Tuesday-Newsday #87

It’s time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Post this week is “The Challenges of Living with Invisible Pain or Illness,” by Toni Bernhard.

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

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

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*FDA and CDC ALERT: UPDATE ON MENINGITIS OUTBREAK

If you received a Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection between late May and September, by now you should have been notified if your clinic used any of the tainted steriods. Last Tuesday-Newsday #86 at the end of the post, I listed out the things you need to know. Just click the link and scroll down. I pray none of you are affected. 

Current Count: 297 Cases and 23 Dead

Fungal meningitis clues may predict who will get sick in this outbreak

Tainted Steroid Injections May Affect Those Treated for Joint Pain

Meningitis victims face long, uncertain recovery

*MEDICATION NEWS

Drug shortages could get worse for hospitals in the wake of the meningitis outbreak

The Dark Side of Epidurals

update - U.S. Justice Department investigating claims that CVS Stores refill prescriptions without customer approval: The inquiry will focus mainly on Medicare fraud allegations

Do Topical NSAIDs for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain?

GlaxoSmithKline to reveal more drug secrets

A Face from the War on Pain: Cutting off Opioid Meds from Non-Cancerous Pain Patients Would Be Tantamount to Murder

*CHRONIC PAIN

Pain Level After Car Crash Could Depend on Your Genes: Findings might lead to better treatment for people with less obvious injuries

Social Contact Eases Neuropathic Pain

Improved Pain Treatment And Therapy In Dogs Offers Medical Insight For Humans

*OSTEOPOROSIS

Having too little calcium in the diet increases women's risk of a hormone condition that can cause bone fractures and kidney stones, scientists suggest

Prolia (Denosumab) Approved For Male Osteoporosis

Quitting Drinking May Help Alcoholics' Bone Loss

Vitamin C Protects Against Osteoporosis By Preventing Bone Loss

Calcium Cons - Scary Side Effect Of Oral Calcium; see all the details here in the Research Summary

New Tool Is A Cost-Effective Way To Detect Osteoporosis

*MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Infertility Treatments May Significantly Increase Multiple Sclerosis Activity

Study Links Low Vitamin D Levels to Worse MS Symptoms: But it's too soon to recommend supplements, researcher says

Marijuana Extract May Help Ease Muscle Stiffness in MS: Pain, spasms and sleep quality also improved in those given drug vs. placebo

Screening Tool Reveals Two Multiple Sclerosis Types: Test might someday help doctors determine who has aggressive disease earlier

Cost of Multiple Sclerosis Drugs Soaring

FDA cites risk, but MS patients seek unproven therapy (CCSVI treatment)

Estrogen Pills May Help as MS Add-on

*FEATURED BLOG POST

The Challenges of Living with Invisible Pain or Illness

by Toni Bernhard