Archive for January, 2006

Unlocking Acupuncture’s Secrets
Wave 3 - (BURLINGTON, Vt.) — Acupuncture has been shown in scientific studies to help many illnesses and ailments. But there hasn’t been a lot of research showing just what happens when those needles enter the skin. Now, researchers are uncovering new clues

25 med school staffers ousted
Bergen Record - Governor Corzine said Friday that 25 senior staffers at the state’s medical university will be asked to submit their resignations to the school’s new president, whom he expects to choose within the next week. The resignation orders are the latest

A Hunger for Hoops
News-Review - TRI CITY — Joanna Johnson hasn’t eaten anything for nine months. The South Umpqua High junior has hunger pains throughout the day and fights exhaustion on a consistent basis. She’s on medication to make the pain in her stomach go away, yet she

Health Alert: Integrative medicine
WIS-TV - (National) January 26, 2006 - A tiny mole changed Dawn Russell’s life. At 25, she was diagnosed with malignant melanoma , a life-threatening skin cancer. “It was unexpectedly very serious because it was, it was stage four. It was very deep,” Dawn

Letters from January 30
Kingsport Times-News - In the late ’40s and early ’50s, television was introduced in the U.S. with a seven-inch screen, then 10-inch, then 12-inch. I don’t recall precisely when our family got a 12-inch GE color TV, but it was before 1955. There were several competing

Acupuncture may provide pain relief during childbirth
Jackson Clarion-Ledger - Acupuncturist Wei Shengchu demonstrates his craft by having more than 1,000 needles placed on his head in Nanning, southern China. Researchers are studying the use of acupuncture as a way to ease labor pain. Jeannie Torres says the pain was almost

Flu vaccine safe for arthritis patients
Reuters - Jan 26, 2006NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can safely receive the flu vaccine each year as recommended, although their response to the …

GP to provide free arthritis treatment
Irish Medical News, Ireland - Jan 27, 2006A Dublin doctor is to make an alternative arthritis treatment freely available to all GPs. Dr Maurice Collins, a GP in Lucan, has …

Arthritis affects a third of the American population
Enid News & Eagle, OK - Jan 22, 2006… Chronic pain, such as that suffered by an individual with arthritis, is a totally different mater. About a third of the world s …

Arthritis Art Exhibition Set to Tour Ireland
Vhi.ie, Ireland - Jan 17, 2006… in Focus, Cork-based John Minihan famed for his work with Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, Yves St Laurent, and Princess Diana is helping Arthritis Ireland to …

TOUGH TURNER FIGHTS ARTHRITIS
Contactmusic.com, UK - Jan 25, 2006… of WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? she underwent painful surgery on an arthritis-riddled foot. The actress has battled the disease …

FAMILY DOCTOR: Alternative treatment for arthritis
Canton Repository (subscription), OH - Jan 25, 2006Q: I have trauma-induced arthritis in my hip and the old-age type in my hands. (I am a 65-year-old very active male.). I take 1,000 …

Walk to Fight Arthritis sign-up announced
BusinessNorth.com, MN - Jan 24, 2006Duluth The Arthritis Foundation is calling for people to take action against arthritis by participating in the 2006 Arthritis Walk. …

California-Based Desert Pain Medicine Group Acquired by PainCare Holdings 
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Jan 23 5:00 AM
PainCare Holdings, Inc. , a leader in the delivery of pain management solutions, including interventional pain management, minimally invasive spine surgery, orthopedic rehabilitation, ambulatory surgery centers and diagnostics, today announced that it has acquired Desert Pain Medicine Group, a California-based pain management practice operating three offices in Palm Springs, Yucca Valley and Save to My Web

A Sneaker That Shoos the Fat? 
Washington Post - Jan 27 11:40 PM
“They’re not stylish, I can tell you that.” Arnold Ravick, Washington podiatrist and sports medicine guru, is weighing in on the MBT, an unconventional walking shoe that has generated buzz on two continents for soothing joints, toning abs and supposedly slaying cellulite.Save to My Web

FDA OKs new angina drug 
The State - Jan 28 12:15 AM
SAN JOSE, Calif. A drug hailed as the U.S.s first new therapy in more than 20 years for reducing the attacks of chest pain known as angina won federal approval Friday.Save to My Web

