Tuesday-Newsday #166

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are “5 Ways You're Not 'Living' With Chronic Illness”, “Taming Stressful Thoughts: How to Make Your Thoughts Work for You” and “Let Your Light Shine in Spite of a Life With 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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*MEDICATION NEWS

American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Issues Guidelines Saying Opioid Risks Outweigh Benefits For Most Chronic Noncancer Pain Cases

American Academy of Pain Management Responds AAN’s New Opioid Guidelines: “too black & white for the... world of pain management”

Activists Want FDA Commissioner Fired for Opioid Approvals

ZohydroER Approval Still Under Debate in Congress

FDA says no to anti-addiction rule on Ritalin, painkillers

Dialysis, Opioids, and Pain Management: Why are there no recommendations?

Starting next week: New Restrictions on Painkillers: Tramadol and Hydrocodone

opinion: Drug Ban: More Pain, Not Less Addiction

NSAID Painkillers Tied to Blood Clot Risk, Study Suggests

Canadian doctors given advice on prescribing medical pot; Guidelines say no evidence that Cannabis helps for low back pain or fibromyalgia

Chronic Pain Is the Most Common Reason for Dietary Supplement Use

'Polyherbacy' a Common Challenge in Pain Patients

The Dangers of Mixing Medications

Soon You Can Send Your Expired Painkillers Through the Mail

Kids' poisonings linked to anti-addiction medicine

opinion: The Conundrum of Epidural Corticosteroid Injections

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS

Alcohol Consumption Decreases Likelihood of Developing Pain

Thirteen projects ongoing to study pain treatment alternatives, specifically aimed at military veterans

Musculoskeletal Pain Relief With Stem Cell Injections

Do Genes Play a Role in Chronic Pain?

Genetic Mapping + Super Computing = Personalized Medicine 

Talking to Kids About Your Pain

*PATIENT NEWS

After Surgery, Surprise $117,000 Medical Bill From Doctor He Didn’t Know

Baby’s Drug Co-Pay Jumps, and a Health Reporter Is Stumped

The ugly surprise of out-of-network doctors and 'balance billing'

Your medical record is worth more to hackers than your credit card

Protected health information (PHI) is YOUR information but it can be used to benefit everyone

The Secret Committee Behind Our Soaring Health Care Costs

Medical Implant Devices Skate Through Review Process, Studies Claim: Researchers criticize FDA for lax oversight

NIH Adds $10M to Encourage Gender Balance in Clinical Trials

Females Overlooked in Basic Surgical Research, Study Says

Are Clinical Trials Still Being “Hidden”?

Patients waiting too long to see doctor? Try 'just-in-time' management methods, researchers urge

This 3D-Printed Vertebra Is A Huge Step Forward For Medicine

App leads to falling death rates in hospitals

Health apps: do they do more harm than good?

Whiteboard Med School: Videos showing patients how they improve their lives with info on various health issues

opinion: Obamacare a Successful Failure, Says Oregon Doctor

*COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME (CRPS) / RSD

Online Survey Seeks Patients' Views on Treatment of CRPS

Causes of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome closer to discovery

Power of Pain President Barby Ingle on CRPS

Ask the Expert: How Does a Doctor Determine if a Patient Has Central Sensitization?

Doctor Asks: “Is there a cure for CRPS? (video)

Using art to cope with complex regional pain syndrome

A Different Kind of Hero: A Teenager Transform Her Pain Into a Way of Helping Children

‘Pedigree chum’ Chloe helps wheelchair-bound RSD woman with daily life

Mentor Program For CRPS and RSD Patients 

CRPS OR RSDS? Which is the Correct Term to Use?

RSDSA Community Update - Summer 2014

2014 Fall Issue of the RSDSA Community Update  

*LUPUS

"UNVEIL" Survey Reveals a Life Interrupted by Lupus

Lupus Patients Face High Rehospitalization Rates

New guidance on how and when to stop immunosuppressants in lupus patients

Systemic lupus erythematosus: Quest for safer treatment

Plant-derived compound 'may effectively treat lupus with fewer side effects'

No Link Seen Between Vaccines and Lupus

Genetic key to lupus shows potential of personalized medicine

Rheumatologic diseases like lupus can initially look like neurological disorders

NIH Announces Network to Accelerate Medicines for RA, Lupus

Math Model Designed to Replace Invasive Kidney Biopsy for Lupus Patients

Lupus and the Atomic Bomb?

Community TV: Speaking of Lupus

*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.

5 Ways You're Not 'Living' With Chronic Illness

by Ilana Jacqueline 

Taming Stressful Thoughts: How to Make Your Thoughts Work for You

by Bruce Campbell

Let Your Light Shine in Spite of a Life With Chronic Pain

by Sue Falkner-Wood

Tuesday-Newsday #165

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are “How Do I Handle Unwanted Advice?”, “My body & My best  friend” and “How To Be There For Someone.”

