Next Gen Opioid Drugs Promise Pain Relief Without Side Effects
Opioid Painkillers Under Attack Opioid based pain drugs have dominated the pain relief marketplace for years but their dominance has more reflected a lack of other options than anything else. They’re quite effective at reducing acute pain but not so good at with...
The Long Arc of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Advocacy
As we appear to be finally turning a corner at the federal level, Prohealth’s Advocate of the Year Award gave me the opportunity to sit down and reflect on the long arc of ME/CFS advocacy. That made me realize how dependent the successes of the present have been...
CDC Slams Opioid Drug Use for Chronic Pain In New Guidelines
Citing statistics indicating that 40 people die every day in the U.S. from prescription pain killer overdose, CDC director Tom Frieden bluntly called for doctors to stop over prescribing the drugs. The CDC’s voluntary guidelines called for opioid pain killers...
Rising! The Health Rising Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and FM Forums Take Off!
It’s been quite a month on the HR Forums. My experience with Forums is that at some point they just catch on. That happened last month on the HR Forums with the number of posts zinging up 6 times their previous record and pageviews booming up 50%. If...
NIH Pledges Long Term Effort on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): Promises to “Stay the Course”
The NIH held a telebriefing with about 100 ME/CFS advocates, researchers and supporters Tuesday morning. This overview is taken from my notes of the meeting. The Big Three – Dr. Francis Collins, Dr. Koroshetz and Dr. Nath – were all there – and that...StudyME
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