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Chronic Pain News for 02-14-2005

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Study: Lobsters Unlikely to Feel Pain (AP via Yahoo! News)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

" A new study out of Norway concludes that it's unlikely lobsters feel pain, stirring up a long-simmering debate over whether Maine's most valuable seafood suffers when it's being cooked."

Study: Lobsters Unlikely to Feel Pain (ABC News)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

"Study Concludes It's Unlikely Lobsters Feel Pain When Placed Into Boiling Water"

ACHING MOHAMMED WON'T YIELD TO PAIN (New York Post)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

"ACHING MOHAMMED WON'T YIELD TO PAIN February 14, 2005 -- Give Nazr Mohammed credit. At least he's not giving up on the season, fighting through a painful groin strain to play the last two games through it."

TheraQuest Announces a Safer, Abuse Deterrent, Long-Acting, Once-Daily Tramadol for Pain Management (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

" TheraQuest Biosciences, a pain management company today announced that it has developed a safer, long-acting, once-a-day formulation of the pain drug, tramadol."

Depomed Initiates Phase II Clinical Trial for Gabapentin ER in Pain Indication (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

" Depomed, Inc. today announced that it has initiated a Phase II clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of its Gabapentin extended release tablets to treat patients with postherpetic neuralgia, a long-lasting pain condition associated with nerve damage from herpes zoster, or shingles, infection."

Chronic Pain News from NewsTrove

SIMPLE ACTS OF KINDNESS
From: NewsTrove.com

"The New Year opened with an onslaught of tragedy and pain. The sights and sounds coming from half a world away were heart wrenching as the death toll climbed steadily past 230,000. There were lots of ways to help, large and small. But in looking at them, I wondered, contemplating the year ahead, if there weren’t some way to make this spirit of caring born from all this pain so far away continue right here at home in my own life. The subtitle of this wonderful little book held the answer — “Practical Ways To Help People In Need.” This book is the story of Terri Green, her husband Brad and their three daughters."

Herpes Zoster Oticus
From: NewsTrove.com

"Until recently, therapy for HZ oticus has been generally supportive, including warm compresses, narcotic analgesics, and antibiotics for a secondary bacterial infection. However, antiviral agents clearly play a role in limiting the severity and duration of symptoms if given early in the course of the illness. Evidence is accumulating that VZV may be responsible for many cases of Bell palsy that go unrecognized because of a lack of cutaneous findings. Accordingly, the clinician should entertain more liberal use of antivirals such as acyclovir, valacyclovir, and famciclovir."

Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus
From: NewsTrove.com

"Treatment of HZO includes warm and moist compresses, narcotic analgesics, and antibiotics if secondary bacterial infection of the vesicles has occurred. Antiviral agents may decrease the severity and duration of symptoms if given early in the course of the illness. Topical and systemic corticosteroids are used to decrease pain levels; they may limit the occurrence of postherpetic neuralgia. Steroid eyedrops may be helpful for HZO, but they can be disastrous for herpes simplex keratitis. Ophthalmologic consultation is mandatory prior to initiating steroid therapy."

The News-Enterprise - Serving Hardin County, Kentucky: LOUISVILLE BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: Pitino makes sure his team stays on the bench at halftime
From: NewsTrove.com

"By ADAM PRUIETT LOUISVILLE - When the buzzer sounded ending the first half of play, University of Louisville coach Rick Pitino and the Cardinals huddled around their sideline like it was a timeout instead of heading to the locker room.Pitino had a good reason for keeping his team on the court. During intermission, Louisville's 1980 national championship team was honored. Denny Crum, head coach of that team, was on hand and gave a short, humble speech in which he thanked the Cardinal faithful for their continued support."

Northwest Indiana News: nwitimes.com
From: NewsTrove.com

"I'm amazed that with all the diet books, media attention, and consumer awareness about nutrition, we still don't know everything there is to know about food. We should be world-class experts by now. The biggest problem is that calories, carbohydrates, fats, and proteins are a foreign language that we simply have trouble learning -- primarily because we have no frame of reference. Meanwhile, we get fatter and fatter, and still don't make the right choices. And choices do matter -- with one better choice each day, even just choosing the right snack, you could lose up to ten pounds in a year."

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