Tuesday-Newsday #145

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are “How I deal with my hidden pain, every day”, “To Disclose or Not to Disclose? Working with Chronic Pain” and “What I did today to help make living with ‘invisible’ illness more visible. And: What you can do, too.”

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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National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

April 26, 2014 from 10AM to 2PM

This event provides a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of your unwanted, unused, or expired prescriptions. All medications that your family and pets use should be properly disposed of for three reasons:

          ~ to prevent prescription drugs from being abused

          ~ to protect the environment 

          ~ to reduce the potential for accidental poisonings

Find the collection site nearest you by going HERE.

*MEDICATION NEWS

Student's death in Colorado raises questions on pot and health

Use of NSAIDs Tied to Higher Risk of Irregular Heartbeat in Older Adults, Study Finds

Taking Blood Thinners With Certain Painkillers May Raise Bleeding Risk

Federal Judge Asked to Lift Ban on Zohydro

Let's Get The Zohydro Facts Straight

Opinion: Don't buy all the Zohydro hysteria, one doctor says

PatientsLikeMe Gives Genentech Full Access

The most extensive collaboration between the patient social network and a drug company to-date is likely to be just the first of its kind.

The High Cost of Rare Disease Drugs

*ARTHRITIS - ALL TYPES

Research shows how breastfeeding can help ease the pain of arthritis

Study Finds Link Between Weather, Joint Pain

Women report more pain than men after knee replacement surgery

Laughter Yoga Can Ease Arthritis Pain: Try this unique, effective approach to pain relief

Shoes shouldn’t hurt! Find out which styles can help ease your arthritis foot pain

Young arthritis sufferers choose treatments that 'make life normal'

UK arthritis treatment waiting times 'unacceptable'

Crohn’s Disease, Psoriasis, Arthritis Treatments May Be Aided Through New Molecular Pathway Discovery

Smoking Tied to Worse Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis

Two new studies examine the changing trends in age at knee replacement surgery and causes for revision surgeries

*OSTEOARTHRITIS

A glass of milk a day 'keeps knee arthritis at bay' - but only if you are a woman

Knee Pain May Not Be Helped by Glucosamine

Methotrexate Decreases Pain, Improves Function in Knee OA

FDA Approves Monovisc Single-Injection Treatment for Knee OA Pain

The Responsiveness to Treatment of the Neuropathic Components of Knee Osteoarthritis

The adult offspring of parents addicted to drugs or alcohol at greater risk for arthritis

Vitamins and Minerals: How Much is Too Much? Taking vitamins or minerals for your arthritis? Although they're good for you, you can have too many

Nighttime finger splints can ease arthritis pain

Weather may truly affect osteoarthritis pain

Hormone Therapy May Improve Joint Implant Success: Researchers say HRT may prevents bone loss around artificial hips and knees for women

*FEATURED BLOG POSTS

How I deal with my hidden pain, every day

by Kasia Redden

To Disclose or Not to Disclose? Working with Chronic Pain

by Katrina Overland

What I did today to help make living with “invisible” illness more visible. And: What you can do, too
by Jenni Prokopy, editrix of Chronic Babe