Tuesday-Newsday #152

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are “Do You Make this Medication Mistake?”, “Making my pain invisible” and “Five Things I Wish I Knew Sooner About 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   

Industry-supported bill on prescription drug diversion passes House committee

UC teams up with University of Michigan and Eli Lilly to tackle chronic pain

I don’t feel your pain: Men & women appear to suffer pain differently. So do blacks &whites. Modern medicine won’t even talk about it.

Opioid use prior to spine surgery linked to diminished patient reported outcomes

Study: Opioid-Induced Constipation May Be Vastly Underreported

Disabled by an Epidural

Anesthesiologists Say Complications from Epidurals ‘Very Rare’

First Children's Book for Kids Who Have Parents with Chronic Pain, “Why Does Mommy Hurt?”

Meet Edna: Pain Educator

Dorothy Hamill on Overcoming Arthritis & Cancer - and Helping Others

Animal-assisted therapy: is it undervalued as an alternative treatment?

Carex Health Brands launches AccuRelief TENS devices

Cyclist crossing Canada to raise awareness about chronic pain

*PATIENT NEWS

Is your doctor stoned? Government studies indicate about one in 10 doctors currently working is addicted to drugs or alcohol

Millions Will Not Have to Pay Obamacare Tax Penalties: More uninsured will qualify for exemptions in 2016 than earlier estimates showed

Startup Launches 'First Wearable Health Record' for Google Glass

Trust your doctor, not Wikipedia, say scientists

Days of doctors dictating medical decisions give way to new balances of power

When the worst medical advice comes from the patient

Would More Reporting Of Negative Results In Clinical Trials Help?

*PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS

Survey seeking patients: IFPA launches survey to identify strategies for building a better world for people with psoriasis

Drug Shows Promise Against Psoriatic Arthritis: Brodalumab

Optimal dosing of Adalimumab not received by one-third of psoriatic arthritis patients

Active Psoriatic Arthritis Yields to Stelara

Simponi Eases Psoriatic Arthritis Over Long Term

New FDA-approved treatment gives hope to Psoriatic Arthritis patients: OTEZLA® (Apremilast)

Many Not Receiving Optimal TNF-Alpha Inhibitor Dose in Psoriatic Arthritis

Psoriatic Arthritis: Golimumab Safe, Effective at 5 Years

Tazorac Discount Cards Now Available For Psoriasis Sufferers

Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis 'linked to higher risk of gout'

Psoriatic Arthritis: Systemic Burden Tied to Atherosclerosis

Psoriatic Arthritis Foot Pain Linked to Inflammation, Structure

Biomarkers predict long-term outcomes in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

New treatments for psoriatic arthritis are changing management

Phil Mickelson Opens Up About Psoriatic Arthritis

*JUVENILE ARTHRITIS (JRA / SJIA / PJIA)

Actemra Eases Arthritis in Kids

Adalimumab Gets a Thumbs Up in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Methotrexate May Impact Fertility in JIA Patients

Most Juvenile Arthritis Can Be Tamed With Current Treatments

Biomarkers predict long-term outcomes in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

IL-1 the Culprit in Juvenile Arthritis?

Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis May Benefit From Fitted Foot Orthoses

Tocilizumab may reduce polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis flares

Polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (PJIA): an interview with Dr. Kramer, VP, Immunology and Infectious Diseases (Genentech)

*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.

Do You Make this Medication Mistake?

by James Cottrill of HeadWay

Making my pain invisible

by Name Withheld

Five Things I Wish I Knew Sooner About Chronic Pain

by Crystal Lindell, Pills for Breakfast at National Pain Report