Tuesday-Newsday #162

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are “Self-compassion: NOT some psychobabble feel goody thing”, “6 things not to do as a caregiver” and “Do You Really Want to Know How I am Feeling?”

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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*AWARENESS

September is 'National Pain Awareness Month'

'Invisible Illness Awareness Week' is next week September 8-14 

*MEDICATION NEWS

Prescription painkiller crackdown has gone 'way too far,' some doctors believe

Experts Say Cannabis for Pain Requires Better Science

Estrogen increases cannabis sensitivity

Safer Pill Dispsenser Could Save Children’s Lives By Preventing Pills from Spilling Out

Critics Slam FDA Plan to Up Minorities in Studies

Research: New painkiller could tackle pain, without risk of addiction 

Surprising new role for calcium in sensing pain

NSAIDs can cause changes to cell membranes; findings could have wide repercussions for drug developers

opinion: Drug Tests and Pain Contracts Violate Patient Rights

opinion: The Cold Stare: A hemophiliac’s anger over being humiliated when asking for pain Rx

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS 

Now Open to Patients and their Families: The Pain in Pediatrics with Complex Chronic Diseases Conference: 

Women with severe, chronic health issues are screened for breast cancer less often

Stoking Serotonin Production May Help Manage Pain

Teaching the Nervous System to Forget Chronic Pain

Platelet-Rich Plasma Gaining Traction With Some Pain Physicians

Consumer Pain Advocacy Task Force (CPATF)

What is dry needling and what is it used for?

*PATIENT NEWS

Are Your Medical Records Vulnerable To Theft?

When Patients Read What Their Doctors Write

Being overweight causes hazardous inflammations, increasing immune response, which may lead to chronic disease

Study Hints at Link Between Poor Sleep, Suicide Risk: But the research involving older adults doesn't prove cause and effect

More Than 1,000 Preventable Deaths a Day is Too Many: The Need to Improve Patient Safety

The Battle Against Misdiagnosis: American doctors make the wrong call more than 12 million times a year

Could a simple blood test predict risk of suicide?

UK to lead fight against cancer and rare genetic disorders

Play An Active Role in Your Healthcare Through Clinical Trials 

Sizing up the Quality of Dietary Supplements

*AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES - General News 

Marijuana shows potential in treating autoimmune disease

Shingle Risk High in Lupus, RA, COPD

Risk of autoimmune diseases greater in patients with eating disorders

Genome study identifies three possible drug candidates for multiple autoimmune diseases

'Worm pill' could ease autoimmune disease symptoms

Researchers map parasite with promising effect on autoimmune diseases

Scientists Find Control Signal For Immune System That Could Help Treat Autoimmune Diseases And Cancer

Vaccines and Biologics: Questions Remain

*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.

Self-compassion: NOT some psychobabble feel goody thing

by Dr. Laurie at Creaky Joints

Why Friendships are Important to Your Marriage

by Helena at Chronic Marriage: Helping couples with chronic illness build extraordinary marriages

Five Rules for Revealing Your Chronic Illness

by Ilana Jacqueline at Let’s Feel Better