Legal strategy for Vioxx to test Merck 
Detroit News - Jan 28 1:14 AM
WASHINGTON — Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. vowed to fight every claim filed by plaintiffs who say they were injured by the withdrawn painkiller Vioxx. Now, with 11 cases slated for trial in the next five months, the viability of the company’s scorched-earth strategy is likely to become clear.Save to My Web

Mauresmo wins 1st Grand Slam title 
OregonLive.com - Jan 28 10:34 AM
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Amelie Mauresmo bought a special bottle of wine a few years ago in anticipation of her first Grand Slam title. She finally can pop it open after winning the Australian Open on Saturday when Justine Henin-Hardenne retired because of stomach pain.Save to My Web

Malpractice rates disrupt medicine 
Louisville Courier-Journal - Jan 29 2:41 AM
Rashelle Perryman’s first two babies were born at Crittenden County Hospital in Marion, Ky., about 10 minutes from home.Save to My Web

Amgen 4Q Profit Climbs on Drug Sales 
San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 26 7:55 AM
Amgen Inc., the world’s largest biotechnology company by sales, said Thursday its fourth-quarter earnings rose 20 percent, driven by sales of its rheumatoid arthritis and anemia drugs. The Thousand Oaks-based company reported a fourth-quarter profit of…Save to My Web

Man has been trapping and selling pelts for half a century 
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel - Jan 28 6:38 AM
WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Lee Litherland is on the road at sunrise each day, rattling along the back roads and byways of Oakland, Lapeer and Genesee counties.Save to My Web

Flu vaccine safe for arthritis patients 
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 26 9:25 AM
Adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can safely receive the flu vaccine each year as recommended, although their response to the vaccine may be somewhat lower than in healthy individuals, research hints.Save to My Web

Researchers Map Of Genetic Variations Implicated In Disease 
BioresearchOnline - Jan 27 8:30 AM
Sequence differences in less than 0.2% of the 3-billion-base human genome play a vital role in a bewildering variety of human disease. Today, researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the Cambridge University’s Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, together with international colleagues report in PLoS Genetics their detailed maps of differences implicated in disease as well as Save to My Web

READING IS GOOD FOR YOU 
San Jose Mercury News - Jan 28 1:15 AM
Berniece Jackson is the kind of person who likes to have the best information to take charge of her life. That’s why the former elementary school teacher came to a health library: She wanted to learn about alternatives to taking an arthritis drug.Save to My Web

Flu vaccine safe for arthritis patients 
RedNova - Jan 26 11:13 AM
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adults with rheumaSave to My Web

Tiverton Police cars get automatic ‘defib’ units 
Sakonnet Times - Jan 26 9:55 AM
TIVERTON All eight Tiverton police cruisers have just been equipped with automatic electronic defibrillators (AEDs), and all 35 police officers, uniformed and civilian alike, have received four hours training in their use. The equipment is funded by a federal grant announced last August.Save to My Web

Kasamas tagumpay ko 
Minda News - Jan 26 8:31 PM
COTABATO CITY — That phrase is how Manny The Peoples Champ Pacquiao speaks of a muscle-pain medication he endorses on the radio.Save to My Web

Tortured by grief and guilt 
Cape Cod Times - Jan 27 4:52 AM
By CARLOS FRIAS THE PALM BEACH POST WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Jeff Reardon gave us a window into his pain. It was your 21st b’day today and we still can’t believe you are not here. Mom and I went to your grave and of course we were very sad. … Please come home, we need you with us.Save to My Web

Reader’s Alley 
Independent Record - Jan 25 11:40 PM
I debated whether to write this letter or not, but after again visiting the post office on Tuesday, I feel I must. Why doesnt the Helena post office have an APC (automated postal center)?! Every time I have gone to the post office in the past few weeks, lines have been out the door!Save to My Web

Wrestler gives new meaning to ‘tough’ 
The Arizona Republic - Jan 27 10:59 AM
If you want to know the definition of toughness, watch Horizon’s Chris Lazarus do his thing on the wrestling mat. Save to My Web

