Tuesday-Newsday #125

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are: “25 Ways to Manage Stress During the Holidays” and “Dealing with Stress (When You Live With Chronic Pain).”

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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~* ‘PAIN MATTERS’ - Television Show Airs This Saturday *~

Watch Discovery Channel Documentary “Pain Matters” Chronicling the Burdens of Living with Chronic Pain on Nov. 16

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS

'Jaw-dropping' new form of gene therapy could allow scientists to modify human DNA and transform treatment of incurable genetic diseases

Using sound to manage chronic pain: Study finds women with chronic pain may be more sensitive to sounds than men

Make It Stop: To heal the hurt, Stanford researchers are getting to the root of chronic pain

Many Doctors Not Trained to Treat Pain

Study Shows How Social Media Engages People With Chronic Diseases

Survey: Life a Daily Struggle for People in Pain

*MEDICATION NEWS

FDA takes action to speed safety information updates on generic drugs

Study: Some FDA Approved Drugs Risky Due to Expedited Review and Approval

New drug rules could harm patients: Opposing view - Don't hinder doctors' ability to prescribe pain relief

Acetaminophen Could Be Harmful to Unborn Children

Pain Medication May Be Back on the Market in 2014: Embeda 

*MILITARY VETERANS

A Wounded Warrior Shares His Story on ‘Pain Matters’ Which Airs on Discovery Channel Nov. 16

Pain on the Battlefield: from radio show “Aches & Gains” (online audio)

Army Medicine Makes Advances on the War on Pain

Soldiers with Certain Gene Variations More Likely to Develop Chronic Pain After Amputation

Military medical personnel study pain management

Veterans With PTSD And Sleep Apnea Who Are Plagued By Nightmares Benefit From CPAP Therapy

Option for veterans: Acupuncture can treat pain and PTSD

Veteran Says Her Pain Is No Match for Arts and Crafts

Ken Wahl Moved by Guardians of Rescue—Helping Veterans & Animals Alike

“...these animals were actually very therapeutic and helped me to cope with my chronic pain... I feel this obligation to help disabled vets with rescued pets, since the pets were always so helpful to me.”

*PEDIATRIC PAIN

Self-Report Pain Scales Valid for Most Children

Minority Kids Get Fewer Pain Meds, Study Shows

U.S. Hospitals Adopt Child-Friendly Tactics to Minimize Pain, Trauma: Mission Children's Hospital Uses Movie Goggles in MRIs and Cardon Children's Medical Center Relies on Medical Play

Top 10 apps for pain management for children

Warning of future epidemic as 'generation overuse' feels the pain of new technology

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Helps Children with Chronic Migraine

Propofol Effective for Pediatric Migraine

Music eases pain of kids with cancer

Mysterious Pain Syndrome CRPS/RSD in Kids Can Be Beat, Thanks to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford

Racial Gap in Management of Pediatric Abdominal Pain

Most Painful Days of Your Life School Desks and Chronic Back Pain

Premature aging of immune cells present in joints of kids with chronic arthritis

Multiple sclerosis in children rare - but often worse

Obese Girls Much More Likely to Develop Multiple Sclerosis

Child's Chronic Illness Can Affect the Whole Family: Care demands can create more stress than severity of illness, researchers say

Siblings of Disabled Kids May Show Emotional Effects: Study found stress, care schedule may squeeze out parental time with brothers, sisters

Playing out medical experiences can help chronically ill children, as well as their siblings, express fears and foster hope for recovery

Young children struggling because few medical devices fit them 

Kids are noticeably absent from the development of treatments for pain, movement disorders, heart ailments, orthopedic treatments

Professor, Invents Wheelchair To Help Children With Disabilities Dance (VIDEO)

*FEATURED BLOG POSTS

25 Ways to Manage Stress During the Holidays

by Jenni Prokopy of ChronicBabe.com

Dealing with Stress (When You Live With Chronic Pain) 

by Jan Sadler of PainSupport.co.uk