that may provide relief to chronic pain sufferers</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-05-spinal-relieves-pain-tingling.html"><i>Senza</i> spinal stimulation system relieves pain without tingling</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.itworld.com/article/2922392/personal-technology/cur-wants-to-alleviate-chronic-pain-via-a-wearable-tens-device.html"><i>Cur</i> wants to alleviate chronic pain via a wearable TENS device</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/293736.php">Ion pump gives the body its own pain alleviation for severe nerve pain</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'<a href="http://sicklecelldisease.org/index.cfm?page=news&id=82">Sickle Cell Disease Bill' reintroduced in the U.S. Congress: Please contact your Representative and ask for their support </a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sicklecelldisease.org/index.cfm?page=news&id=79">FDA Approves <i>Jadenu</i>, A New Formulation of Iron Chelator </a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.healio.com/hematology-oncology/hematology/news/online/%7B555cc0ed-347a-4195-8011-5651612c56b0%7D/sickle-cell-disease-increases-mortality-risk-during-pregnancys">Sickle cell disease increases mortality risk during pregnancy</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2015/01/29/sickle-cell-anemia-transplant/22540187/">Sickle cell sufferer freed from pain by bone marrow transplant</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/291559.php">Research reveals high prevalence of sleep disordered breathing in adults with sickle cell</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/290341.php">UCLA research shows promising method for correcting genetic code to treat sickle cell disease</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150302182056.htm">Investigational therapy could attack cause of sickle cell crises</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/biotech/2015/01/global-blood-therapeutics-sickle-cell-disease.html">Experimental sickle cell disease drug moving into its first human clinical trials</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.healio.com/hematology-oncology/hematology/news/online/%7B8c89da25-767f-4b40-a91e-8971eb9bbe45%7D/vitamin-d-deficiency-linked-to-acute-pain-in-children-with-sickle-cell-disease">Vitamin D deficiency linked to acute pain in children with sickle cell disease, small study finds</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.painpathways.org/pediatric-pain-management/">Pediatric Pain Management and Sickle Cell</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02088632?term=Trigeminal+Neuralgia&rank=9">Study seeking patients: <i>Botulinum Toxin</i> for the Treatment of TN</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hcplive.com/news/Treating-Drug-Resistant-Trigeminal-Neuralgia-">Treating Drug-Resistant Trigeminal Neuralgia</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/capnia-applies-for-orphan-drug-designation-in-the-us-for-the-treatment-of-trigeminal-neuralgia-300017698.html">Company applies to FDA for Orphan Drug Designation for its nasal, non-inhaled carbon dioxide (nasal CsO2) technology for the treatment of TN</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmhurst/community/chi-ugc-article-high-rate-of-misdiagnoses-for-lesser-known-s-2014-10-06-story.html">High Rate of Misdiagnoses for Lesser Known ‘Suicide Disease’ Spotlights Need for Second Opinion</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/629908/">Finding Relief for Searing Facial Pain with Gamma Knife radiosurgery</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dotmed.com/news/story/24879">CyberKnife: 'impressive early and long-term responses' for trigeminal neuralgia</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.tallahassee.com/story/life/2015/02/24/radiation-treatment-for-trigeminal-neuralgia-available-at-tmh/23933661/">Radiation Treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/life/2015/04/12/suicide-disease-relief/25676193/">Woman finds relief after diagnosis of 'suicide disease' with new surgery technique</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://2015nyc.fpa-support.org/">TNA Facial Pain Association Tenth National Conference</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://ndsmcobserver.com/2014/12/student-documentary-wins-award-film-fest/">Student documentary honored at film festival</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.chronicbabe.com/articles/102/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=A+personal+note+from+Editrix+Jenni+All+about+acceptance&utm_content=A+personal+note+from+Editrix+Jenni+All+about+acceptance+CID_f57c5d7bd951ee7bf87e6af018d086ed&utm_source=Email+marketing+software&utm_term=Heres+the+piece+I+first+wrote+about+acceptance">The not-so-gentle art of acceptance</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Jenni Prokopy, editrix of <a href="http://chronicbabe.com/"><i>ChronicBabe.com</i></a></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.treatcfsfm.org/detail-35-Acceptance,-Discipline-Hope-A-Story-of-Recovery-from-CFIDS.html">Acceptance, Discipline & Hope: A Story of Recovery</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dean Anderson of <i><a href="http://www.treatcfsfm.org/">Treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Fibromyalgia</a></i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://chicagoheadacheclinic.com/column/how-one-migraineur-chooses-to-live/">How One Migraineur Chooses to Live</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Tammy L. Rome</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time for <i>Tuesday-Newsday -- </i>just a little late! The Featured Blog Posts this week are all related to living better with chronic pain/illness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://view.em.arthritis.org/?j=fe9111797164057477&m=fea115707260057d74&ls=fdf01675726d057e71167873&l=fec015727c630c79&s=fe2710717d6c057a741175&jb=ff961372&ju=fe581d76776c047e7210&r=0">Sign Petition to support Congressional Bill to prevent patients from being charged exorbitant co-pays & provide greater access to most effective Rx</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/5/8/researchers-develop-new-painkiller-from-lidocaine">Researchers Develop New Painkiller from <i>Lidocaine</i>, called <i>Boronicaine</i></a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/5/6/survey-most-pain-patients-dont-abuse-painkillers">Survey: Most Pain Patients Don't Abuse Painkillers</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/4/11/urine-drug-test-often-gives-false-results">Urine Drug Test Often Gives False Results</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/4/27/doctor-defends-use-of-urine-drug-tests?utm_source=PNN+newsletter&utm_campaign=3538a62a6d-PNN_Newsletter_25_11_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_63171a0d92-3538a62a6d-78527497">Doctor Defends Use of Urine Drug Tests</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/4/20/when-drug-tests-go-wrong?utm_source=PNN+newsletter&utm_campaign=3538a62a6d-PNN_Newsletter_25_11_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_63171a0d92-3538a62a6d-78527497">When Drug Tests Go Wrong: Woman kicked out of pain clinic for failed urine tests claims she did nothing wrong</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://paindr.com/pain-patriots-salute-honest-florida-journalist/">Pain Patriots Salute Honest Florida Journalist</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/health/2015/05/05/prescription-for-pain-patients-denied-medication/26907611/"><b>Pain sufferer starts website to push back against pharmacies & DEA denying pain patients their medications and you can visit his site here: </b></a></span><a href="http://paincareislegal.com/"><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>PainCareisLegal.com</b></span></i></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/children-in-pain-looking-to-have-some-fun-8826056.html">Summer Camp for Kids with Chronic Pain to be held in July</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/women-react-to-chronic-pain-insomnia-link-8826102.html">Women React to Chronic Pain Insomnia Link</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.ptproductsonline.com/2015/05/dopamine-may-help-shed-light-contributing-factors-chronic-pain/">Dopamine