The Scientific Power of Meditation
How exactly does meditation affect your body?
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Facts about Pain Medications in Cancer Pain Treatment Medicines used to relieve pain The type of medicine and the way the medicine is given depend on the type and cause of pain. For example, chronic pain is best relieved by methods that deliver a steady dose of pain...
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Facts about cancer pain treatment This information is written to help people with cancer learn about pain control. Reading this can help you: Work with your doctors, nurses, and pharmacists to find the best ways to control your pain. Know about different types of pain...
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Cancer pain: Relief is possible Learn what causes cancer pain and how you can work with your doctor to ensure your cancer pain is controlled. By Mayo Clinic Staff Timothy Moynihan, M.D. Living With Cancer Not everyone with cancer experiences cancer pain, but 1 out of...
read moreFlorida Board of Pharmacy Praised
Florida Board of Pharmacy Praised The Florida Board of Pharmacy will hold a meeting tomorrow (June 9) to discuss what one local TV news operations is calling “thousands of prescription denials” for pain patients in the Sunshine State. One national pain leader is...
read moreLower Back Pain is #1 Cause of Disability
Lower Back Pain is #1 Cause of Disability by Pat Anson, Editor Lower back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide, according to a large new study published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Researchers in the U.K., Australia and the U.S. studied data...
read moreCancer Pain: Beyond the Usual Pain Medications
Cancer Pain: Beyond the Usual Pain Medications By Dr. Stewart Fleishman Different types of pain problems require targeted approaches when treating cancer patients. Pain along a nerve, nerve ending pain, or bone pain are optimally treated with a variety of different...
read moreWhat Hurts More: Childbirth Or Getting Kicked In The Balls?
It's a question for the ages! What hurts more? Like it's a competition... The bottom line is that pain hurts and everyone's experience is different. There is no known scientific measurement of pain other that what an individual reports. This really explains part of...
read moreChronic Pain Patients Feeling Discomfort to Being Ignored
Two surveys, one completed and one nearly so, are in the news. They show a chronic pain patient who is at best uneasy and at worst alarmed about today’s environment. Conversations between healthcare providers and people with chronic pain are “uncomfortable,” says a...
read moreMigraine Headaches – Is More Help on the Way?
Is hope on the way for migraine sufferers? This week’s 57th meeting in Washington D.C. is getting some uncharacteristic pre-meeting buzz. And it’s because of some of the treatments on the way for migraine headaches. Migraines are a huge health care issue – the...
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