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