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Bob (Dad)

Panama City, FL 32404

Please visit the International Stills Disease Foundation Inc. Web Site at

www.stillsdisease.org . Please make TAX DEDUCTIBLE Donations to the all

volunteer, International Stills Disease Foundation (ISDF), 1123 S. Kimbrel

Ave., Panama City, FL 32404. Thanks!

-- PAIN MONITOR: February 2012

PAIN MONITOR

February 2012

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Action of the Month — February 2012

Growing membership is vital to creating a powerful movement and improving

the lives of people living with pain. We need your help! This month’s Action

of the Month is to ask five people you know to join APF. Learn More.

Coming Soon! Project116 — Let’s change the conversation about pain in

America

The American Pain Foundation is embarking on a new journey in advocating,

educating and communicating about pain in America. The recent Institute of

Medicine’s report on pain states that at least 116 million Americans live

with chronic pain. Despite this large number, inadequate access and care for

people with pain is growing.

Project116 will connect the 116 million and become the spark to ignite a

major national movement to unite, mobilize and validate what people with

pain experience in communities across the United States.

What is Project116?

Project116 is a new national movement aimed to protect YOUR right to

appropriate pain care and access to pain treatment options.

Project116.org — a cutting-edge website designed to support a sustained

viral and grassroots driven campaign — will launch in March 2012. It will

feature:

A combined blog and mapping platform enabling people with pain to share

their stories and show in real-time where barriers to care are happening

around the country

Interactive tools that connect people with pain to local resources. This

will enable anyone with local support information to upload resources

(face-to-face, telephone, online and more — all are invited to share)

Mapping tools to connect and mobilize people with pain and others around

advocacy initiatives in their communities and states.

Project116 will change the conversation about pain and pain care in the

United States.

Stay tuned for more information!

APF NEWS

Are You PainSAFE? Find Out.

Test your pain safety knowledge by taking the“Are You PainSAFE?†quiz. There

is a new quiz each month. Being PainSAFE and knowing how to safely and

appropriately use pain therapies will help you get the most from your

treatment. Share your know-how with others by sending them to www.painsafe

org.

NEWS

Muscle Massage Rubs Out Inflammation

Heavily stressed muscles responded to massage therapy with a variety of

biologic changes associated with reduced inflammation, analysis of tissue

specimens showed.

Does Obesity Cause Pain?

A large new study shows that obesity and pain often go hand in hand. That

appears to be true even if an obese person is otherwise healthy.

Focused Radiation May Ease Facial Pain

Cyberknife radiosurgery may bring at least short-term relief to those with

refractory trigeminal neuralgia, according to results of a small series of

cases.

Do Women Feel More Pain Than Men?

New research from the Stanford University School of Medicine found that

women actually feel pain more intensely than men.

Birth Control Pills Provide Real Relief from Menstrual Pain

For decades, health care providers have prescribed birth-control pills in

the hopes of easing women’s menstrual pain, and now a new study finds that

it really does serve the purpose.

Your Teen's Pains May Be Caused by Stressful Friendships

A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences of the USA and done at UCLA found that negative social interaction

are linked to increased inflammation.

Conquering Fear Improves Pain Control

When the movement of the body becomes disrupted, then the thoughts and

emotions going on in the brain seem to go downhill at the same time. This

can quickly lead to things like depression, anxiety and a loss of

self-esteem.

Opioid Class of Drugs May be the Only Relief Possible

There are millions of people in the United States suffering from cruel,

disabling, painful conditions and searching for remedies. Those remedies are

often difficult to come by. Let’s not make them more difficult for those

sufferers to find.

More About Yoga for Pain, and Its Harms

In principle, yoga may be a useful supportive intervention for many

pain-associated conditions, but a closer look reveals that current research

is largely inadequate and potential harms of yoga need cautious

consideration.

Cane Use Improves Pain in Arthritic Knees

Use of a cane helped reduce pain in people with osteoarthritis in the knee

as well as improve function, Brazilian researchers found.

SCIENCE & MEDICINE

Common Pain Options of Little Help for RA Patients

Muscle relaxants and neuromodulators offered little pain relief for people

with rheumatoid and cannot currently be recommended, according to two

Cochrane reviews.

Live Dinner Dialogues on Responsible Opioid Prescribing

Responsible Opioid Prescribing in the Era of REMS is an interactive program

framed around the principles of the NIPC Critical Thinking Model for Chronic

Opioid Therapy. Integrating these principles into your practice can aid in

responsibly and appropriately prescribing opioids, fostering compliance with

state and federal regulations, and optimizing analgesia for your patients.