Cipher provides CIP-Tramadol ER update 
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Jan 27 7:48 AM
Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc. today updated the market on its clinical and regulatory progress and its expected milestones for CIP-Tramadol Extended Release , its once-daily, sustained release formulation of the pain medication tramadol.Save to My Web

VU pinpoints best ways to speed post-op relief for infants 
Tennessean - Jan 25 12:10 AM
Because babies can’t tell doctors how they’re feeling after surgery, pain treatment has been a guessing game based on how much children cry or how fast their hearts are racing, among other things.Save to My Web

A matter of the heart 
The Cincinnati Enquirer - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago
Wendy Dean, who had a heart attack at 37, is a living example of why women need to be more aware of symptoms of a too-often fatal illness: heart disease.Save to My Web

Nalbuphine safe, effective for severe chronic pain 
RedNova - Jan 24 1:57 PM
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nalbuphine (NubainSave to My Web

Man Holds Up Pharmacy, Takes Drugs 
WLWT ChannelCincinnati.com via Yahoo! News - Jan 26 5:10 AM
Deputies are looking for a man who held up an Anderson Township pharmacy early Thursday morning.Save to My Web

Everyone talks about the Law of Unintended Consequences, but no one actually… 
San Francisco Chronicle - 16 minutes ago
Everyone talks about the Law of Unintended Consequences, but no one actually says what the law contains. Here it is: There will always be unintended consequences. First corollary: The more grandiose the action, the greater the unintended consequences will be. Save to My Web

House committee advances several bills on abortion 
Louisville Courier-Journal - 1 hour, 0 minute ago
INDIANAPOLIS — Clinics would be required to tell Indiana women seeking abortions that life begins at conception under one of several abortion bills that cleared a House committee yesterday.Save to My Web

The fight against pain 
The Cincinnati Enquirer - Jan 24 2:56 AM
No pain, no gain. Forget that. When you hurt, you want to know what might make you feel better, safely and effectively.Save to My Web

Mario Lemieux Retires - for Last Time 
ABC News - Jan 25 4:50 AM
Not Quite Super Any Longer, Mario Lemieux Retires - for the Last TimeSave to My Web

3 Indian Americans in Junior Nobel final
Sify - Three Indian American high schoolers made the list of 40 finalists in 2006 Intel Science Talent Search competition (Intel STS), America s oldest and most prestigious pre-college science competition, often considered the “Junior Nobel Prize

Cork to get 1,100 new jobs by 2010
ElectricNews.net - More than 1,100 new jobs will be created in Cork by 2010 following the decision by the biotechnology firm Amgen to expand its operations into Ireland. Announcing Amgen’s USD1 billion investment plans on Tuesday, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and

NEWS BRIEFS Jan-20-2006
Catholic News - PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) — Archbishop John G. Vlazny of Portland reiterated Jan. 20 that “no one in the archdiocese had the authority to seize parish property or assets” to satisfy clergy sexual abuse claims. In his column in the Jan. 20 issue of the

Kathleen plays through pain barrier
Evening Standard - She is the siren whose sexual chemistry with Michael Douglas lit up the screen 20 years ago. Today, Kathleen Turner is barely recognisable as she succumbs to the side-effects of steroids she is taking to ease the agony of rheumatoid arthritis. With

Medical notes
Akron Beacon Journal - Battered Women’s Shelter of Summit and Medina counties — Offers support and education for women who are in abusive relationships, whether it is emotionally, physically, financially or sexually. Weekly support groups are held in various areas of

Readers’ Letters
Portland Tribune - The Portland Schools Foundation consistently serves the needs of the wealthier schools more than poor and minority schools ( School-funding pros go for the bucks again, Jan. 10). This isn t surprising since the foundation s board is run by

Daily Planner: Monday
Chico Enterprise-Record - Chico Enterprise-Record Performances HAS BEANS: 8 p.m., 501 Main St., Chico. Mikeless open mike; spoken word performances. Ongoing. Community BLOOD DRIVE: Donor hours 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday and Wednesday; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday

No assisted suicide law for California
Modesto Bee - I hope the recent Supreme Court’s upholding of Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act doesn’t inspire Californians to pass the same thing. What then would assist people with their end-of-life fears? Perhaps doctors (especially in Oregon) need more education

