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Chronic Pain News for 04-22-2005

Chronic Pain News from Yahoo.com
Anti-Epilepsy Drug May Reduce Nerve Pain (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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" A new study indicates, that the drug Gabitril (tiagabine) is effective in easing a disorder termed complex regional pain syndrome, which involves diffuse pain in the arms or legs, often following a localized injury."
April 22 "Theater Talk" Is Pain ful and Shock ing (Playbill)
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"Two Off-Broadway productions — Thom Pain (based on nothing) and Shockheaded Peter — will be spotlighted on the April 22 broadcast of "Theater Talk.""
1 in 5 'Generation Rx' teens tries pain-killers to get high, study finds (Chicago Sun-Times)
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"NEW YORK -- About one in five teenagers have tried prescription pain-killers such as Vicodin and OxyContin to get high, with the pill-popping members of ''Generation Rx'' often raiding their parents' medicine cabinets, according to a study by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America."
Alfonseca leaves game with elbow pain (MLB.com)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com
"MIAMI -- Marlins reliever Antonio Alfonseca experienced pain in his right elbow Thursday night and will have an MRI on Friday to determine the severity of the injury."
City Council To Consider Ban On Pain Clinics (WDSU TheNewOrleansChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
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" The New Orleans City Council on Thursday will consider a citywide ban on pain management clinics."

Chronic Pain News from NewsTrove
School's Out: 'Idol' Teach Booted
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The 25-year-old teacher from East Orange, N.J., was booted off last night's live edition of "American Idol" - leaving only six contestants on the Fox reality show.
Last night's show mixed it up a bit, dividing the remaining contestants into two groups and keeping viewers guessing which group had received the lowest number of viewer votes.
Only rocker Bo Bice was told near the middle of the show that he was "safe" for another week."
The Guardian's Lifestyles News
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Campus Madness. Guns, knives, fights, cursing and rage. Who should we blame for all the mess in the society? Should parents go to jail if their minor children break the law? I will not attempt to answer this question in this article. However, the following statement tells us about the influences of broken homes on the lives of our youth. "The seeds of brokenness sown in our homes by selfishness, alienation, neglect, and distrust have produced a harvest in society of angry, broken lives. The seeds of broken lives have produced the harvest of deep- seated anger."
Terri Schiavo
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Posted: April 05, 2005 -- 12:24 pm
In the month or so since the Terri Schiavo case became a media circus I've read and listened to dozens of opinions and arguments concerning what was best for her and what is the right thing to do in this situation. Some people argued that she was better off being allowed to die. Others, more publicized if not more numerous, argued that she should be kept alive because all life is precious and she wasn't "dying"."
It's Big B and Akki's
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"Amitabh Bachchan and Akshay Kumar slug it out in Waqt - the race against time, as they play father and son at odds with each other.
An emotional, sensitive, heart-wrenching family saga makes Big B and Akshay Kumar search for Waqt (time - which happens to race by them) to address key issues pertaining to father-son relationship.
"The film is about a father-son relationship where the father has made out a living from meagre means starting as a postman and going on to build a formidable empire - having a business of making toys for children."
Pain and pleasure
From: NewsTrove.com
"They usually start in your 20s and tend to come in bouts of a few weeks. Most people will only ever experience one bout but some unfortunates will be plagued by repeated episodes.
Sex can cause three different types of headache, according to the International Headache Society: Type 1 is a dull ache in the neck and head that intensifies as sexual excitement increases. 'It's probably due to the muscles of the neck contracting excessively during arousal,' says Atkinson.
Type 2 is a sudden, explosive headache at the point of orgasm."

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