Tuesday-Newsday #157

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are “The Suicide Edition”, “To The Relative Who Thinks You’re a Hypochondriac” and “Speaking Out for Caregivers: Back from the Vortex.”

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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*ALERT* - Medical Deception: California doctors reportedly used fake hardware in spine surgeries

*Rx RECALL*: FDA announces voluntary nationwide recall of all non-expired sterile drugs from Unique Pharmaceuticals

*MEDICATION NEWS

FDA Approves Hard-to-Abuse Narcotic Painkiller: Targiniq ER contains naloxone, which blunts euphoria of oxycodone when tablet is crushed or broken

Some Addiction Experts Have Panned 'Abuse-Deterrent' Label for New Opioid, Targiniq ER

Study: Opioid-Induced Constipation May Be Vastly Underreported

Promising medication Naloxegol counteracts constipation caused by opioid painkillers

FDA Wants More Info on AcelRx Pain Drug Device Zalviso

Painkiller patches risk to children: Be very careful when disposing of used Fentanyl patches

*MARIJUANA as MEDICINE

The Marijuana Conundrum

How risky is marijuana? What scientists know and don't know about marijuana's risks & benefits

Pot Researcher Firing Unleashes Rising Veteran Backlash

Marijuana for Arthritis and Pain: Is There a Role?

Does marijuana use cause sleep problems?

Study: how marijuana causes paranoia

More illness from synthetic marijuana likely

Marijuana use linked to cardiovascular complications and death

Colorado: The Land of Pot-Smokers and Busy Cardiologists?

Germany allows chronic pain sufferers to grow their own cannabis

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS 

Early Palliative Care Cuts Costs for Critically Ill Patients

Researchers Posit Clustering of Good, Poor Pain Centers

Pain & Policies Study Group releases 2013 Progress Report Card and Evaluation Guide for States and Federal Government

Study Says It Is Possible To Push Through The Pain, And Beat It

Group doctor visits may improve life for people with muscle disorders

Food: Can it Ease Your Pain?

Catching up with Mark Johnson, pain science specialist 

The Power of Pain Foundation Article for PAINWEEK Journal

Stanford Health Library has more than 1,000 e-books available at no charge to anyone with an Internet connection

New PBS-TV Special “Learning about Pain Management” will air in August as part of 'Healthy Body, Healthy Mind' series

*BACK PAIN

Acetaminophen May Not Help Against Back Pain

Epidural Steroid Injections ‘No Benefit’ for Spinal Stenosis

Study examines back pain and depression in older Americans: Patients being sought to join 

NIH task force proposes standards for research on chronic low back pain

Study underscores benefits of clinical massage therapy for chronic lower back pain

A YouTube Video Is Doctor's Secret Weapon Against Back Pain

Lower Back Pain Is the Leading Cause of Disability in the World

Doctors should give greater weight to the effects of low back pain on patients' social lives

'Weak association' between back pain and weather

Low Back Pain Leading Cause of Disability Worldwide: Nearly 10 percent of people are affected

Giving back pain the chair: Inventor addresses sedentary work lifestyle

SPECT/CT reveals best treatment for low back pain

Ten-year Follow-up of Strengthening Versus Flexibility Exercises With or Without Abdominal Bracing in Recurrent Low Back Pain

Long-lasting improvements for discogenic low-back pain treated with minimally invasive intradiscal biacuplasty

Stem cell transplant shows 'landmark' promise for treatment of degenerative disc disease

Surgeons are injecting the spine with fat from patient's stomachs in 'promising' new treatment for chronic back pain

Spine surgeons need to screen more patients for anxiety, depression, study suggests

Novel National Registry Measures Lumbar Surgery Effectiveness

New study taps into genetics of spinal pain

Tubes of liquid metal that mend severed nerves: Treatment could bridge the gap between nerve endings

*FEATURED BLOG POSTS

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.

The Suicide Edition (AWAP Wednesday)

by Jenni Prokopy, editrix of ChronicBabe

To The Relative Who Thinks You’re a Hypochondriac

by Ilana Jacqueline at Let’s Feel Better

Speaking Out for Caregivers: Back from the Vortex

by Lee Woodruff for PainPathways magazine