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Manage pain wisely to protect yourself from opioid addiction https://panow.com/column/733495/manage-pain-wisely-protect-yourself-opioid-addiction eadlines declaring that life expectancy in the U.S. has declined for the first time since 1993 because of deaths from opioids are the latest red-flag warning that, as a nation and individually, we need to change both our approach to managing pain with opioids and […]

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www.thecannabist.co/2018/01/12/cbd-hemp-extracts-dea-congress/96683/ A bipartisan congressional coalition pushed back on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s assertion that cannabidiol and extracts derived from hemp are Schedule I substances. Twenty-eight legislators including Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., on Thursday filed an amicus brief in support of the Hemp Industries Association’s lawsuit […]

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http://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-now/illinois-says-it-wont-stop-sick-girl-from-using-medical-marijuana-at-school/465-fb807265-130d-442d-914c-c13d589e1d44+ Illinois: Sick child can use medical marijuana at school Author: Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY Published: 4:10 PM EST January 12, 2018 Jim and Maureen Surin have sued the state of Illinois on behalf of their daughter Ashley (right) over the state’s medical marijuana law. The state of Illinois prohibits the use of medical marijuana […]

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Nevada: group of docs have found THEIR BALLS AND THEIR BACKBONES ? https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/local/nevada-board-of-medical-examiners-puts-prescription-regulations-on-hold/ It will take several months of workshops to iron out regulations that implement Nevada’s new controls over opioid drug prescriptions. The Nevada Board of Medical Examiners issued a statement Thursday saying a public workshop on the proposed disciplinary regulations revealed considerable confusion […]

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Lindsay Beyerstein‏ @Beyerstein  lbeyerstein@gmail.com I’m an investigative reporter doing research on the opioid crackdown and its impact on chronic pain patients. I’m working on a proposal for a documentary on the subject.

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The hidden story behind lower life expectancy http://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/368165-the-hidden-story-behind-lower-life-expectancy For more than a century, life expectancy steadily increased in the United States. We gained nearly a full decade of life from 1955, when the life expectancy was 69.6 years, to 2014, when it grew to 78.9 years.   Sadly, that trend seems to have reversed itself. […]

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Farewell – A Last Post from Anne Örtegren http://lobel.nu/anne.html Nobody can say that I didn’t put up enough of a fight. For 16 years I have battled increasingly severe ME/CFS. My condition has steadily deteriorated and new additional medical problems have regularly appeared, making it ever more difficult to endure and make it through the […]

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http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/judge-urges-action-on-percent-manmade-opioid-crisis/article_4a39f235-81fb-581a-acdc-3f26c02090f0.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge this week set a goal of doing something about the nation’s opioid epidemic this year, while noting the drug crisis is “100 percent man-made.” Judge Dan Polster on Tuesday urged participants on all sides of lawsuits against drugmakers and distributors to work toward a common goal of […]

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Researchers have discovered that fibromyalgia may be a systemic neurologic disorder that can be diagnosed using a functional MRI-based “brain signature.” https://www.medpagetoday.com/resource-centers/contemporary-fibromyalgia-approaches/fibromyalgia-brain-signature/884 Fibromyalgia currently lacks a clear-cut, objective method to confirm its diagnosis, complicating clinicians’ jobs and frustrating patients. However, researchers may be getting much closer to identifying neurophysiological markers that are diagnostic of fibromyalgia. […]

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