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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*MEDICATION NEWS

This Saturday is 'National Prescription Drug Take Back Day'

Rapid Price Increases for Some Generic Drugs Catch Users by Surprise

New Data Shows ZohydroER Reduced Pain and Improved Function in People With Chronic Pain

Is Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia a Real Phenomenon?

For Chronic Pain Patients Unrelieved by High-Dose Opioids, What Next?

Survey of Chronic Pain Patients On Current Access to Opioids: 18% of patients were unable to fill prescriptions by pharmacists on at least one occasion

Is Your Opiate or Antidepressant Medication Causing or Increasing Incontinence?

Marijuana Rated Most Effective Alternative Treatment for Pain, According to Study of Female Pain Patients

Ex-cops screening patients at pain pill clinics in West Virginia, and charging patients for it

FDA Approves Movantik/Naloxegol Tablets C-II for the Treatment of Opioid-Induced Constipation in Adult Patients with Chronic Non-Cancer Pain

Consumer Reports: Is Acetaminophen a deadly pain pill?

opinion: The Forgotten Patients: Those Who Benefit From Opioid Treatment

opinion: Zohydro Debate - Drug Hysteria or True Concern?

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS

Pain Pathways Magazine

Fat mass contributes to musculoskeletal pain risk

Eye Color a Potential Cue to Pain Tolerance 

Living in disadvantaged neighborhood worsens musculoskeletal pain outcomes after trauma exposure

Modest Alcohol Consumption Is Associated With Lower Pain Prevalence and Disability Levels

Childhood Trauma and Pain: Is There a Connection?

Can Hypnosis Eliminate Pain?

Pain Coaching Helps Patients Achieve Goals

Philips aims to relieve persistent pain with smartphone-controlled devices

*OBAMACARE ISSUES

Insurance Plans May Have a Loophole for Pre-existing Conditions

Obamacare Face Hurdles Ahead Of Its Second Enrollment Season

The Obamacare 'family glitch' will deny healthcare insurance to millions

Health Insurance May Not Be Affordable for All: Study highlights gaps and unintended consequences of Obamacare

*RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

What Are Infusion Reactions and Injection Site Reactions?

FDA OKs a New Methotrexate Injection Device Rasuvo

Orencia Combo Tops in Early, Severe RA

Oral RA Drug Shows Enduring Safety Results Tofacitinib/Xeljanz

Treat-to-Target With Actemra Succeeds in RA

Combo Therapy Boosts Patient Outcomes in RA: combination of Tocilizumab (Actemra) plus Methotrexate

Marijuana Trials Leave RA Patients in Doubt

Arthritis patients failing to take expensive medication, according to new research

Shingles Risks Similar for the RA Biologics

Chinese Herb for RA Questioned

What ‘Type’ of RA Do You Have? Some researchers suggest rheumatoid arthritis may be more than a single disease

Smoking and Salt Double Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Cognitive-behavioral coping skills training has positive effects on rheumatoid arthritis

Obesity in Women Linked With Early RA

People with RA Are Living Longer

Rheumatoid Arthritis and hydrotherapy

Go Ahead, Try Massage Therapy for RA Joint Pain

Vectra DA Predicts Radiographic Progression In Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis

New survey explores impact of chronic fatigue on people with rheumatoid arthritis

Chronic fatigue and rheumatoid arthritis: interview with an expert from National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society

Research about pregnancy and arthritis medications

Vigilance for kidney problems key for rheumatoid arthritis patients, study finds

Cartilage actively contributes to arthritis

Potential anti-TNF response biomarker identified

Curing rheumatoid arthritis in mice

12 Tips to Minimize RA Pain and Discomfort at the Dentist

Two Proteins Linked to Rheumatoid Arthritis

Molecular imaging gets to the root of rheumatoid arthritis

Research on inflammasomes opens new therapeutic avenues for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

Blocking single receptor could halt rheumatoid arthritis

Joint Decisions: Live Web Chats to Empower People Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis

opinion: Is RA really invisible? Oops…there is it is

*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.

AWAP: How Do I Handle Unwanted Advice? (video)

by Jenni Prokopy, editrix of ChronicBabe.com

My body & My best friend 

by Lene Andersen at CreakyJoints

How To Be There For Someone (video)

by Kelly Patricia 

Tuesday-Newsday #164

It's time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts for this week are “Top Tips for Flare-ups”, “Being an Empowered Patient While in the Hospital” and “The Four Agreements.” 