This meeting will utilize audience response technology (ARS) to encourage

ongoing interaction between you, the expert faculty, and your colleagues.

Register today!

Learn more about other health care provider educational opportunities here.

CONNECT

PainAid Online Support Community

PainAid provides chat rooms (regularly scheduled chats on different issues),

discussion boards (threaded message boards on a broad variety of topics),

and the Ask the Experts feature (pose questions to licensed health care

professionals). PainAid is staffed by highly qualified volunteers with a

range of backgrounds, all of whom either live with chronic pain or care for

people who do. Visit PainAid for more information.

Other ways to connect and support our efforts:

Keep up with us on Facebook.

Follow APF on Twitter at www.twitter.com/americanpain for the latest pain

news and information and at www.twitter.com/painadvocacy for information on

advocacy, policy and public awareness activities.

Visit the Exit Wounds site to learn more about our military and veterans

living with pain.

APF ACTION NETWORK

Speak OUT for the Rights of People with Pain!

Learn about the work of the Action Network and the efforts of dedicated

state leaders and advocates. There are many ways to get involved with the

Action Network. For example, you can fill out an advocacy survey or contact

your state leader to support their efforts. Get involved in events taking

place near you or fill out a form to submit your event for posting. Click

here>>

SELF-ADVOCACY TIP

Create a personal pain relief toolkit to have on hand whether you are at

home, at work or traveling. Also see, Be Prepared Before You Go handouts:

Pain and Travel Checklist

Your Personal “Less Pain†Travel Kit

Live Dinner Dialogues on Responsible Opioid Prescribing

Responsible Opioid Prescribing in the Era of REMS is an interactive program

framed around the principles of the NIPC Critical Thinking Model for Chronic

Opioid Therapy. Integrating these principles into your practice can aid in

responsibly and appropriately prescribing opioids, fostering compliance with

state and federal regulations, and optimizing analgesia for your patients.

This meeting will utilize audience response technology (ARS) to encourage

ongoing interaction between you, the expert faculty, and your colleagues.

Register today!

Learn more about other health care provider educational opportunities here.

October 2011 - 2012

Global Year Against Headache

February 17, 2012

Pain Resource Nurse Training in 2012

Florence, SC

February 18, 2012

Sickle Cell Disease: Painful Crisis

Aches and Gains Radio Show, Dr. Christo

Shows are held every Saturday: 8 to 8:30 pm EST

February 22 - 25, 2012

Georgia Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

2012 Annual Leadership and Clinical Conference

Athens, GA

February 23 - 26, 2012

American Academy of Pain Medicine 28th Annual Meeting

Palm Springs, CA

March 14-16, 2012

End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)

Implementation & Train the Trainer Program

Charlotte, NC

March 30, 2012

Canadian Interventional Pain Course

Hamilton, Ontario

May 16 - 19, 2012

American Pain Society 31st Annual Scientific Meeting

Honolulu

May 27 - 29, 2012

35th Congress of the Italian Association for the Study of Pain

New Frontiers in Pain Medicine

Naples, Italy

August 27 - 31, 2012

14th World Congress on Pain

Milan, Italy

For more events happening around the country or to submit an event of your

own, please visit our Events page.

Thank you to our medical/science editor Twillman, PhD.

The Pain Monitor is a monthly electronic publication of the American Pain

Foundation. We want to keep you abreast of recent media attention given to

topics that are related to pain care or living with pain. This information

is provided for educational and information purposes only. Readers may wish

to print the information and discuss it with their doctor. Always consult

with health care providers before starting or changing any treatment. Above

are links to news articles, feature stories and timely information that have

come to our attention. Please pass them along to others who might benefit.

We encourage you to send any comments you may have to the authors or

publishers directly. Every voice counts when working towards improving pain

care in our nation.

The American Pain Foundation is an independent, nonprofit organization that

relies upon private donations to fund its programs, services and

distribution of educational materials. There are millions of people who live

with unrelieved chronic pain. If you can help, please make a donation to the

American Pain Foundation. For other ways you can support APF’s work, please

visit our website at www.painfoundation.org.

To make sure you continue to receive our newsletters and alerts, please add

editor@... to your address book or approved sender list.



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[Guest guest]

I always try to forward this to the group as it has a wealth of information

in it!



