Tuesday-Newsday #74

It’s time for Tuesday-Newsday! The featured blog post this week is a video by Rest Ministries founder Lisa Copen: “Illness Isn't Cured by Attitude or Eating Right.”

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

Bill Would Force Drug Makers to Make Painkillers Tamper Resistant: This could make generic painkillers more expensive or even block them from the market

Judge upholds the patent on Lyrica: This means no cheaper generic pills (Pregabalin) until after 2018

California county to vote on Rx drug disposal bill

The Difference Between Addiction and Dependency: One chronic pain patient laments how the media gets it wrong

What Can Pain Patients Do When They Can’t Get Their Medication? 

     ~Fla. Pain Patients: Drug Enforcment Has Gone Too Far

     ~Pain sufferer claims doctors won't prescribe medication

Has it happened to you? Tell me in the comments

*RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Infection Risks Persist with Steroid Use in RA

For Reducing Signs And Symptoms Of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Tocilizumab More Effective Than Adalimumab

Newer Drugs Help RA Patients Live Longer: Downside to Biologics Is Lower Immunity, Increased Risk of Shingles, Others Find

Actemra Tops Rival in Rheumatoid Arthritis Study: Humira Maker Says Study Finding May Be Biased 

Generic form of Arthrotec approved

Doctors and rheumatoid arthritis patients differ on perception of disease activity: RA patients emphasize pain, physicians stress swollen joints to explain change in disease

Rheumatoid arthritis can lead to unemployment and early death

Ultrasound May Detect Heart Disease Earlier in Arthritis Patients

Menopausal Age May Affect Rheumatoid Arthritis Severity: Study suggests possible hormonal link to autoimmune condition

Researchers have now discovered the mechanism by which a cell signaling pathway contributes to the development of rheumatoid arthritis 

Yoga Shows Promise in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Obesity Stokes Rheumatoid Arthritis With More Than Just Extra Weight

Moderate Drinking May Cut Women's Odds for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Study

*MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

ALERT: FDA Revises Seizure Warning for MS Drug Ampyra

Risk Of Cancer Lower In Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Botox May Ease Tremors in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Gene flaw 'explains why drugs failed to treat MS'

Sodium Buildup in Brain Linked to Disability in MS Patients: Those with advanced-stage multiple sclerosis have high levels of the mineral, study says

Multiple Sclerosis Drugs May Not Delay Disability: Interferon Beta Treatment Did Not Slow Progression of Disability in Study

Does Stress Management Slow MS? Therapy seems to stop new brain lesions but only for duration of treatment, study finds

Current and Emerging Therapies in Multiple Sclerosis

Treating Multiple Sclerosis with sea anemone venom

*FEATURED BLOG POST

Illness Isn't Cured by Attitude or Eating Right

This video by RestMinistries.com founder Lisa Copen shares her frustration over continuing to see and here the message, "if you stopped taking your medications and ate better" or "if people just had a good attitude"... they'd be cured. If you are chronically ill and tired of the attitude of "if you did THIS {fill-in-the-blank} you'd be healed," you may be encouraged to know that you are doing the best you can every day.