Tuesday-Newsday #117

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are: “55 Responses to ‘But You Look So Good’" by Lisa Copen and contributors and “PTMO: Permission To Miss Out (I give it to you!)” by Jenni Prokopy of ChronicBabe.com

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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 *INVISIBLE ILLNESS WEEK - COMING UP SEPTEMBER 10-16

FAQs on the ways you can be part of Invisible Illness Week

Watch all the Invisible Illness Seminars from last year’s event on YouTube

Find out more on topics such as parenting when ill, working when ill, how to improve your communication skills, transitioning to college and career, and much more

Full List of Helpful and Insightful Articles From Previous Invisible Illness Awareness Weeks

Living with Pain: An Invisible Disability

*PAIN MEDICATION NEWS

CVS cuts access to opioid pain-killers for suspect doctors

Remarkably Low Opioid Abuse in Pain Patients

Does Pain Reliever Misuse Lead to Heroin? Breaking down study results

Many medicines are safe during breastfeeding, panel finds: “'Caution is advised’ for certain powerful painkillers ... but others (are safer)...”

Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen Combo No Extra Help for Musculoskeletal Pain

*PATIENT NEWS

Dangerous Doctors Allowed to Keep Practicing: Thousands of doctors practicing despite errors and misconduct

Bracing for Obamacare: Nurse practitioners to fill doctor shortage gap

Online doctor visits offer convenience and often lower costs: But the benefits in convenience and cost are clearer than the data on quality of care

Path to United States Practice Is Long Slog to Foreign Doctors

Hospitals are turning to social media to engage patients and improve the patient experience

Worse Outcomes Seen When Patients Leave Hospital Against Medical Advice: Large study found more readmissions, higher death rates

Hyperbaric Oxygen Chambers Aren't Cure-Alls, FDA Warns: Despite hype, treatment doesn't help for cancer or many other ills, and can have serious side effects

How learning to sing can improve your health

*ARTHRITIS - ALL TYPES

Massage Envy and Carrie Ann Inaba Help Arthritis Sufferers on September 18 with the event: Healing Hands for Arthritis™  

For every one-hour massage or facial session performed during the event, Massage Envy Spa makes a donation to the Arthritis Foundation. Click the headline to learn more!

The health benefits of massage are varied, but can it ease the pain of arthritis? 

Calcium Plus Vitamin D Won't Cure Joint Pain: Severity of condition did not improve in women who took supplements over 2-year period

Does Alcohol Lower the Risk of Arthritis?

ACR Publishes List of Top 5 Questionable Procedures: Some common – and costly – rheumatology services are not always needed, experts say

2013 National Arthritis Index Survey - Take the Quiz & Find Also See the Results

Occupational therapy can help people with arthritis

*JUVENILE ARTHRITIS

Kids Get Arthritis Too: A new website for Kids with JA

Juvenile arthritis doesn't need to mean a lifetime of pain: Symptoms can arrive as early as age 2, but a range of treatments lets patients lead normal lives

Easing the pain of kids' arthritis

How little ones live with childhood arthritis

Common Childhood Vaccine Won't Worsen Juvenile Arthritis: Safety of measles-mumps-rubella booster shot had previously been called into question

CHERISH trial demonstrates efficacy of tocilizumab in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

High-dose infliximab safely, effectively treated juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients

Potential Markers for Severity of Childhood Arthritis

Premature Aging of Immune Cells in Joints of Kids With Chronic Arthritis

*FEATURED BLOG POSTS

55 Responses to “But You Look So Good”

Wish you could convey the reality of your invisible illness and pain, but don’t want to be sarcastic? Here are some ideas

     by Lisa Copen and contributors (plus more in the comments)

PTMO: Permission To Miss Out (I give it to you!)

     by Jenni Prokopy of ChronicBabe.com (printed with permission)