Bob (Dad)

Panama City, FL 32404

Please visit the International Stills Disease Foundation Inc. Web Site at

www.stillsdisease.org . Please make TAX DEDUCTIBLE Donations to the all

volunteer, International Stills Disease Foundation (ISDF), 1123 S. Kimbrel

Ave., Panama City, FL 32404. Thanks!

-- PAIN MONITOR: February 2012

PAIN MONITOR

February 2012

Forward to a Friend

Having Trouble Viewing this Email? Click Here

Action of the Month — February 2012

Growing membership is vital to creating a powerful movement and improving

the lives of people living with pain. We need your help! This month’s Action

of the Month is to ask five people you know to join APF. Learn More.

Coming Soon! Project116 — Let’s change the conversation about pain in

America

The American Pain Foundation is embarking on a new journey in advocating,

educating and communicating about pain in America. The recent Institute of

Medicine’s report on pain states that at least 116 million Americans live

with chronic pain. Despite this large number, inadequate access and care for

people with pain is growing.

Project116 will connect the 116 million and become the spark to ignite a

major national movement to unite, mobilize and validate what people with

pain experience in communities across the United States.

What is Project116?

Project116 is a new national movement aimed to protect YOUR right to

appropriate pain care and access to pain treatment options.

Project116.org — a cutting-edge website designed to support a sustained

viral and grassroots driven campaign — will launch in March 2012. It will

feature:

A combined blog and mapping platform enabling people with pain to share

their stories and show in real-time where barriers to care are happening

around the country

Interactive tools that connect people with pain to local resources. This

will enable anyone with local support information to upload resources

(face-to-face, telephone, online and more — all are invited to share)

Mapping tools to connect and mobilize people with pain and others around

advocacy initiatives in their communities and states.

Project116 will change the conversation about pain and pain care in the

United States.

Stay tuned for more information!

APF NEWS

Are You PainSAFE? Find Out.

Test your pain safety knowledge by taking the“Are You PainSAFE?†quiz. There

is a new quiz each month. Being PainSAFE and knowing how to safely and

appropriately use pain therapies will help you get the most from your

treatment. Share your know-how with others by sending them to www.painsafe

org.

NEWS

Muscle Massage Rubs Out Inflammation

Heavily stressed muscles responded to massage therapy with a variety of

biologic changes associated with reduced inflammation, analysis of tissue

specimens showed.

Does Obesity Cause Pain?

A large new study shows that obesity and pain often go hand in hand. That

appears to be true even if an obese person is otherwise healthy.

Focused Radiation May Ease Facial Pain

Cyberknife radiosurgery may bring at least short-term relief to those with

refractory trigeminal neuralgia, according to results of a small series of

cases.

Do Women Feel More Pain Than Men?

New research from the Stanford University School of Medicine found that

women actually feel pain more intensely than men.

Birth Control Pills Provide Real Relief from Menstrual Pain

For decades, health care providers have prescribed birth-control pills in

the hopes of easing women’s menstrual pain, and now a new study finds that

it really does serve the purpose.

Your Teen's Pains May Be Caused by Stressful Friendships

A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences of the USA and done at UCLA found that negative social interaction

are linked to increased inflammation.

Conquering Fear Improves Pain Control

When the movement of the body becomes disrupted, then the thoughts and

emotions going on in the brain seem to go downhill at the same time. This

can quickly lead to things like depression, anxiety and a loss of

self-esteem.

Opioid Class of Drugs May be the Only Relief Possible

There are millions of people in the United States suffering from cruel,

disabling, painful conditions and searching for remedies. Those remedies are

often difficult to come by. Let’s not make them more difficult for those

sufferers to find.

More About Yoga for Pain, and Its Harms

In principle, yoga may be a useful supportive intervention for many

pain-associated conditions, but a closer look reveals that current research

is largely inadequate and potential harms of yoga need cautious

consideration.

Cane Use Improves Pain in Arthritic Knees

Use of a cane helped reduce pain in people with osteoarthritis in the knee

as well as improve function, Brazilian researchers found.

SCIENCE & MEDICINE

Common Pain Options of Little Help for RA Patients

Muscle relaxants and neuromodulators offered little pain relief for people

with rheumatoid and cannot currently be recommended, according to two

Cochrane reviews.

