NEWSLETTER No5
September 2000
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Welcome to O.C.P.M.'s 5th Newsletter
My name is Cyn
And I'll be your hostess for this evening.
The Internet never ceases to amaze me.
Are we becoming an 'information-society' or what?!
Undoubtedly we are, with no end in sight...
'This territory we have entered...
Can become a fantastic 'Time-Sink'...
Hours can slip by.
People can come and go.
You're oblivious to all.
You are now locked into
Cyberspace...'
Does this soundfamilar?
Well, it happened to me yesterday
And guess what I found out.....?
TUBES TIED
They have found an Alternative to
Tube-Tying for women.
Do you know what it is?
FIND OUT
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NEW DRUG
A scientist has developed a drug
to fight leukemia-called B43-PAP.
He developed it from POKEWEED!
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FOR MORE
DETECTION OF CANCER
There's some NEW advice
for Detecting Ovarian Cancer
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MORE
DID YOU KNOW?
There's An Increase In
Brain Tumors In Children?
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PRICE OF ADDICTION
This Just Out
"Healing the Hurt Behind
Addictions and Compulsive Behaviors"
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HERE
ACT YOUR AGE ?!
In this year of 2000,
almost 35 million Americans
will be over the age of 65!?
But many aren't letting age
get in the way of living.
"What's Age Got To Do With It?"
might prove interesting to you….
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HEDWEB
A New Guide Called
"The Good Drug Guide"
CONGRESS CONSIDERING THIS?
OK to Cross Border for Cheap Meds?
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
Publishes Final Guidelines
For Stem Cell Research
ANTI-SMOKING PILL
Works On Most HardCoreSmokers
BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS
In Link Smoking & Depression
LOSS OF NERVE:
A Molecular Approach to
Better Treatment of Chronic Pain
LIVENING UP LIBIDOS
Testosterone Patches Revive Women’s Sex Drive
OSTEOPOROSIS DRUG
May Take Edge off Anxiety
BREATHE EASY
Study Says Oral Drug Better In Severe Asthma
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How's your pain been lately?
Has it been high on the pain scale?
Or has your pain been low?
Whatever it's been...
it looks like 'The Tide Is Turning'
for a lot of Chronic Pain Patients
Read On....
Improvements In Treating Chronic Pain
By Dean Edell, M.D.
Many people with chronic pain complain
they're often under-treated with medication.
Physicians blame needless governmental scrutiny
and a fear that patients will become addicted.
But the war on pain seems to be changing.
"Barbara Eudy has been dealing with
disabling pain for more than 25 years."
said Dr. Edell. She's had five back surgeries.
But with daily narcotic medication,
Eudy's pain level is eased considerably."
"Ninety to 130 million Americans suffer
from daily chronic pain that impacts
every single aspect of their lives:
from work and relationships
to sleep and play.
"Until recently, doctors have traditionally
under-prescribed narcotic pain medications,
fearing patient addiction and governmental scrutiny.
But the tide may be turning."
Dr. Harvey Rose agrees:
"We are now, paying attention to pain."
Dr. Edell: "Dr. Harvey Rose has successfully
battled California's medical and legislative
bureaucracies to change the way chronic pain
patients are treated.
"The risk of addiction for patients with
no history of substance abuse is minimal,
according to recent studies, which show
that less than one-half of
one-percent of patients become
addicted to their painkillers."
Dr. Rose added:
"Addiction is when you take a compound
or participate in an activity that
causes you harm. If you take
a medicine that improves your quality
of life, your level of comfort,
your ability to function, and it doesn't cause
harm to the body, then that
medicine is appropriate."
"Another problem has been this' said Dr. Edell
until very recently, medical schools didn't
teach doctors how to treat chronic pain.
That is changing, especially as life
expectancy continues to lengthen."
Barabra says it gives her some kind of a life to where
she can function as a human being.
"For Barbara Eudy and millions of other
patients who struggle with constant pain,
that doesn't seem like too much to ask."
"Physicians say narcotics are very safe
for the average patient when prescribed
appropriately and followed closely.
The worst side effect of narcotics
for most people, according to doctors,
is constipation.
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