Tuesday-Newsday #150

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are “Six Common Misconceptions about the Chronically Ill”, “How a Lupus Diagnosis Made Me More Selfish” and “How do you get your ChronicBabe-ness back after a crap-tastic day?”

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   

Type of Chronic Pain May Affect Risk for Suicide

Internalized Stigma Linked with Poor Self Esteem and Pain Self-Efficacy

Positive Activities Administered Online Help in Pain Management

Study: Pain Shortens Your Lifespan, Spicy Foods Prolong It

Tests to identify future sufferers of chronic pain after operations

Men 'feel more pain after major ops'

Researchers Find New Target for Chronic Pain Treatment: The discovery could lead to new therapies for conditions such as arthritis, shingles, and back pain

Blocking pain receptors extends lifespan and boosts metabolism in mice

Is your pain linked to your emotions?

A Move Toward Sex Equality in Preclinical Pain Research 

Federal pain research database launched

*MEDICATION NEWS

FDA Approves Generic Version of Painkiller Celebrex

Why We Must Not Let Addiction Hysteria Kill Off Zohydro

Marijuana use associated with impaired sleep quality

Study uncovers Marijuana's potential to treat autoimmune diseases

Chronic pain sufferers advocate against stigma of prescription pain meds

Massachusetts patients caution lawmakers about role of pain medications

Could OTC painkillers prevent recurring urinary tract infections?

System 'prints' precise drug dosages tailored for patients

Counties sue narcotics makers, alleging 'campaign of deception'

Chicago Slaps Painkiller Makers with Lawsuit Over Risks

FDA: Illegal Online Meds Targeted in Worldwide Crackdown

*MENINGITIS OUTBREAK from TAINTED INJECTIONS

$100 Million Settlement Reached In Fungal Meningitis Lawsuits Alleging Tainted Steroid Injections

$100 milliion dollar deal small comfort: Meningitis outbreak victim expects little

*LUPUS

Vitamin D supplementation reduced SLE patients’ disease activity

Low Vitamin D Worsens Lupus Risks in Kids

Immune system genes activated by estrogen may hold clues to Lupus origin

Lupus Therapies Continue to Evolve

Lupus Awareness Month: The latest discoveries

*IBD / CROHN’S / COLITIS

FDA OKs New Drug for Hard-to-Treat Colitis & Crohn's: Entyvio/Vedolizumab

Key genetic link between chronic pain conditions like IBS discovered

Depression Tied to Crohn's Disease Flare-Ups: Doctors should be aware of body-mind connection

Drugs cut need for surgery for Crohn's disease sufferers by more than half

Quicker IBD diagnosis in children needed to prevent mental health conditions

Endoscope Therapy Opens Strictures in IBD Kids

Brain Scans Show Altered Placebo Analgesia Response in IBS

Speaking Up About an Uncomfortable Condition

New Therapies for a Debilitating Condition (IBD)

Medicine’s Dirty Secret: Fecal Transplants Are the Next Big Thing (to treat various conditions including IBD)

The New Connection Between IBD And Heart Failure

Wound-healing role for microRNAs in colon offer new insight to inflammatory bowel diseases

Vibrating Capsule Promising for Chronic Constipation

Can Prebiotics and Probiotics Really Improve Gastrointestinal Health? 

*FEATURED BLOG POSTS
Remember that even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.

Six Common Misconceptions about the Chronically Ill

by Toni Bernhard

How a Lupus Diagnosis Made Me More Selfish

by Shanelle Gabriel

How do you get your ChronicBabe-ness back after a crap-tastic day? (AWAP Wednesday)

by Jenni Prokopy, editrix of ChronicBabe