Live Dinner Dialogues on Responsible Opioid Prescribing

Responsible Opioid Prescribing in the Era of REMS is an interactive program

framed around the principles of the NIPC Critical Thinking Model for Chronic

Opioid Therapy. Integrating these principles into your practice can aid in

responsibly and appropriately prescribing opioids, fostering compliance with

state and federal regulations, and optimizing analgesia for your patients.

This meeting will utilize audience response technology (ARS) to encourage

ongoing interaction between you, the expert faculty, and your colleagues.

Register today!

Learn more about other health care provider educational opportunities here.

CONNECT

PainAid Online Support Community

PainAid provides chat rooms (regularly scheduled chats on different issues),

discussion boards (threaded message boards on a broad variety of topics),

and the Ask the Experts feature (pose questions to licensed health care

professionals). PainAid is staffed by highly qualified volunteers with a

range of backgrounds, all of whom either live with chronic pain or care for

people who do. Visit PainAid for more information.

Other ways to connect and support our efforts:

Keep up with us on Facebook.

Follow APF on Twitter at www.twitter.com/americanpain for the latest pain

news and information and at www.twitter.com/painadvocacy for information on

advocacy, policy and public awareness activities.

Visit the Exit Wounds site to learn more about our military and veterans

living with pain.

APF ACTION NETWORK

Speak OUT for the Rights of People with Pain!

Learn about the work of the Action Network and the efforts of dedicated

state leaders and advocates. There are many ways to get involved with the

Action Network. For example, you can fill out an advocacy survey or contact

your state leader to support their efforts. Get involved in events taking

place near you or fill out a form to submit your event for posting. Click

here>>

SELF-ADVOCACY TIP

Create a personal pain relief toolkit to have on hand whether you are at

home, at work or traveling. Also see, Be Prepared Before You Go handouts:

Pain and Travel Checklist

Your Personal “Less Pain†Travel Kit

Live Dinner Dialogues on Responsible Opioid Prescribing

Responsible Opioid Prescribing in the Era of REMS is an interactive program

framed around the principles of the NIPC Critical Thinking Model for Chronic

Opioid Therapy. Integrating these principles into your practice can aid in

responsibly and appropriately prescribing opioids, fostering compliance with

state and federal regulations, and optimizing analgesia for your patients.

This meeting will utilize audience response technology (ARS) to encourage

ongoing interaction between you, the expert faculty, and your colleagues.

Register today!

Learn more about other health care provider educational opportunities here.

October 2011 - 2012

Global Year Against Headache

February 17, 2012

Pain Resource Nurse Training in 2012

Florence, SC

February 18, 2012

Sickle Cell Disease: Painful Crisis

Aches and Gains Radio Show, Dr. Christo

Shows are held every Saturday: 8 to 8:30 pm EST

February 22 - 25, 2012

Georgia Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

2012 Annual Leadership and Clinical Conference

Athens, GA

February 23 - 26, 2012

American Academy of Pain Medicine 28th Annual Meeting

Palm Springs, CA

March 14-16, 2012

End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)

Implementation & Train the Trainer Program

Charlotte, NC

March 30, 2012

Canadian Interventional Pain Course

Hamilton, Ontario

May 16 - 19, 2012

American Pain Society 31st Annual Scientific Meeting

Honolulu

May 27 - 29, 2012

35th Congress of the Italian Association for the Study of Pain

New Frontiers in Pain Medicine

Naples, Italy

August 27 - 31, 2012

14th World Congress on Pain

Milan, Italy

For more events happening around the country or to submit an event of your

own, please visit our Events page.

Thank you to our medical/science editor Twillman, PhD.

The Pain Monitor is a monthly electronic publication of the American Pain

Foundation. We want to keep you abreast of recent media attention given to

topics that are related to pain care or living with pain. This information

is provided for educational and information purposes only. Readers may wish

to print the information and discuss it with their doctor. Always consult

with health care providers before starting or changing any treatment. Above

are links to news articles, feature stories and timely information that have

come to our attention. Please pass them along to others who might benefit.

We encourage you to send any comments you may have to the authors or

publishers directly. Every voice counts when working towards improving pain

care in our nation.

The American Pain Foundation is an independent, nonprofit organization that

relies upon private donations to fund its programs, services and

distribution of educational materials. There are millions of people who live

with unrelieved chronic pain. If you can help, please make a donation to the

American Pain Foundation. For other ways you can support APF’s work, please

visit our website at www.painfoundation.org.

To make sure you continue to receive our newsletters and alerts, please add

editor@... to your address book or approved sender list.



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A 501©3 nonprofit organization.

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