May Help Shed Light on Contributing Factors in Chronic Pain</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/benefits/health-care/2015/04/30/tricare-compound-medications-express-scripts/26634225/">Tricare now screening compound medications since May 1st</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/free-pain-meds-for-veterans-cost-taxpayers-big-bucks/">CBS News investigation has found American troops and veterans are being prescribed dubious drugs that cost taxpayers hundreds of millions dollars</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/doctors-complicit-costly-abuse-military-health-care-system/">Doctors seen as "complicit" in costly abuse of military health benefit system</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/benefits/2015/05/03/consumer-scams/26521121/">Alert: Scam phone calls to Tricare beneficiaries</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/benefits/health-care/2015/05/01/compounders-reputation/26463257/"><i>opinion</i>: Compound medications can benefit patients</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/benefits/health-care/2015/04/22/hasc-defense-department-va-pharmacies/26194973/">Lawmakers want DoD, VA pharmacies to match meds</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/05/05/acupuncture-helping-reduce-use-of-pain-killers-in-army.html">Acupuncture Helping Reduce Use of Pain Killers</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.chillicothegazette.com/story/news/local/2015/04/14/veterans-decrease-pain-alternative-medicine/25752717/">Veterans decrease pain with alternative medicine</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/apr/25/ideo-brace-military-veterans/">For troops & vets <i>IDEO</i> brace designed to alleviate the debilitating chronic pain of traumatic lower leg injuries</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.10news.com/news/local-vets-turn-to-light-therapy-for-pain-relief">Local vets turn to <i>Celluma</i> light therapy for pain relief</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.easternprogress.com/2015/04/29/veterans-pain-remedying-tea-wins-business-plan-contest/">Veteran’s pain-remedying tea wins business plan contest</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/veterans/2015/05/12/veterans-choice-eligibility-discussions-senate/27199593/">VA and Congress work to change <i>VA Choice</i> eligibility</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.militarytimes.com/story/government/management/agency/2015/05/05/veteran-benefits/26926639/">VA to offer one-stop website for Vets to manage their benefits, apply for doctors' appts, and determine their eligibility for programs</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/benefits/veterans/2015/05/02/veterans-affairs-suicide-hotline-investigation/26649465/">Senator calls for VA suicide hotline to be investigated for leaving veterans stranded during high-volume call periods</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.rsdhope.org/crps-medication-study-2015.html">New U.S. Clinical Trial of <i>Neridronate</i> seeking patients</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-12-placebo-therapy-ineffective-long-term-chronic.html">'Placebo therapy' ineffective for long-term chronic pain relief</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painmedicinenews.com/ViewArticle.aspx?d=Educational+Reviews&d_id=95&i=December+2014&i_id=1129&a_id=28988">Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.hcplive.com/news/Noninvasive-Therapy-Used-to-Treat-Pediatric-Complex-Regional-Pain-Syndrome-#sthash.Q9as8VCk.dpuf">Pediatric complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) can be treated using <i>Calmare</i> scrambler therapy</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT3_SOFxGGg">Boy with CRPS inspires others to be <i>Ferocious Fighters</i>!</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.ferociousfighters.org/">Nominate a child with CRPS for a <i>Feroious Fighters</i> care package</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20141202/entlife/141209784/">Algonquin teen sings -- positively -- about her chronic pain</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/promising-lawyer-legs-amputated-after-5627011">Woman has legs amputated after suffering a scratch after a fall and developing CRPS</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://rsds.org/rsdsa-launches-new-user-friendly-website-and-blog-to-help-the-crps-community/">RSDSA launches new, user-friendly website and blog to help the CRPS Community</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://rsds.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/rsdsa-community-update-Winter-2015.pdf">RSDSA News - Winter 2015 issue</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://powerofpain.org/blog-talk-radio/">Burning for a Cure internet radio show</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://chronicbabe.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=24d7779a689d25d5321cdf7b7&id=8734c6dc5e&e=f0aa2ac69b">How do I increase my sense of self-empowerment? <i>(AWAP Wednesday)</i></a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Jenni Prokopy, editrix of <a href="http://chronicbabe.com/"><i>ChronicBabe</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.chronicpainconnect.com/news-articles/205-14-tips-from-14-years-sick/portal">14 Tips from 14 Years Sick: Making the best of 14 years of chronic pain and illness </a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Toni Bernhard J.D.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painsupport.co.uk/enewsletter/2367besttips.htm">The 7 Best Tips to Manage the Ups and Downs of Your Pain </a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Jan Sadler of <a href="http://painsupport.co.uk/"><i>Painsupport.co.uk</i></a></span></div>
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02565419342312281934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239068533557516122.post-57111336939832154802015-05-05T01:21:00.001-07:002015-05-05T01:21:22.168-07:00Tuesday-Newsday #191<div class="p1">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time for <i>Tuesday-Newsday</i>! The Featured Blog Posts this week are all related to Acceptance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>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!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/293336.php">Impaired sleep linked to lower pain tolerance</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painmedicinenews.com/ViewArticle.aspx?d=Clinical+Pain+Medicine&d_id=82&i=May+2015&i_id=1180&a_id=32291">Suicide and Pain: Research Explores Links to Suffering, Acceptance, Burden</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painpathways.org/healing-begins-from-within/">Healing Begins From Within: An integrative approach to pain management</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/chronic-pain-sufferers-skeptical-of-their-government-8826079.html">Chronic Pain Sufferers Skeptical of Their Government</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/life/ancient-chinese-therapy-cupping-claims-to-help-to-alleviate-pain/article_46d55c62-e766-11e4-b3e2-63b1308f4ac3.html">Ancient Chinese therapy cupping claims to help to alleviate pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/clinical-trials-information-35/clinical-trials-news-136/genes-may-make-placebo-effect-stronger-for-some-than-others-698336.html"><b>Genes May Make 'Placebo Effect' Stronger for Some, Study Says</b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-plant-to-ease-muscle-and-joint-pain-1429568686"><b>Studies suggest lotions made from the flowering comfrey plant are effective for muscle and joint pain</b></a></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/292941.php">New gel medication breakthrough delays release of drug to benefit the patient</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3047416/Supplements-increases-risk-heart-disease-cancer-study-warns.html">Taking too many vitamins pills 'increases risk of heart disease and cancer', study warns</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://lymedisease.org/photowall/lyme-disease-awareness-month.html">May is Lyme Disease Awareness Months</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2015/04/28/Doctors-advise-against-long-term-antibiotic-treatment-for-Lyme-disease/stories/201504200146">Doctors advise against long-term antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/fitness-information-14/health-club-news-347/lyme-disease-more-serious-costly-than-believed-study-696232.html">Lyme Disease More Serious, Costly Than Believed: Study</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.prohealth.com/library/showarticle.cfm?libid=20081">Lyme Disease Activists Take Fight to Washington D.C.