NORML.ORG UK: Should Cannabis Be Legalised?
Norml - Reasons I use cannabis for medication. I used prescription medication, but by realising that prescription medication does not work, and does not kill their pain, nor do the

Court to hear Oregon suicide law case
AP via Florida Times-Union - PORTLAND, Ore. The Bush administration is challenging Oregon’s assisted suicide law, arguing that hastening someone’s death is an improper use of medication and thus violates federal drug laws. The U.S. the glass of medication and said, ‘I don’t think anyone understands how much pain I’ve been in

Right-to-Die Law Ignites Emotional Fight ; Controversial Oregon Statute Going Before High Court Next Week
Taunton Gazette - up the glass of medication and said, ‘I don’t think anyone understands how much pain I’ve been in terminally ill patients to obtain lethal doses of medication from their doctors

Man charged in slayings at Southcenter mall
Seattle Post Intelligencer - the drugs to temporarily replace his unfilled prescription pain medication. But according to police, Marshall bolted

Effectiveness of spinal-epidural pain medication during labor may be influenced by natural daily body rhythms
Medical News Today - Natural daily body rhythms may influence the effectiveness of spinal-epidural pain medication for women in labor, according to new research from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.

Digital mammograms may be more accurate
US News - Risks in benign breast disease 6/1/05:Risks of pain medication: Breast cancer risk linked to over-the-counter pills More

Patch that lasts all week offers hope to arthritis sufferers
Telegraph - Patch that lasts all week offers hope to arthritis sufferers A seven-day patch to help relieve the pain suffered by millions of osteoarthritis patients was launched yesterday. medication, according to research carried out by Arthritis Care. About 80 per cent of more than 1,000 patients surveyed reported waking up at night due to their pain

Angels of mercy
US News - Food and bottled water were in short supply. The pain medication was long gone

Policy a bitter pill for sufferer
Kansas City Star - AT YOUR SERVICE: I suffered from migraine headaches for several years, so I was thrilled when my doctor prescribed a medication that worked to alleviate the pain. I need at least eight pills a month to stop the migraine pain.

Ga. Hospitals Brace for Victims
11 Alive - and pain pills for longer than a week? What should patients do if they’ve lost all their medication?Across Georgia is they take medication, but they don’t know

Neuro-reflex therapy may help with numbness, pain in feet
lodinews.com - feet and lower legs.Doctors can offer pain relief medication, help patients with blood sugar control and He gives his patients pain medication, helps them with blood sugar control

New Surgery Gives Hope To Diabetics
CBS 2 - He spent many years taking pain medications and walking on crutches.’I call the pain a The usual treatment is pain medication, anti-inflammatories, and medications like gabapentin

Court to hear Oregon suicide law case
AP via Florida Times-Union - PORTLAND, Ore. The Bush administration is challenging Oregon’s assisted suicide law, arguing that hastening someone’s death is an improper use of medication and thus violates federal drug laws. The U.S. the glass of medication and said, ‘I don’t think anyone understands how much pain I’ve been in

Brainstorming Over Headache Cures
Jewish Exponent - the side effects of their medication. Some of the from both pain and nausea, a decrease in the frequency of migraine and a reduced need for treatment medication have been

Should cannabis be legalised?
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - reasons I use cannabis for medication. I used prescription medication, but by realising that prescription medication does not work, and does not kill their pain, nor do the

Abbott begins study of less-invasive spine implant
SignOn San Diego - designed to treat patients with lower back pain whose disease has not progressed to the stabilization’ with non-surgical treatment such as medication, exercise and physical therapy

Court To Hear Oregon Suicide Law Case11:09 pm EDT September 28, 2005
WRAL - death is an improper use of medication and thus violates federal drug laws the glass of medication and said, ‘I don’t think anyone understands how much pain I’ve been in

Neuro-reflex therapy may help with numbness, pain in feet
lodinews.com - feet and lower legs.Doctors can offer pain relief medication, help patients with blood sugar control and He gives his patients pain medication, helps them with blood sugar control

