Tuesday-Newsday #73

It’s time for Tuesday-Newsday! The featured blog posts this week are connected to the upcoming event, National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week, which is in September.

Let Me Know: If you’d like me to watch for articles on your pain condition, just drop me a note in the comments section below.

WARNING:  My goal is to provide the most up-to-date news I can, which you can then take to your personal doctor and debate the merits of before you try it. I do not endorse any of the docs, treatments, info, and meds in anything I post nor can I guarantee they are all effective, especially not for everyone. I always include the citation, source, or website so you know where it came from. As is the case with any health info, ALWAYS get your doctor's opinion first!

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*PAIN Rx

Abuse-Deterrent Opioids Spawn Upsurge in Heroin

Scientists develop marijuana that won't make you high

Drug shortage ups suffering for legitimate pain patients

Drug Trial Participants Not Fully Informed About Placebos

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS

Chronic Pain Sufferers Need Special Help During Terror

Massage Right After Muscle Injury May Boost Healing: With quick therapy, there is a 20% to 40% chance of recovery, animal study suggests

SuperBetter health game helps you achieve your health goals or recover from an illness or injury - and is now available as an app

     Check out Superbetter HERE

*PATIENT NEWS

Clinic staffers infect patients by re-using drug vials 

Getting Lost in the Labyrinth of Medical Bills

Too much Regulation? One doctor says the FDA approval system process has become overly burdensome, overly predictable, and overly time-consuming - and American patients are the losers

     Read the Doctor's Interview and see the Research Summary

*FIBROMYALGIA and CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME

Seeking Patients for Fibromyalgia & FM/CFS Pregabalin Biomarker Study

Gabapentin Eases Chronic Pain in Fibromyalgia

Brain Activity Reflects Pain in Fibromyalgia

Medicinal Marijuana Use Found In 10% Of Fibromyalgia Patients: researchers warn patients who self-medicate with herbal cannabis have poorer mental health

Acupuncture Arrests Fibromyalgia - New Research

Desperate, determined husband, caregiver launches effort to unite those affected by fibromyalgia:

     Watch his Video appeal and then go sign his Petition

Neurological effects of dietary glutamates may contribute to fibromyalgia symptoms for many

Half of teens with fibromyalgia have ‘loose’ joints, may be more pain-sensitive subset

Adolescents with ME/CFS: a Teen and a Parent Explain

Ampligen To Go Back Before the FDA as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Treatment

Understanding Long-Term Outcomes of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

*PEDIATRIC CANCER

The Creating Hope Act is signed into law, aims to help fix the scarcity of drugs for pediatric cancer and other pediatric life-threatening and rare diseases

Young Cancer Patients Getting More Attention

*FEATURED BLOG POST

National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week is coming up in September. Here are two items to help get you thinking ahead to the event:

video: Share Your Visible Hope 

by Lisa Copen

What Do Invisible Illnesses Look Like? What Do We See When We Can’t See The Pain?

by Susannah Hunt