</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.prohealth.com/library/showArticle.cfm?libid=19958&site=articles">Lyme disease confirmed in humans from southern states</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/Fibromyalgia/49114">Lyme Disease, Fibromylagia Link Evaporates</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.bayarealyme.org/blog/common-allergy-medication-may-effective-starving-killing-bacteria-causes-lyme-disease/">Common allergy medicine <i>Claritin</i> may be effective in starving and killing Lyme disease bateria</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150303/Swiss-teenager-with-classic-sudden-symptoms-of-stroke-diagnosed-with-Lyme-disease.aspx">Swiss teenager with classic sudden symptoms of stroke diagnosed with Lyme disease</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.satprnews.com/2015/04/28/new-envita-study-shows-chronic-lyme-disease-fools-immune-system-resistant-to-antibiotics/">New study shows Chronic Lyme “fools” immune system, resistant to antibiotics</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/04/prweb12631105.htm">Global Lyme Alliance Emerges as Leading Voice For Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2014/09/gestational-lyme-disease">Catching Lyme disease in the womb?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150416084338.htm">Increasing evidence points to inflammation as source of nervous system manifestations of Lyme disease</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://lymedisease.org/news/lyme-times/tlt-vicki-logan.html">Latest issue of ‘<i>The Lyme Times</i>’: Death by medical discrimination?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://lymedisease.org/news/lymepolicywonk/lymepolicywonk-i-add-my-thouths-to-aeon-lyme-disease-discussion-you-can-too.html"><i>opinion</i>: Why do doctors keep fighting about Lyme disease?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://us.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/1201504284213/real-housewives-star-yolanda-foster-shares-heartbreaking-struggle-with-lyme-disease">'Housewives' star Yolanda Foster shares heartbreaking struggle with Lyme disease</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*SHINGLES / POST-HERPETIC NEURALGIA</b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.clinicalpainadvisor.com/phn-pill-compliance-key/article/392456/">Compliance Key to Managing Postherpetic Neuralgia</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.hcplive.com/articles/Post-Herpetic-Neuralgia-Often-Leads-to-Future-Chronic-Pain">Post-Herpetic Neuralgia Often Leads to Future Chronic Pain </a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.apollopt.com/learn/blog/laser-therapy-may-be-a-treatment-option-for-postherpetic-neuralgia.aspx">Laser therapy may be a treatment option for postherpetic neuralgia</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hcplive.com/journals/family-practice-recertification/2014/september2014/Antiviral-Treatment-vs-Herpes-Zoster-Vaccines-for-Postherpetic-Neuralgia">Antiviral treatment does NOT prevent postherpetic neuralgia, but the Herpes Zoster Vaccine does</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.empr.com/new-over-the-counter-ointment-launched-for-shingles-relief/article/411230/">New OTC Ointment <i>Terrasil</i> Launched for Shingles Relief</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/glaxosmithkline-develop-shingles-vaccine-that-is-97-per-cent-effective-in-adults-20150428-1mvb7y.html">New shingles vaccine is 97 per cent effective in adults</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2681629/Botox-ease-shingles-agony-Anti-wrinkle-drug-effective-treatment-severe-nerve-pain.html#ixzz3ZFDNlStY">'<i>Botox</i> can ease shingles agony': Anti-wrinkle drug found to be effective treatment of severe nerve pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/625996/">Herpes Zoster Vaccine Safe for Use in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients on Biologics</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.healthline.com/health-news/do-ms-treatments-raise-risk-of-shingles-120914#1">Do MS Treatments Raise the Risk of Shingles?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://medicalresearch.com/author-interviews/herpes-zoster-risk-may-be-elevated-in-psoriasis-patients-on-combination-therapy/13474/">Herpes Zoster Risk May Be Elevated In Psoriasis Patients On Combination Therapy</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://brainblogger.com/2015/04/30/acceptance-with-resilience-living-with-chronic-pain/">Acceptance with Resilience – Living with Chronic Pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Lynn Webster, MD</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/3/25/accepting-chronic-pain-is-it-necessary">Accepting Chronic Pain: Is it Necessary?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Jennifer Martin for the <a href="http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/"><i>Pain News Network</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.prohealth.com/fibromyalgia/library/showArticle.cfm?libid=19512&B1=EM021815F&utm_source=EM021815F&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=FM&slvor=12327.1182961.0.1.0.24948&eid=davcat14@aol.com">The Importance of Acceptance</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Julie Holliday for </span><a href="http://prohealth.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>ProHealth.com</i></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i>NOTE: Sorry for another late post. I'm still having a bad pain flare-up, but I managed to pull together a full blog post this week...</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time for <i>Tuesday-Newsday</i>! The Featured Blog Posts this week are all related to dealing with negative thinkings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>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!</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>~* ALERT: Rx RECALLS *</b></span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/843731">Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Select Lots of Injectable <i>Methotrexate, Gemcitabine, Carboplatin</i>, and <i>Cytarabine</i></a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Patients should contact their doctor if they have experienced any problems that may be related to using these medications or for more contact information, click<b> <a href="http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm444517.htm?source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery">HERE</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-04-fda-medtronic-sales-synchromed-drug.html">FDA says Medtronic must stop most sales of Synchromed drug pumps</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/uc-davis-study-on-painkillers-whats-it-saying-8826041.html">UC Davis Study On Painkillers—What’s It Saying?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/infectious-disease-information-21/antibiotics-news-30/antibiotic-shortages-on-the-increase-for-u-s-doctors-698691.html">Antibiotic Shortages On the Rise in U.S.