Duval doctors use new pain reliever
Florida Times-Union - By CHERIE BLACK, The Times-Union Physicians in Jacksonville are using a new pain reliever during surgeries such as total knee replacements that is said to provide relief for up to two days with one dose. Previous single doses of pain medication lasted only up to 24 hours and physicians had to insert a Vincent’s Medical Center offers the pain medication and Shands is looking into

Fill This Prescription
Scientific American - is good for the soul, can one refuse to give out pain medication? But the pharmacists are not really fighting for a

Abbott launches spine-implant study
CNN Money - to treat patients with lower back pain whose disease has not progressed to the stabilization’ — with non-surgical treatment such as medication, exercise and physical therapy

Medical Marketing & Media - Genentech and Xoma. (Pipeline).(Raptiva fails as rheumatoid arthritis treatment)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003 — Genentech and Xoma said the biologically engineered drug Raptiva failed to treat rheumatoid arthritis patients effectively. The companies, which have deiced to stop further tests, hope to have a

Chemical Market Reporter - IMMUNEX Corp.(priority review status for arthritis treatment)(Brief Article)
September 24, 2001 — IMMUNEX Corp. and co-marketing partner American Home Products’ Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories have received FDA priority review status for Immunex’s supplemental …

Drug Store News - Whitehall-Robins - advertises Advil as arthritis treatment during National Arthritis Month - Brief Article
April 23, 2001 — MADISON, N.J. — In preparation for National Arthritis Month in May, Whitehall-Robins earlier this quarter, introduced a new “arthritis-friendly” cap …

Better Nutrition - Study spawns arthritis hope
June 1, 2005 — Evidence has long suggested that a diet high in oily fish such as salmon and mackerel may help improve inflammatory conditions such as arthritis. At …

Business Week - Another Ailing Miracle Drug
March 14, 2005 — When the immune system goes bad, it goes very, very bad. Some 80 known diseases are caused by out-of-control immune cells that attack the body’s own organs — among them multiple sclerosis, rheumato

Applied Clinical Trials - Amgen Inc.(Kineret approved for rheumatoid arthritis treatment)
January 1, 2002 — FDA has approved Kineret (anakinra; Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA)) for reducing signs and symptoms of moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis …

Business Week - Another Ailing Miracle Drug
March 14, 2005 — When the immune system goes bad, it goes very, very bad. Some 80 known diseases are caused by out-of-control immune cells that attack the body’s own organs — among them multiple sclerosis, rheumato

Better Nutrition - Study spawns arthritis hope
June 1, 2005 — Evidence has long suggested that a diet high in oily fish such as salmon and mackerel may help improve inflammatory conditions such as arthritis. At …

Applied Clinical Trials - Amgen Inc.(Kineret approved for rheumatoid arthritis treatment)
January 1, 2002 — FDA has approved Kineret (anakinra; Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA)) for reducing signs and symptoms of moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis …

Chain Drug Review - Kineret Given Okay By FDA Advisory Panel.(Amgen Inc. rheumatoid arthritis treatment)(Brief Article)
September 24, 2001 — THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The arthritis advisory panel of the Food and Drug Administration has recommended the agency approve Kineret, a biologic therapy developed by Amgen Inc. for the treatment

Drug Store News - SAB-Pharma - Supplier News - SAB-Pharma offers gold sodium thiomalate as rheumatoid arthritis treatment in the United States - Brief Article
November 3, 2003 — SAB-Pharma announced that its gold sodium thiomalate is available for treating select cases of active rheumatoid arthritis in adults and children. The …

Drug Store News - Whitehall-Robins - advertises Advil as arthritis treatment during National Arthritis Month - Brief Article
April 23, 2001 — MADISON, N.J. — In preparation for National Arthritis Month in May, Whitehall-Robins earlier this quarter, introduced a new “arthritis-friendly” cap …

Wasatch Humane branches out from cats, dogs to save abandoned horses 
Salt Lake Tribune - Sep 25 11:31 PM
Raja’s debut at the Utah State Fair wasn’t much more than a nervous amble through dust in front of judges who barely seemed to look his way. The 11-year-old Arabian failed to keep his head tucked while cantering, and placed near the bottom of a 10-horse competition . Considering Raja was nearly sold as meat just last year, his rider, owner and best friend, Brooke Baker, was satisfied.

