Tuesday-Newsday #137

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are all about living better as part of a couple, when one person has 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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*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS

FDA Panel Sees No Heart-Safety Advantage With Naproxen as Compared to Other Pain Relievers

Calmare Therapy Gets Favorable Medicare Ruling

Groundbreaking Partnership Formed Between Government, Drug Companies, and Nonprofits To Develop New Treatments For Common Chronic Diseases

Chronic pain: Millions suffer, missing non-drug options

New Drug Shows Promise in Treating Neuropathic Pain

Pain threshold genes amplified by lifestyle

Scientists have identified the receptor in cells of the peripheral nervous system responsible for our ability to sense cold; it also illuminates a mechanism that mediates how the body experiences intense stimuli that can cause pain

Love in the Time of Chronic Illness: When should you disclose medical conditions to a date? When is illness too much for a relationship to survive?

A Resource Guide for College Students Living with Chronic Health Issues

video: Why we should change the way we look at chronic pain 

*JUVENILE ARTHRITIS (JRA / SJIA)

Biologic an Effective First Therapy for Systemic JIA: Anakinra shows promise for children with the most serious form of juvenile arthritis

Systemic JIA May Soon Get Fourth Biologic: Rilonacept found to be effective against this serious form of juvenile arthritis

Recent Advances in Medicine Lead to Better Health for Children With Juvenile Arthritis

Aggressive Combination Therapy Helps Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Achieve Inactive Disease Faster

New Tools in Juvenile Arthritis Treatment Help Children, Their Families and Their Rheumatologists Share in Important Health Care Decision Making

Potential markers for severity of childhood arthritis

The Loneliness of Chronic Illness: My Battle With Arthritis and Depression (starting at age 10)

new site: Arthritis Introspective: Our mission is to improve lives through wellness education, empowerment & local support groups

*PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS

Psoriatic Arthritis Likely to Return Without Meds: Disease often recurs when people in remission stop their medications

Aggressive, early intervention with disease-modifying drugs improves outcomes for psoriatic arthritis patients

Infliximab dose escalation optimized durability in psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis patients

Organizations Announce Psoriasis Registry

The Psoriatic Arthritis Race: Otezla expected to get FDA approval in March

U.K. Psoriatic and Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Waiting “Unacceptable” Times for Referral in NHS

*LUPUS

New Genetic Clue to Lupus Is Found

Low Vitamin D Linked With Worse Lupus

New hope for lupus screening and treatment

Malaria drug combo could help prevent pregnancy complications in lupus patients

Epratuzumab decreased corticosteroid use and increased quality of life in lupus patients

Headaches in lupus patients were not linked to disease severity

*FEATURED BLOG POSTS

--13 Romantic At Home Date Ideas for Valentine’s Day

--Your Marriage is a Story  

both posts by Helena at Chronic Marriage: Helping Couples with Chronic Illness Build Extraordinary Marriages

--23 Tips For Men on Supporting a Partner with Chronic Pain
by Pete Beisner