</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-prescription-drugs-pregnancy-met-20150427-story.html#page=1">FDA to require new information for prescribing medications during pregnancy</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/alternative-medicine-information-3/mis-alternative-medicine-news-19/fda-weighs-tighter-regulation-of-homeopathic-meds-698646.html">FDA Weighs Tighter Regulation of Homeopathic Medicines: Critics say these natural remedies are ineffective, potentially dangerous</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-04-pharmacist-survey-patient-access-drugs.html">Pharmacist survey raises concerns for patient access to generic drugs</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/general-health-information-16/misc-drugs-news-218/specialty-medicines-drive-up-drug-spending-698359.html">New Specialty Medicines Drive Up Drug Spending: Report finds costs are highest they've been in a decade</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/bone-and-joint-information-4/arthritis-drug-news-39/elderly-may-pay-2-700-a-year-for-rheumatoid-arthritis-med-study-698528.html">Some Arthritis Meds Cost Seniors Thousands Annually</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/public-health-information-30/health-cost-news-348/prices-of-ms-drugs-soaring-study-finds-698753.html">Prices of Multiple Sclerosis Rx Soaring Even for Older Drugs, in Some Cases Rising More Than 700%</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/benefits/health-care/2015/04/10/tricare-compound-medications-tactics/25535291/">Pharmacies push pricier drugs to Tricare users</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/pharmalot/2015/04/14/feds-to-probe-impact-of-price-increases-of-generic-drugs-on-medicaid/">Feds to Probe Impact of Generic Drug Price Increases on Medicaid</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/pharmalot/2015/04/24/angry-over-drug-prices-more-states-push-bills-for-pharma-to-disclose-costs/">Angry Over Drug Prices, More States Push Bills for Pharma to Disclose Costs</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/less-than-a-month-remains-to-comment-on-national-pain-strategy-8826023.html">Less than a Month Remains To Comment on National Pain Strategy</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/resilience-to-chronic-pain-can-it-be-predicted-8825965.html">Resilience to Chronic Pain – Can It Be Predicted?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-04-discovery-impact-chronic-pain-conditions.html">New discovery could impact the study of chronic pain conditions</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.newsmax.com/Health/Health-News/ozone-therapy-treatment-cancer/2015/03/20/id/631395/">Ozone Therapy: Hope for Chronic Illnesses</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES (IBD)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://ibdnewstoday.com/2015/04/23/world-ibd-day-video-campaign-already-ongoing/">World IBD Day on May 19th: Video Campaign Already Ongoing</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-02/aga-cnu020915.php">Chronic narcotic use is high among kids with IBD</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://ibdnewstoday.com/2015/04/06/medical-marijuana-will-be-available-to-treat-ibd-patients-in-new-york-city/">Medical Marijuana Will Be Available to Treat IBD Patients in New York City</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.empr.com/pain-management-in-patients-with-ibd-individualizing-treatment-approaches/article/388263/">Pain Management in Patients with IBD: Individualizing Treatment Approaches</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/DDW/26368">Kids With IBD Skip Drug Doses</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://ibdnewstoday.com/2015/03/17/pediatric-ibd-program-helps-children-cope-with-disease/">Pediatric IBD Program Helps Children Cope with Disease</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141002123641.htm">Link between depression, abnormal brain response to visceral pain in patients with IBS</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painpathways.org/ibs-irritable-bowel-syndrome/">IBS: The Truth About Irritable Bowel Syndrome</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/alternative-medicine-information-3/mis-alternative-medicine-news-19/beware-claims-that-activated-charcoal-can-cure-gut-troubles-692912.html">Beware Claims That Activated Charcoal Can Cure Gut Troubles</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.healthcmi.com/Acupuncture-Continuing-Education-News/1405-acupuncture-soothes-irritable-bowel-syndrome-ibs">Acupuncture Soothes Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/clinical-trials-information-35/clinical-trials-news-136/new-drug-for-crohn-s-disease-shows-early-promise-697552.html">New Drug <i>Mongersen</i> for Crohn's Disease Shows Early Promise</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/840393">Study Links Common Food Additives to Crohn's Disease, Colitis</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/news/facing-pain-stigma-crohns-disease/">Facing the Pain and Stigma of Crohn’s Disease</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/287738.php">Yeast-devouring gut bacterium may provide new Crohn's treatments</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.ksat.com/content/pns/ksat/lifestyle/health/2015/01/closing-in-on-a-cure-for-crohn-s--map.html">Closing in on a Cure for Crohn's: MAP</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://ibdnewstoday.com/2015/04/07/new-home-test-kit-launched-for-crohns-and-ulcerative-colitis/">New Home Test Kit Launched for Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150223/Clinical-data-demonstrates-safety-efficacy-of-vedolizumab-for-treatment-of-adults-with-UC-and-CD.aspx">Clinical data demonstrates safety and efficacy of <i>Vedolizumab </i>for adults with UC & CD</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/289968.php">NICE recommends use of <i>Humira </i>on the NHS in adult patients with Ulcerative Colitis</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150317/Improving-adherence-to-ulcerative-colitis-medications-an-interview-with-Mattias-Norrman-COO-Tillotts-Pharma.aspx">Improving adherence to ulcerative colitis medications: an interview</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2015/01/09/restroom-access-bill-opens-employee-bathrooms/21526397/">Deleware restroom access law opens employee-only bathrooms to those with medical need such as Crohn’s, Colitis</a></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/sanjay-gupta/pin-up-model-reboots-her-immune-system.aspx">Pin-Up Model With Crohn's Reboots Her Immune System</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://princessinthetower.org/tips-to-manage-repetitive-thoughts-difficult-feelings-cope-with-chronic-pain/">Tools to Cope with the Stress of Chronic Pain & Manage Difficult Thinking</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">from <a href="http://princessinthetower.org/"><i>Princess in the Tower</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.chronicbabe.com/awap-wednesday-comparisonitis-sucks/">Comparisonitis Sucks! (AWAP Wednesday)</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Jenni Prokopy, editrix of <a href="http://chronicbabe.com/"><i>ChronicBabe.com</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://princessinthetower.org/how-to-weather-the-internal-storm-of-chronic-pain-and-not-let-it-define-you/">3 Ways to Weather the Internal Storm of chronic Pain and Not Let it Define You</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">from </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://princessinthetower.org/">Princess in the Tower</a></i></div>
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02565419342312281934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239068533557516122.post-36891679696590495932015-04-22T00:36:00.004-07:002015-04-22T00:37:02.602-07:00Tuesday-Newsday #189<div class="p1">