Senior Citizens Fastest Growing Membership in YMCA 
Senior Journal - Sep 26 9:20 AM
Sept. 26, 2005 Senior citizens 65 and older now represent the fastest-growing category of YMCA membership, which has reached 20.1 million, according to data released today.

Creator’s gift 
Missoulian - Sep 24 11:05 PM
BROWNING - A botanical Rocky Mountain landscape nourishes Pauline Matt’s lifelong passion for plants, her answer to health and healing. Throughout her life, she’s had a symbiotic relationship with them.

Navasota Examiner 
Navasota Examiner - 43 minutes ago
What Does Love Mean? A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 - 8 year-olds, “What does love mean?” The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined.

Motor Oil Exposure Seems to Increase Arthritis Risk 
WKYT 27 - Kentucky - Sep 23 11:09 AM
Occupational exposure to motor and hydraulic oil and other mineral oils is associated with a 30 percent increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), says a Swedish study in the current issue of the journal Arthritis Research and Therapy .

Iverson Sponsors Run/Walk for Psoriatic Arthritis: Area Businesses and Community Support Research for a Cure 
[Press Release] PR Web - Sep 22 12:18 AM
Iverson Language Associates, Inc. was one of several sponsors of the second annual Michael Tarney Run/Walk for Psoriatic Arthritis, which was held on September 10th in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [PRWEB Sep 22, 2005]

Events 
Chico Enterprise-Record - Sep 25 8:36 PM
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FORUM, OROVILLE: 5:30 p.m. Tahoe Room, 202 Mira Loma Drive. “Dating Violence,” for parents and teens. Second topic of two-hour lecture series which also includes domestic violence in the courts and sexual assault; multiple presentations on each topic held in various cities.

Ovarian cancer: 'the disease that whispers' also kills
CBCUnlocked, Canada - Sep 23, 2005 adjustment, Essiac (an herbal tea used for detoxification) and colon cleansing to alleviate the terrible constipation that results from pain medication.

For Tonsil Removal, the Microdebrider Fares Better than
Newswise (press release) - Sep 22, 2005 hours for 14 days after surgery and recorded in a take-home diary that documented the following: the child s pain level, dosing of pain medication, time of

Facing the challenge of chronic pain.
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier, India - 2 hours ago medication. What are the chances of overdose when the person receiving pain medication controls the dose by pushing a button? Patient

Man from Morris disappears while boating in Florida
Dailyrecord.com, NJ - Sep 24, 2005 members said. They worry he may have suffered a stroke or taken too much pain medication. His boat didn't have navigational equipment.

Medication donation?
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune, WY - 2 hours ago can be donated to someone in our state who needs the medication but can The program excludes narcotic pain killers, and some health care providers at a recent

Matching the pill to the pain
The Express Times, PA - Sep 22, 2005 Sometimes doctors can suggest which category of pain medication to use. Over-the-counter pain medication may help relieve pain when people get headaches.

Doctor charged with 19 felonies
Oshkosh Northwestern, WI - Sep 22, 2005 The nurses also said a number of the patients for whom Jacobson claimed to withdraw fentynal had declined any pain medication, had been treated or discharged

Pain Management Is Now for Pets Too
ABC 27 - Pain Management Is Now for Pets Too courtesy of Pain is a problem that was not addressed adequately in the past in either human medicine or veterinary medicine.

Exercising That Back Pain Away
New York Times - Evelyn Castro of Los Angeles was a dedicated athlete who became fearful of exercise after back pain struck. But she has since found relief in yoga. EVERY morning for nearly a year, Evelyn Castro had to roll out of bed, literally. counseling patients to take the medicine, they are confronting an unexpected hurdle

Drug firms launch Web site to disclose trials data
ABCNEWS.com - from governments in the wake of scandals over pain drug Vioxx and the use of antidepressants in adolescents within one year of a medicine's approval or, for trials on drugs