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 & GENDER 

‘Women in Pain’ Survey Results

‘Women in Pain’ Report Significant Gender Bias

Your Pain is Your Fault: What Women Are Told by Their Doctors

Men, Women Have Similar Pain Tolerances

opinion: Perception and Reality for Women in Pain

opinion: What It’s Like to Be a Woman in Pain

*MEDICATION NEWS

Express Scripts Excludes Zohydro from Coverage

Ask the Pharmacist: What Will Hydrocodone Rescheduling Mean for Pharmacies?

Neuropathic Pain study: Combining epilepsy drug Carbamazepine along with Morphine can result in less pain, lower opioid doses

Opioid-Induced Adverse Effects Hit Social Media

Pharmacist accused of starting nationwide meningitis outbreak that killed 15 pleads not guilty in court

Transdermal Creams Can Reduce Oral Pain Medication Use in Elderly Patients

Experts Say Cannabis for Pain Requires Better Science

Cannabis Technology Venture Eyes Pain Free Future

Developing a safe and effective alternative to medicinal marijuana

Teens' Daily Marijuana Use Linked to Poor Outcomes: Study contends increased suicide risk, long-term dependence 

opinion: The Consumer Reports cover story: “America’s Scary Pain Pill Habit”

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS

Startup based on Purdue innovation could improve stimulation treatments for patients with chronic pain

Acupuncture Pain Killing Mystery Revealed

New York State Pain Center Views Chronic Pain Through a Distinctive Lens

Communication and Behavior of Physician Important in Managing Chronic Pain

Shared pain brings people together

The Misery Index: Why aren’t we doing more to relieve pain?

Can Foam Rollers Help Relieve Muscle Pain?

Stints of standing while working may reduce back pain

The benefits of aquatic therapy

App finds design solutions to everyday problems for people with disabilities

*MIGRAINE / HEADACHE

HeadWay, Issue #121 -- Migraine, Headaches, and Pregnancy

Headway newsletter - back issues

Seeking patients: Trial opens for device to relieve cluster headache pain

New drug-free treatment in clinical trials: gammaCore

Doctors test eye drops for glaucoma to relieve migraine attacks

Zonisamide: A Possible Alternative if Topamax Doesn't Work

First-of-a-kind surgery in US for severe cluster headaches

Study confirms benefit of surgical eyelid treatment for migraines

Should you have nerve decompression surgery to end your migraines?

Non-endoscopic migraine surgery provides significant symptom relief

Migraine Surgery – Should it be Banned?

For Refractory Migraine, Consider Ketamine

Migraines and Stigma - How We Can Make a Difference and Why We Should

New Screening Tool for Chronic Migraine

Professors Delve into Mysteries Behind Chronic Pain, Migraines

Nerve Stimulator Eases Chronic Headache

Botulinum for Migraine Reaches Pain Receptors via Sutures

Migraines May Worsen During Menopause

Migraine Tracking App Is Like Having a Doctor on Call

A Migraine in (animated) Action

Don’t let your Doctor say, “It’s Just Migraine”

Chronic Migraines Affect the Whole Family: Web survey suggests the condition influences marriage, parenting and family dynamics

Headaches in pregnancy could 'mask' serious underlying health problems, expert warns

Migraine & Pregnancy: What to Expect

Migraines and Auras

Migraine sufferers may find meditation helps

Is it Migraine or Lupus?

Migraines and men: Why I laughed when I was told to 'man up'

‘Migraine Head Box’ Chills Pain

Does the Smell of an Onion Trigger Migraine?

New Hope for Cluster Headache

Summer season springs cluster headaches into action

Season's Change Can Bring on Cluster Headaches

Subcutaneous Sumatriptan for Cluster Headache

Sequence of Treatments in Emergency – what works?

Baking Soda for Headaches?

Former NFL Players May Be Plagued With Chronic Headaches

Migraine Hacks: A Movie Theatre with Fewer Triggers

Move over, Ice Bucket Challenge: We want to bring some attention to migraine!

Treating “Migraine Brain”

“Migraine Brain” Part II – working memory deficits

Migraine and Suicide Risk: Know the Facts, Get Help

Monoclonal Antibodies Promising for Migraine Prevention

10 Tips for Avoiding Summer Migraines and Headaches 

10 Things to Tell Your Doctor, if you have migraine, cluster, or a headache condition

*PEDIATRIC MIGRAINE / HEADACHE

Migraines Can Derail a Child’s Future

How Disabled is your Child with Migraine?

Six Reasons for Headaches in School-Age Children and How Parents Can Help Relieve the Pain

Have your child draw their headache (why and how)

Infant Colic May Be Early Migraine

How to Explain Migraine to Children

*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.

Top Tips for Flare-ups 

by Jan Sadler of PainSupportUK

Video: Being an Empowered Patient While in the Hospital

by Ilana Jacqueline at Let’s Feel Better

The Four Agreements: (Click below to read each of the four)

--Don’t make assumptions

--Don’t take anything personally

--Be impeccable with your word

--Always do your best

by Tammy Rome at Migraine.com

Tuesday-Newsday #163

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are “Why catastrophizing sucks. PLUS: A challenge (for you and me both!)”, “What It’s Like to Take a Vacation While Chronically Ill” and “Self-compassion: NOT some psychobabble feel goody thing.”