<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Note from Me: </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sorry for the late & brief post today. I’m having a really bad pain flare-up and just can’t do much work this week. I will do my best to have a full blog post up next Tuesday.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are all related to dealing with people who don’t believe you are in pain or sick and/or treat you badly because of your chronic condition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>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!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>~* <span style="color: red;"><u>Your Opinion is Vital</u></span> *~</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://practicalbioethics.blogspot.com/2015/04/do-your-little-bit-of-good-national.html">Have Your Say on How to Improve Chronic Pain Care: National Pain Strategy Comment Period Ends May 20</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://iprcc.nih.gov/National_Pain_Strategy/Public_Comment_NPS_Draft.htm">Go Here for Details on How to Send in Your Comments</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://thebark.com/content/fda-warns-pet-exposure-topical-pain-meds">FDA Warns on that Human Use of Topical Pain Creams Can Make Sicken or Kill Their Pets</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.nevadabusiness.com/2015/04/marijuana-safety-pets/">Beware: Medical Marijuana is Toxic to Pets, Can Cause Illness or Even Death</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/us-senate-bill-will-pressure-fda-on-opioid-approvals-8825956.html">US Senate Bill will Pressure FDA on <i>Opioid</i> Approvals</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/u-s-house-passes-bill-to-address-patient-access-to-prescription-8825987.html">U.S. House Passes Bill to Address Patient Access to Prescription</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/dea-administrator-to-step-down-8825978.html">DEA Administrator to Step Down</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painmedicinenews.com/ViewArticle.aspx?d=Web%2bExclusives&d_id=244&i=April+2015&i_id=1167&a_id=31110">Survey Study Shows ADFs Served as ‘First Line of Defense’ Against <i>Opioid</i> Abuse</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://theconversation.com/opioids-may-not-be-the-most-harmful-pain-drugs-after-all-33010"><i>Opioids</i> may not be the most harmful pain drugs after all, says Pain Specialist</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://traumadolls.com/2015/04/i-cannot-even/#comments"><i>I Cannot Even!</i> -- Blogger is furious with video branding all pain patients as drug-seekers in the ER</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/national-pain-report-readers-survey-on-chronic-pain-8825946.html">National Pain Report Reader’s Survey on Chronic Pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/general-health-information-16/doctor-news-206/babies-may-be-more-sensitive-to-pain-than-adults-698514.html">Babies May Be More Sensitive to Pain Than Adults</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/292550.php">A3 adenosine receptor can activate 'off signals' for pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/twitter-and-chronic-pain-a-second-look-8825789.html">Twitter and Chronic Pain–A Second Look</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painpathways.org/real-people-clinical-trials-research/">Real People Who Participated in Clinical Trials Research</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/289167.php">Fraudulent clinical trials known to FDA 'hidden from journals and public'</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/clinical-trials-information-35/clinical-trials-news-136/most-clinical-trial-results-not-being-reported-promptly-to-government-study-697308.html">Most Clinical Trial Results Not Reported on Time to Government; Delays ion new treatments mean patients aren't informed</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2949966/Are-medical-records-safe-Experts-warn-2015-year-healthcare-hack.html#ixzz3RWRLAQcB">Are YOUR medical records safe? Experts warn 2015 will be 'year of the healthcare hack' </a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.industrytap.com/veinviewer-means-no-poking-people-relentlessly-locate-veins/27706">VeinViewer Means No More Poking People Relentlessly to Locate Veins</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150414211935.htm">Pain-free blood tests</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medgadget.com/2015/04/comfortably-numb-device-cools-skin-to-prevent-pain-of-drug-injections.html">Comfortably Numb Device Cools Skin to Prevent Pain of Drug Injections</a></b></span></div>
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02565419342312281934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239068533557516122.post-7839597665663751882015-04-14T23:40:00.001-07:002015-04-14T23:40:24.739-07:00Tuesday-Newsday #188<div class="p1">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time for <i>Tuesday-Newsday</i>! The Featured Blog Posts this week are all related to making changes or acknowledging progress when living with chronic pain/illness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>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!</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>~* ALERT: Rx May Be Linked to Dangerous Infections *~</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*MEDICATION NEWS</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/is-the-media-missing-the-point-on-pain-medication-dispute-8825933.html">Is The Media Missing The Point On Pain Medication Dispute?</a></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2015/04/13/columbus-ohio-study-acetaminophen-reduces-both-pain--pleasure.html"><i>Acetaminophen</i> Reduces Both Pain & Pleasure, Very Small Study Finds</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painpathways.org/otc-pain-relievers/">Pain Relief from Over-the-Counter Pain Medications</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/290338.php">Newly identified compounds in spider venom could help treat chronic pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/291913.php">Common cholesterol drug stimulates the same receptors as Marijuana and may help relieve pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.arthritis.org/about-us/news-and-updates/arthritis-medication-lower-cost.php?utm_source=MBSnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=ACCESS&utm_content=body1&utm_campaign=Mar15">Arthritis Patients: Guidance for Help With Medication Cost Now Available</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/biologics-are-revolutionizing-care-for-some-diseases-but-they-are-very-costly/2015/03/16/1ffe46b6-b6ed-11e4-9423-f3d0a1ec335c_story.html"><i>Biologics</i> are revolutionizing care for some diseases, but they are very costly</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/are-elected-officials-listening-to-chronic-pain-patients-8825919.html">Are Elected Officials Listening to Chronic Pain Patients?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.hcplive.com/news/Women-Treated-for-Pain-Differently-">Women Treated for Pain Differently</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.hcplive.com/news/Light-Therapy-Helps-Joint-Pain-and-More-New-Study-Underway">Light Therapy Helps Joint Pain and More, New Study Underway</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/842852">Shift From IV to Oral Sedation for Pain Procedures?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/These-startups-could-completely-change-how-we-manage-pain-and-treat-cancer/articleshow/46773025.cms">These startups could completely change how we manage pain and treat cancer</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150408085656.htm">Researchers probing potential power of meditation as therapy for migraines, pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painsproject.org/change-painful-truth-book-tv-documentary/">Change Through The Painful Truth: A Book and TV Documentary</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://3dprint.com/55919/russian-researchers-3d-printing-animal-bone-regenerate-human-bones-manage-pain/">Researchers Say 3D Printing with Animal Bone May Regenerate Human Bones, Manage Pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/blog/health-care/2015/03/pfizer-lilly-to-resume-testing-of-experimental.html">Pfizer, Lilly to resume testing of experimental pain drug <i>Tanezumab</i></a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*FIBROMYALGIA</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.fmcpaware.org/community/awarenessday2015.html">Fibromyalgia Awareness Day 2015 is May 12th!