US spurns injectable Pfizer drug similar to Bextra
ABCNEWS.com - The injectable medicine is in the same class of drugs as Pfizer's Celebrex arthritis and pain pill and Merck Co.'s Vioxx arthritis and pain pill. Vioxx was pulled off

Fallbrook cardiac rehab program is a heartfelt success
SignOn San Diego - By Triveni Sheshadri UNION-TRIBUNE COMMUNITY NEWS WRITER September 9, 2005 FALLBROOK It's no ordinary fitness club. On a recent morning, Dr. Exercise can do things that medicine can't. People who begin to exercise feel less fatigued, more relaxed and I have no pain,'said O'Donnell, 71, as he pedaled briskly on

Traditional pain medications rate another look
The Detroit Free Press - Traditional pain medications rate another look Drug companies are defending Cox-2 inhibitors Mark Fendrick, professor of internal medicine and health management and policy at

New Web site discloses trials data
MSNBC - from governments in the wake of scandals over pain drug Vioxx and the use of antidepressants in adolescents within one year of a medicine's approval or, for trials on drugs

More people abuse prescription drugs:
The Beacon News - Many patients don't understand how medicine works, such as the half life of the drug most likely to be abused are narcotic pain medicines such as Vicodin or Tylenol #3

Acupoint stimulation shows promise for heartburn
ABCNEWS.com - By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A no-needle version of acupuncture could offer a new way to battle chronic heartburn, if preliminary research pans out. medicine to treat a wide variety of ailments. In recent years, medical studies have confirmed that the therapy may soothe chronic pain

Ibuprofen Increases Heart Attack Risk
Post Chronicle - Health A new study warns that the common pain killer ibuprofen can increase the chance of a patient suffering a heart attack by nearly twenty five percent. in millions of medicine cabinets and used every day by millions of pain sufferers around the

Evacuated Gulf Coast Pain Patients May Face Serious Medical Issues
U.S. Newswire - Evacuated Gulf Coast Pain Patients May Face Serious Medical Issues To: National Desk, Health Reporter Contact: Amy Jenkins, 312-836-0613 or amy@jenkinspublicrelations.com, for the American Academy of Pain Medicine CHICAGO, Sept. 15 /U.S. for chronic pain, according to the American Academy of Pain Medicine. Opioid withdrawal is

Advances relieve cats, dogs in pain
Riverside Press Enterprise - MARTY BECKER / Knight Ridder Newspapers Like pain relievers for humans, pain relievers for pets are helping millions live happier, healthier, fuller lives. USA Today noted that the U.S. happening in veterinary medicine right now is our profession's attention to pain — in cats as

Regulators spurn injectable Pfizer drug
Reuters - Tuesday.The injectable medicine is in the same class of drugs as Pfizer's Celebrex arthritis and pain pill and Merck Co.'s Vioxx arthritis and pain pill. Vioxx was pulled

Geriatrics - Inflammatory arthropathy: a review of rheumatoid arthritis in older patients
October 1, 2004 — Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common inflammatory synovitis in older adults. The primary care physician may see its presentation as the late stage of a long-term disorder, or alternatively a

Ebony - Arthritis - Health Hotline
July 1, 2003 — IT can strike suddenly and without warning. It is the leading cause of disability in the United States. Among African-Americans, arthritis is reported …

CHEST - Eosinophilic pneumonia and arthritis
June 1, 2005 — To the Editor: We read with great interest the recent case report in CHEST (September 2004) (1) by Norman et al, in which eosinophilic pneumonia preceded …

Better Homes& Gardens - Options for arthritis pain
January 1, 2005 — When drugmaker Merck announced recently it was pulling its popular pain medication Vioxx off the market, it left 2 million people with arthritis wondering …

Men's Fitness - According to a new University of Alabama report, eating vitamin-D-fortified foods like milk and cereal when you're young may reduce your risk of developing
April 1, 2004 — According to a new University of Alabama report, eating vitamin-D-fortified foods like milk and cereal when you're young may reduce your risk of developing …

CHEST - Histopathologic pattern and clinical features of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease
June 1, 2005 — Study objectives: To investigate the histopathologic pattern and clinical features of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-associated interstitial …