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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Invisible Illness Awareness Week is this week

September is Pain Awareness Month

*MEDICATION NEWS

Saturday, Sept. 27 is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

DEA to Allow Hospitals & Pharmacies to Collect Unwanted Meds

Purdue Pharma presents efficacy, abuse deterrent potential of pain medication Hysingla ER

Pain Experts Predict Problems with Hydrocodone Rescheduling

No Overdoses or Diversion Caused by Zohydro

Opioid Prescription Should Include Risk Assessment

Methadone Treatment Reduces Sex Hormone in Men Only

Stress Might Influence Development of Chronic Pain

Non-invasive delivery of drugs for effective pain relief

Public Citizen expert slams aspects of FDA draft drug labeling guidance

Using computers to design drugs

Lack of access to pain relief for millions of dying patients is a world public health emergency

Deciphering Drug Labels Not Always Easy

Doctors and Patients Communicate Poorly about Constipation

opinion: The Hippocratic Oath or Hypocrisy

opinion: Why I Need Hydrocodone

opinion: Patients deserve the best treatment for chronic pain, doctor says

*UPDATE ON MENINGITIS OUTBREAK FROM CONTAMINATED Rx

Massachusetts Pharmacist Arrested in Deadly Fungal Meningitis Outbreak

Pharmacist's arrest cheers meningitis patients

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS 

8th Annual National P.A.I.N. Summit 2014 with Montel Williams

Rules for Vicodin pain medication changing October 6th, 2014

Education, Patient-Focused Approach to Treating Chronic Pain Are Keys to Preventing Opioid Abuse, Say Experts, Patients

People with widespread pain more likely to develop insomnia

Researchers unlock new mechanism in pain management

Can Power of the Mind Control Chronic Pain? Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)

Altered Pain Perception May Underlie Some Dry Eye Disease

Promoting Mind-Body Approaches to Pain Self-Management

Flotation therapy: Spending time in a dark tank of warm salt water might sound a bit wacky, but converts say there are plenty of mental and physical benefits

10 Things to Know About Neuromodulation: Minimally Invasive Procedures to Reduce or Alleviate Pain

Massage Therapy Decreases Inflammation and Pain

9 Surprising Health Benefits of Massage

*OSTEOARTHRITIS

Artificial Hips Blamed for Poisoning Patients

Arthritis patients are taking too many painkillers - raising their risk of internal bleeding, heart attack and stroke, U.K. report finds

Struggling to move: Delving into the pain of osteoarthritis

Not all Osteoarthritis Patients Reported Pain; Women reported more pain than men, Pain was greater in those who were older

Research shows how breastfeeding can help ease the pain of arthritis

Osteoarthritis patients 'willing to accept treatment-associated risks'

Complementary & Alternative Medicines (CAM) use widespread in OA

Is Bee Sting Therapy Buzzing Into The Mainstream? Clinical Trials Underway For Chronic Pain

Protection from osteoarthritis may lie in our own joints, study suggests

Study: Overweight osteoarthritis patients have more pain

Obesity alone does not cause arthritis in animal study; What does this mean for people?

Humira No Help for Arthritic Hands

Inadequate pain relief common in knee osteoarthritis

Adding grapes to diet resulted in less activity-related pain in knee osteoarthritis

Knee pain when using stairs early clue to OA

Arthritis Knee Pain Eased by the traditional Chinese medicine practice of Moxibustion

Walking and Dancing Help Relieve Knee Pain

Pain in knee osteoarthritis differs by ethnicity

New treatment for knee pain: AposTherapy

Laser therapy for knee pain, treating KOA

Study: One Third of Knee Replacement Surgeries ‘Inappropriate’

Knee surgery not needed for mild osteoarthritis, experts say

Study: Partial Knee Replacement Safer

Sprifermin offers benefit for cartilage loss from knee osteoarthritis

From Botox to 'grow your own' cartilage - how to ease your bad knees

Wrecked knees? Nose cartilage can fix them

Physical therapy for hip osteoarthritis does not appear to provide greater improvement for pain or function

The role of stem cells in osteoarthritis treatment

A new cause of osteoarthritis identified by research on a rare disease

First biomarkers found to predict severe osteoarthritis

*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.

AWAP: Why catastrophizing sucks. PLUS: A challenge (for you and me both!)

by Jenni Prokopy, editrix of ChronicBabe

What It’s Like to Take a Vacation While Chronically Ill

by Toni Bernhard

Self-compassion: NOT some psychobabble feel goody thing

by Dr. Laurie at Creaky Joints