</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=a2af292e-8262-4462-88e7-9298605c3a5e&c=7e978970-cd8d-11e3-b8d4-d4ae5292c3f3&ch=7fcb4e80-cd8d-11e3-bae3-d4ae5292c3f3">Feast Friendship and HOPE for Fibromyalgia Awareness 2015</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/Fibromyalgia/49913">New Criteria Would Double Fibromyalgia Cases</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.fmcpaware.org/fm-a-real-medical-disease">Fibromyalgia: A Real Medical Disease</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.healio.com/rheumatology/fibromyalgia/news/online/%7B25ed5c98-d4b3-4d63-baa3-bb1be75e70f7%7D/duloxetine-response-can-vary-in-fibromyalgia-patients-based-on-subgroup-classification"><i>Duloxetine</i> response can vary in fibromyalgia patients based on subgroup classification</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/12/us-pfizer-study-idUSKBN0M82O620150312">Pfizer pain drug <i>Lyrica</i> fails study in adolescents with fibromyalgia</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.healio.com/rheumatology/fibromyalgia/news/online/%7Bc824ac3a-5ae6-431f-b89f-88dbd48c7293%7D/2010-acr-adult-fm-criteria-useful-in-screening-for-juvenile-fibromyalgia">2010 ACR adult FM criteria useful in screening for juvenile fibromyalgia</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.healio.com/rheumatology/fibromyalgia/news/online/%7Bc2c75f61-2b92-4a09-ba31-d5d9b79206c3%7D/more-than-half-of-patients-with-fibromyalgia-may-have-comorbidities">More than half of patients with fibromyalgia may have comorbidities</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/fibromyalgia/in-depth/fibromyalgia-symptoms/art-20045401/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pain-management&pg=1">Fibromyalgia: Understand the diagnosis process</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.ahealthblog.com/symptoms-of-fibromyalgia-infographic.html">Symptoms of Fibromyalgia Infographic</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.prohealth.com/fibromyalgia/library/showArticle.cfm?libid=19700&B1=EM031815F&utm_source=EM031815F&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=FM&slvor=12383.1185787.0.1.0.24948&eid=davcat14@aol.com">Fibromyalgia Patients at Greater Risk for IBS</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.fmcpaware.org/sleep-apnea-relationship-with-fm?utm_source=January-February+2015&utm_campaign=Jan%2FFeb+2015+Newsletter&utm_medium=email">Sleep Apnea Relationship with Fibromyalgia</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.prohealth.com/fibromyalgia/library/showArticle.cfm?libid=19622&B1=EM031815F&utm_source=EM031815F&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=FM&slvor=12383.1185785.0.1.0.24948&eid=davcat14@aol.com">Poor Sleep Quality Linked to Increased Pain and Reduced Activity in Fibromyalgia</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/Fibromyalgia/50126">Fibromyalgia: Need to Nap Increases as Symptoms Worsen</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/life/living-well/2015/01/25/float-therapy-iowa/22228943/">Floatation therapy for pain relief, relaxation, and meditation</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://fibromyalgiaflotationproject.com/">Fibromyalgia Flotation Project studying Flotation REST as a treatment for people suffering from fibromyalgia</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.clinicalpainadvisor.com/fibromyalgia-pathophysiology-and-treatment-implications/article/397091/">Fibromyalgia Pathophysiology and Treatment Implications</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.healio.com/rheumatology/fibromyalgia/news/online/%7Bcb00295c-8829-48d1-9385-63de05a89add%7D/patients-with-ra-fibromyalgia-less-likely-to-achieve-remission-low-disease-activity">Patients with RA, fibromyalgia less likely to achieve remission, low disease activity</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.healio.com/rheumatology/fibromyalgia/news/online/%7B77598ba1-f95a-48e1-9e08-93a7e3f581f9%7D/patients-with-fibromyalgia-had-worse-cognitive-function-than-those-with-ra">Patients with fibromyalgia had worse cognitive function than those with RA, in small study</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/fibromyalgia/expert-answers/is-fibromyalgia-hereditary/faq-20058091/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pain-management">Is fibromyalgia hereditary?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.healio.com/rheumatology/fibromyalgia/news/online/%7B9404c340-4655-4f31-b07d-17ef298fe8e5%7D/suicidal-ideation-correlates-strongly-with-depression-in-patients-with-fibromyalgia?nc=1">Suicidal ideation correlates strongly with depression in patients with fibromyalgia, small study finds</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.prohealth.com/fibromyalgia/library/showArticle.cfm?libid=19436&B1=EM121714F&utm_source=EM121714F&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=FM&slvor=12237.1176935.0.1.0.24948&eid=davcat14@aol.com">Fibromyalgia Symptoms Improve Following Parathyroidectomy, Says Study</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.prohealth.com/fibromyalgia/library/showArticle.cfm?libid=19530&B1=EM021815F&utm_source=EM021815F&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=FM&slvor=12327.1182965.0.1.0.24948&eid=davcat14@aol.com">Can Heat Therapy Reduce Fibromyalgia Pain?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/Fibromyalgia/50699">Fibromyalgia Symptoms Predict Arthroplasty Outcomes</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://healingfibro.com/cant-work-because-of-fibro-5/">Can’t Work Because Of Fibro? New Ruling Gives Fibro Sufferers Disability Payments</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.neurologyadvisor.com/benefits-cognitive-behavioral-therapy-fibromyalgia/article/407315/">Benefits of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Fibromyalgia</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.fmcpaware.org/the-role-of-spirituality-in-healing-part-2?utm_source=December+2014&utm_campaign=December+2014+Newsletter&utm_medium=email">The Role of Spirituality in Healing</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.</b></span></div>
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02565419342312281934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239068533557516122.post-73529399787743964422015-04-07T23:41:00.002-07:002015-04-07T23:41:46.968-07:00Tuesday-Newsday #187<div class="p1">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time for<i> Tuesday-Newsday</i>! The Featured Blog Posts this week are all related to humor and healing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>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!</i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*MEDICATION NEWS</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB0QqQIoADAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fnational%2Fhealth-science%2Fnew-rules-make-it-easier-to-dispose-of-potentially-dangerous-painkillers%2F2015%2F04%2F06%2F5905ebb6-beb4-11e4-b274-e5209a3bc9a9_story.html&ei=0sckVYmeOcyfsAWyxYEw&usg=AFQjCNGOOI7CbgBx3LP4rQywJgK875yq0A&sig2=im7Tstw8TTBID71Dn4EfbQ&bvm=bv.90237346,d.b2w">New rules make it easier to dispose of<i> opioid </i>painkillers</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/PainManagement/PainManagement/50773">FDA Issues Final Guidance for Abuse-Deterrent <i>Opioids</i></a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/opioid-misuse-study-questioned-8825907.html"><i>Opioid</i> Misuse Study Questioned</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/PainManagement/PainManagement/50809"><i>Opioids</i> for Chronic Pain: Guidelines discourage it, but clinicians find value for carefully selected and monitored patients</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://reason.com/blog/2015/02/19/veterans-lives-and-all-of-our-lives-made">Veterans Lives, and All of our Lives, Made More Difficult and Painful Thanks to Government's War on Painkillers</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wesh.com/health/tuesday-at-6-dea-responds-after-patients-denied-prescriptions/31297622">DEA responds after patients denied prescription pain meds in Florida</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/holy-grail-pain-pills-without-the-high-1426626775">Holy Grail: Pain Pills Without the High</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-04-combining-nortriptyline-morphine-pain-relief.html">Combining <i>nortriptyline</i> and <i>morphine</i> provides better pain relief than using either drug alone</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/margate/fl-cspf-kratom-0408-20150408-story.html">FL bill to ban or more tightly control <i>Kratom</i>, sometimes used for chronic pain</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150401084331.htm">New pain relief delivery method using a gel discovered may help avoid side effects of painkillers</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/573104/">Side Effects: When Silence Isn't Golden</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/chronic-pain-patients-stanford-wants-to-hear-what-you-think-8825886.html">Chronic Pain Patients: Stanford Wants To Hear What You Think</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://rebuildingwellness.com/chronic-pain-relief/">Make Time for Chronic Pain Relief</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/new-spinal-cord-stimulation-therapy-showing-promising-results-8825861.html">New Spinal Cord Stimulation Therapy Showing Promising Results</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2015/03/researchers-have-gut-feeling-could-chronic-pain-be-caused-bacteria">Researchers have a gut feeling - could chronic pain be caused by bacteria?