Tuesday-Newsday #97

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The featured blog post this week is, “Cultivate a More Open Heart in 2013” by Dr. Laurie Ferguson of CreakyJoints.org

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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*MENINGITIS OUTBREAK NEWS

Current Count: 678 Cases, 44 Deaths, Joint Infections 29

As Congress responds to outbreak: 'First, do no harm'

*MEDICATION NEWS

What Do Pain Specialists Prescribe for Pain? A recent survey examines their opinions and practices 

FDA Urges Studies on Safer Formulations of Narcotic Painkillers to Help Prevent Abuse

Is Pain Medication Misuse Actually Declining?

The Pain Puzzle: Uncovering How Morphine Increases Pain in Some People

People taking Benzodiazepines may be more likely to develop -and die from - pneumonia

People May Skip Generic Pills if Color Differs From Brand-Name Drug: Study found patients on anti-seizure meds were less likely to refill such prescriptions

Methadone Benefits for Pain Questioned

FDA order companies to lower doses for sleep medications

The Placebo Phenomenon: An ingenious researcher finds the real ingredients of “fake” medicine

*PATIENT NEWS

Itching a form of pain? Discovery of mysterious cells answers debate

Preventable Surgical Errors Continue to Occur: So-called 'never events' include operating on the wrong body part or leaving towels inside patients

The doctor's in, on Twitter

America’s Healthiest and Least Healthy States

*TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA

Seven Years of Agonizing Pain Ends After Ten-Minute Surgery

tDCS treatment helps patient with trigeminal neuralgia

*MIGRAINE / HEADACHE 

Survey: Migraine Patients Dissatisfied With Treatment

Maxalt for Migraine: Generics Now Approved and Shipping

Behavioral Treatments May Prevent Migraine in Some Patients

Chronic migraine headache relief possible with outpatient nerve decompression surgery

Migraine and epilepsy 'could have shared genetic link'

Migraine Sufferers Show More Brain Changes Than Others: But no link found between number, severity of lesions and lowered thinking skills

Study Connects Migraine With Celiac and Irritable Bowel

First American patients enrolled in study of GammaCore Therapy for Chronic Migraine Prevention and Cluster Headaches

Characteristics of Chronic Migraine Reported

How migraines can affect your child

HeadWay, Issue #101: Finding Treatment for a Constant Headache (and more)

HeadWay, Issue #102: While You're Waiting For Better Treatments (and more)

*FEATURED BLOG POST

Cultivate a More Open Heart in 2013

by Dr. Laurie Ferguson of CreakyJoints.org