Skating for fun carries the same risks as most sports
Allentown Morning Call - The U.S. Figure Skating Championships always inspire some parents and young adults to visit sporting goods stores to buy skates and sweaters, and to find teachers for themselves and their children. Some will wonder whether they also need to buy

Test heads off pain for migraine sufferers
Scotland on Sunday Online - A PIONEERING Scots dentist has developed a revolutionary test that promises to end the misery of migraine for millions of sufferers. Professor Phil Lamey, who has been researching the causes of migraine for more than 20 years, has isolated the

Your parents’ health
Health 24 - One of the long-term consequences of our high inflation rate is that many middle-aged people are having to look after their parents. And let s face it, you re not exactly a child yourself anymore and chances are your parents are 20 30 years

Charges against Knox aide dropped
Roanoke Times - Tiffany Durham, who had cooperated in the case against Cecil Knox, could have faced jail. Just one business day after Roanoke pain doctor Cecil Knox was sentenced to probation, a federal judge dismissed all charges against a former Knox assistant who

A weapon against stroke
Chicago Tribune - `I couldn’t get my words out, I was mumbling,” said Esther Kornel, a Lincolnwood clinical psychologist. She was having a transient ischemic attack, a mild stroke that warns of future danger. “I was afraid I might have a real stroke at any time,” said

Pain medicine can be fatal in high doses
Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC - Dec 27, 2005WASHINGTON - Accidental poisonings from the United States’ most popular pain reliever seem to be rising, making acetaminophen the leading cause of acute liver …

John Hopkins Study Advocates Heat Therapy For Back Pain
All Headline News - Jan 20, 2006… published in The Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine are treatment … of employees in physically demanding jobs suffering from acute low back pain. …

Supreme Court Upholds Oregon Physician-Assisted Suicide Law
MedPage Today, NJ - Jan 17, 2006… AMA and other medical organizations will help promote the news that “there are now safeguards between those laws and appropriately prescribed pain medicine.”. …

‘Wait and See’ Approach to Heart Attack Warning Signs May …
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 6 hours ago… Hospital, and Professor of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, the most common heart attack warning signs include pain or discomfort in the …

Predators finish what they started
Contra Costa Times, CA - 5 hours ago… Fischer, who attends occasional games and practices, is being treated with medicine, is undergoing … He had surgery last month to alleviate lower back pain. … …

Being Thankful for Pain
Banner of Truth, UK - 5 hours ago… have a health-giving effect upon the soul” because they are the medicine used to purge the soul of self-centeredness and this world’s vanities. Pain, in other …

Arthritis Cream - Heartache of a headache

Heartache of a headache
Fort Wayne News Sentinel, IN - Jan 20, 2006… In 1992, the first medication specifically for migraines became available in an injectable … from starting, Stein says, they can save themselves a lot of pain. …

Sheriff highlights Ninewells defects
Evening Telegraph, UK - 10 hours ago… drug, it should be withdrawn immediately and an alternative medication should be … consideration should also be given to amending the Acute Pain Analgesia ladder …

Hit the ice safely
The Olympian, WA - 11 hours ago… Over time a compressed disc can squeeze the spine and cause pain in other areas, usually lower than the disc. … You may need medication. …

Abortion anniversary finds states seek more restrictions
commercialappeal.com (subscription), TN - Jan 21, 2006… endorsed a bill that would require doctors to tell women seeking abortions that their fetuses could experience pain even if the women receive pain medication. …

Fortunate to be alive
MaineToday.com, ME - Jan 22, 2006… lucky break. She was visiting her mother who had been diagnosed with breast cancer, and Higgins found her hidden pain medication. …

BU’s Redlihs ready to go against Merimack
USCHO, MN - Jan 20, 2006… Then, about a week later, doctors took Redlihs off the pain medication he was taking for the wrist he’d injured a month prior. “And …

Multimedia News Release - Kyphon Announces First-Ever Publication …
Yahoo! News (press release) - Jan 11, 2006… procedure, more than three quarters of the patients could walk independently and without difficulty, and more than half no longer needed pain medication of any …

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