</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.futurity.org/mri-whiplash-chronic-pain-888882/">MRI Predicts if Whiplash Will Evolve into Chronic Pain</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/291511.php">How important is the name of a disease? Do names influence treatment?</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mydigitalrendition.com/publication/?m=22322&l=1">Read <i>Pain Pathways</i> online magazine spring issue</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.painpathways.org/mariel-hemingway/">Even through pain out comes the sun, says celebrity Mariel Hemingway</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/amputee-chronic-pain-study-underway-8825732.html">DoD Funded Amputee Chronic Pain Study for both for Veterans & Civilians</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://painresource.com/condition/phantom-limb-pain-pain-lingers/">Phantom Limb Pain: The Pain that Lingers</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.clinicalpainadvisor.com/visual-feedback-effective-option-for-phantom-limb-pain/article/395039/">Visual Feedback Effective Option for Phantom Limb Pain</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=34702">Limb Transplant Gel: Saving Hands, Feet and Faces</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*MILITARY VETERANS’ PAIN</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/03/16/tricare-to-no-longer-cover-some-prescription-pain-killers.html">Tricare to No Longer Cover Some Prescription Pain Killers</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.mainstreet.com/article/widespread-reports-surface-of-veterans-denied-pain-meds-if-they-use-cannabis/page/2">Widespread Reports Surface of Veterans Denied Pain Meds if They Use <i>Cannabis</i></a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pain-pills-tomah-wisconsin-va-n322096">'Culture of Fear': VA Eyes Pain-Pill Problems at Wisconsin Hospital</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-dea-strands-veterans/">New federal restrictions on painkillers separate wounded veterans from needed treatment with bureaucratic chasms</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150309123948.htm">Two-step treatment improved function, decreased pain severity in veterans</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/289127.php">Madigan Army Medical Center receives $1M to study alternative pain therapies</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/Addictions/48992">Mixed Results for Pot to treat PTSD</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.disabledveterans.org/2015/04/06/va-misleading-veterans-healthevet-medical-records/">Is VA Misleading Veterans About ‘My HealtheVet’ Medical Records?</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/senior-citizen-information-31/misc-death-and-dying-news-172/many-veterans-choose-next-of-kin-who-aren-t-kin-study-says-698155.html">Study finds nearly one 1 in 10 veterans in under 65 chooses a non-family as next of kin; but state laws may trump their choice, possibly leading to care delays</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/580479/horse-power-wounded-warriors-receive-healing-support-through-academys-equine-as.aspx">Horse power: Wounded warriors receive healing, support through Academy’s equine-assisted therapy</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/healing-through-humor-laughter-therapy-is-an-effective-pain-reducer-8825915.html">Healing Through Humor: Laughter Therapy is an Effective Pain Reducer</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 22.1580009460449px;">by </span><span class="fn" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 22.1580009460449px;">Darisse Smith for <a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/"><i>National Pain Report</i></a></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://restministries.com/2010/05/living-with-chronic-pain-isnt-fun-but-it-can-be-funny/">Living with Chronic Pain Isn’t Fun . . . But it Can Be Funny!</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Lisa Copen, founder of <a href="http://restministries.com/"><i>Rest Ministries</i></a></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://nippaininthebud.blogspot.com/2012/06/humor-heals-science-proves-laughter-is.html">Humor Heals: Science proves Laughter is good medicine</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Shannon of </span><a href="http://nippaininthebud.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Nip Pain in the Bud & Let Your Soul Blossom</i></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time for <i>Tuesday-Newsday</i>! The Featured Blog Posts this week are all related to serious coping issues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>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!</i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/Addictions/50541">Congress Pressures FDA to Finalize <i>Opioid</i> Guidance, in order to avoid a $20 million cut in salaries and expenses</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/federal-government-increasing-opioid-scrutiny-8825865.html">Federal Government Increasing <i>Opioid</i> Scrutiny</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/are-pain-patients-being-heard-on-impact-of-dea-ruling-8825857.html">Are Pain Patients Being Heard On Impact Of DEA Ruling?</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/842359#vp_1">Complexities of <i>Opioid</i>-Induced Hyperalgesia Poorly Understood</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.drugstorenews.com/article/astrazeneca-launches-movantik"><i>Movantik </i>(<i>Naloxegol</i>) launches in the U.S. for opioid-induced constipation in non-cancer pain patients</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/PainManagement/PainManagement/50722">What Makes an <i>Opioid</i> Stronger or Weaker Than <i>Morphine</i>? CDC classification of stronger, weaker, and <i>morphine</i>-equivalent opioids is confusing</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-03-opioid-induced-constipation-significant-pain-patients.html"><i>Opioid</i>-induced constipation significant in pain patients, small study finds</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://wuis.org/post/proposals-aim-make-it-harder-obtain-opiates-illegally">3 States considering legislation to require locking caps for all <i>opioid</i> pill bottles</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20150328/news/150329436">FL pill mill crackdown makes getting meds difficult for 'legitimate pain' patients</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/montana-pain-advocates-defend-mark-ibsen-8825871.html">MT Pain advocates support outspoken Pain Doctor fighting to reverse a decision sanctioning for over prescribing narcotic pain medications</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://qz.com/370054/russian-cancer-patients-are-killing-themselves-because-they-cant-get-pain-meds/">Russian cancer patients are killing themselves because they can’t get narcotic painkillers</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/you-make-the-call-risk-or-opiophobia-8825855.html"><i>opinion</i>: You Make the Call: Risk or Opiophobia?</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://nationalpainreport.com/do-americans-want-the-fda-to-restrict-pain-medications-or-educate-consumers-on-their-use-8825803.html">New survey shows Americans prefer education over restricted access for OTC pain medications</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/290243.php">Risks of <i>Acetaminophen</i> have been 'underestimated'</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/cancer-information-5/colon-cancer-news-96/certain-painkillers-may-lower-colon-cancer-risk-for-some-697415.html"><i>NSAID</i> Painkillers May Lower Colon Cancer Risk for Some</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-search-for-a-better-definition-of-pain-1427736432">The Search for a Better Definition of Pain: Proactive patients work with researchers for a more precise way to explain how they feel physically</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.timesleader.com/news/features/151867293/Pain-is-just-a-pulse-away">Patients seek pain relief with magnetic pulse therapy</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC928WtSNL0"><i>Neurolumen</i>: Mother invents new device to help her pain-stricken daughter</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://neurolumen.com/docs/HoustonChronicle-09-16-2014.pdf">Pain sufferers find relief in treatments without using drugs: <i>Neurolumen </i></a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150323182550.htm">Pain diaries may slow patient recovery, small study shows</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/842195#vp_1">Coordination of Care Matters Most to Patients With Chronic Pain</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.painpathways.org/become-a-u-s-pain-foundation-ambassador/">Become a U.S. Pain Foundation Ambassador</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.joomag.com/magazine/fibromyalgia-chronic-pain-life-spring-2015-issue-11/0105718001425619808?short">Fibromyalgia Life & Chronic Pain magazine - Spring 2015 issue</a></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dddmag.com/news/2014/10/study-finds-best-way-treat-neck-pain">Study Finds the Best Way to Treat Neck Pain</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150223/Altering-visual-cues-can-impact-chronic-neck-pain.aspx">Altering visual cues can impact chronic neck pain</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/health-news/meditation-can-reduce-chronic-neck-pain_1554008.html">Meditation can reduce chronic neck pain</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/too-much-texting-pain-in-the-neck/">Too much texting can be a pain in the neck</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150313083406.htm">Tablet use: significance of usage position, potential for neck damage</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/291443.php">Scientists explore a new parameter of bone quality that measures strength instead of density</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141116094056.htm"><i>Denosumab</i> reverses bone loss, lowers wrist fracture rates in women with osteoporosis</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/290545.php">Male smokers at higher risk than females for osteoporosis, fractures</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150122132849.htm">Strong association between menopausal symptoms, bone health</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/senior-citizen-information-31/misc-aging-news-10/life-satisfaction-might-affect-a-woman-s-bone-health-695458.html">Life Satisfaction Linked to Bone Health in Older Women</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141111111705.htm">When bone density is good, no repeat tests needed for younger postmenopausal women</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141028122426.htm">Baby boomers and scoliosis: Osteoporosis a risk factor</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141022163937.htm">Paralyzed patients have weaker bones, higher risk of fractures than expected</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/bone-and-joint-information-4/bone-joint-and-tendon-news-72/eczema-tied-to-rise-in-risk-for-bone-fracture-693239.html">Eczema Tied to Bone Fracture Risk in Study</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/285516.php">Weight loss of 10 percent or more in seniors significantly raises hip fracture risk</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/288521.php">Both weight loss and weight gain linked with increased fracture risk</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150326151640.htm">Why popular antacids may increase chance of bone fractures</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/288076.php">Research finds potassium salts aid bone health and limit osteoporosis risk</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*SJOGREN'S SYNDROME</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.sjogrens.org/news/333-2015-national-patient-conference-keynote-speaker-announced">2015 National Patient Conference: "<i>Learning to Thrive with Sjögren’s</i>" in Tampa FL on April 17-18 </a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sjogrens.org/component/content/article?id=132:april-is-coming">April is Sjögren’s Syndrome Awareness Month </a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dailyrx.com/sjogrens-syndrome-treatment-hydroxychloroquine-did-not-relieve-symptoms-pain-and-fatigue"><i>Hydroxychloroquine</i>, a common Rx for treating Sjögren’s, may be ineffective and not relieve symptoms like pain and fatigue</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://medicine.buffalo.edu/news_and_events/research-news.host.html/content/shared/smbs/news/2014/11/sjogrens-patent-4231.detail.html">Patent Awarded for Sjögren’s Test Which Can Diagnose the Syndrome Earlier Than Ever Before</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/829972">Advances in the Understanding and Treatment of Systemic Complications in Sjögren's Syndrome</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/GeneralRheumatology/48894">Disease Activity Predicts Death in Sjogren's</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sciencecodex.com/females_with_primary_sjogrens_syndrome_more_likely_to_experience_sexual_dysfunction-150264">Women with Sjögren's syndrome more likely to experience sexual dysfunction very small study finds</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/826765">Increased Cardiovascular Risk in Sjögren's Syndrome</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/sjogrens-syndrome-increases-risk-stroke-and-heart-attack-within-first-year-diagnosis-288090">Sjögren's Syndrome Increases Risk For Stroke And Heart Attack Within First Year Of Diagnosis</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/829972">Advances in the Understanding and Treatment of Systemic Complications in Sjögren's Syndrome</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/GeneralRheumatology/48894">Disease Activity Predicts Death in Sjögren's</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sciencecodex.com/females_with_primary_sjogrens_syndrome_more_likely_to_experience_sexual_dysfunction-150264">Women with Sjögren's syndrome more likely to experience sexual dysfunction very small study finds</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/826765">Increased Cardiovascular Risk in Sjögren's Syndrome</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/sjogrens-syndrome-increases-risk-stroke-and-heart-attack-within-first-year-diagnosis-288090">Sjögren's Syndrome Increases Risk For Stroke And Heart Attack Within First Year Of Diagnosis</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150210083541.htm">First humanized mouse model of Sjögren’s syndrome opens door to study other autoimmune diseases</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*FEATURED BLOG POSTS</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.creakyjoints.org/chronic-pain-and-suicide-why-one-arthritis-patient-didnt-kill-herself-as-planned/">Chronic pain and suicide: Why one arthritis patient didn’t kill herself as planned</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Sandi's Ow of <a href="https://www.creakyjoints.org/"><i>Creaky Joints</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Rakel Sosa</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://usodep.blogs.govdelivery.com/2014/05/09/the-loneliness-of-illness-and-pain/">The Loneliness of Illness and Pain</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Wayne Connell, founder & president of </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://invisibledisabilities.org/">Invisible Disabilities Association</a></i></div>
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