30 Most Recent Posts per Category

Chronic Pain

• Pain Warriors: Civil Rights for Our Time (8/9/2020)
• Lower Back Pain Can Improve After Hip Replacement (8/7/2020)
• How pain affects focus and attention (8/6/2020)
• EDS: Analysis of Current Treatment Options (8/2/2020)
• Genetic Polymorphisms and Pain (7/28/2020)
• Brain Damage from Chronic Pain (7/27/2020)
• Annie Lennox Publicizes Her Chronic Pain (7/25/2020)
• Physical Activity as Cause and Cure of Muscular Pain (7/22/2020)
• EDS: Severe GI Symptoms, Reduced Quality of Life (7/17/2020)
• Effects of Social Distancing on Body and Brain (7/9/2020)
• hEDS Deficit in Pain Control Mechanisms (7/8/2020)
• Neuropathic Pain & Wind-Up Phenomenon (7/7/2020)
• How to Talk to Your Doctor About Pain (6/21/2020)
• The Main Types of Pain (6/21/2020)
• Strange Dance: Performing Wellness for Others (6/14/2020)
• “Pain Catastrophizing” Term Correction (6/1/2020)
• Borderline personality disorder among chronic pain patients? (5/29/2020)
• Borderline Personality Disorder Common in Pain Patients (5/29/2020)
• Cerebrovascular Risk from Chronic Pain (5/26/2020)
• A Classification of Pain Patient Behavior (5/23/2020)
• The best treatment(s) for chronic primary musculoskeletal pain (5/14/2020)
• Noradrenergic System in Chronic Pain: Microglia Activation (5/9/2020)
• Notes from University Course on Pain Management (4/19/2020)
• Chronic Pain in Brain: Structural and Functional Changes (4/5/2020)
• Massage Harmful for Atlantoaxial Instability (2/29/2020)
• Chronic Pain Patients at Higher Risk for Coronavirus (2/18/2020)
• Effect of Estrogen on Musculoskeletal Performance (2/14/2020)
• Anatomical changes correlated with chronic pain (2/6/2020)
• Pain and Suicide: The Other Side of the Opioid Story (2/5/2020)
• Sudden, Unexpected Death in Chronic Pain Patients (2/3/2020)

Pain Mgmt

• COVID worsens shortage of hospital opioids (8/4/2020)
• Genetic Polymorphisms and Pain (7/28/2020)
• Maximum Opioid Doses are an Abomination (7/23/2020)
• N.H. Bill supports doctors treating pain with opioids (7/16/2020)
• Neuropathic Pain & Wind-Up Phenomenon (7/7/2020)
• Self-administration of Hydrocortisone for Pain (7/5/2020)
• Illicit opioid use after loss of access to opioids for pain (7/4/2020)
• AMA recommends specific changes to CDC guideline (6/28/2020)
• AMA urges CDC to revise opioid prescribing guideline (6/27/2020)
• Doctor Fights State Over Opioid Tapering Ethics (6/17/2020)
• Tapentadol (Nucynta) Prolonged Release: A Review (6/11/2020)
• Pharmacological rationale for tapentadol/Nucynta (6/6/2020)
• EBM only works for the mythical “average patient” (5/21/2020)
• Biomarkers May (or may not) Indicate Chronic Pain (5/5/2020)
• Flaws Found in Interventional Treatment Guidelines (4/29/2020)
• Is Opioid Induced Hyperalgesia a Clinical Reality? (4/28/2020)
• Review: opioid management for chronic noncancer pain (4/26/2020)
• The most dangerous trend in spine surgery (4/7/2020)
• Managing pain in the era of the opioid crisis (3/27/2020)
• EDS Requires Aggressive High-Dose Pain Therapy (3/26/2020)
• More Veteran Suicides Than Combat Deaths (3/24/2020)
• Conquering (or Not) Cancer Pain (3/23/2020)
• Opioids Have Little Effect on Cognition (3/16/2020)
• Pain catastrophizing measures shown to be invalid (3/12/2020)
• Chronic Pain After Cancer: The Role of Opioids – part 2 (3/11/2020)
• Chronic Pain After Cancer: The Role of Opioids – part 1 (3/10/2020)
• Some Patients Need Adrenaline for Pain Control (3/8/2020)
• FDA Clears OTC Electromagnetic Pulse Therapy (3/7/2020)
• Review Finds Opioid Patients Often Feel Stigmatized (3/4/2020)
• IV Acetaminophen for Acute Severe Pain? (2/24/2020)

Chronic Illness

• Advice for Newcomers to Diagnosis of EDS (8/10/2020)
• Pain Management in the Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (7/24/2020)
• EDS: Severe GI Symptoms, Reduced Quality of Life (7/17/2020)
• Neuroinflammation and Cortisol Issues (6/24/2020)
• Unfit for Work: The startling rise of disability (6/20/2020)
• What is a cytokine storm? (5/27/2020)
• Vitamin D and COVID-19—Prevention or Therapy? (5/16/2020)
• Psychiatric Disorders From Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome (5/3/2020)
• Why smart people believe coronavirus myths (4/25/2020)
• Exiled from the world of the well, isolated by suspicion (4/22/2020)
• Dogs excel at sniffing out human illness (4/18/2020)
• The importance of viral dose is being overlooked (4/11/2020)
• Genetic explanation for common group of symptoms (4/4/2020)
• Large Spinal Study Finds Intracranial Hypertension (4/2/2020)
• What does Dysautonomia feel like? (3/21/2020)
• Cardiovascular Autonomic Dysfunction in EDS (3/21/2020)
• EDS, HSD More Prevalent Than Previously Thought (1/13/2020)
• Neurological and Spinal Manifestations of EDS (12/27/2019)
• Hypermobility, EDS, and Chronic Pain (10/28/2019)
• Psychological flexibility to thrive with chronic illness (10/26/2019)
• Muscle impairment in women with hEDS – Part 2 (10/21/2019)
• Muscle impairment in women with hEDS – Part 1 (10/20/2019)
• Pregabalin (Lyrica) for Anxiety (10/5/2019)
• The Fascial (Connective) Tissue System (9/28/2019)
• Stretching after exercise helps heal (9/25/2019)
• Pain Takes Significant Toll on Cancer Survival (9/24/2019)
• Full-body range of EDS health issues (8/30/2019)
• Management of chronic pain in EDS – part 3 (8/30/2019)
• 6 Health Problems with EDS (8/9/2019)
• Common Tragedies of Joint Instability (8/2/2019)

Healthcare

• “Do No Harm” Means Providing Proper Pain Treatment (8/19/2020)
• The social threats of COVID for pain pateints (8/16/2020)
• Potentially More Chronic Pain after COVID (8/11/2020)
• Common colds train immune system to recognize COVID (8/8/2020)
• Dogs can identify COVID in humans (8/3/2020)
• About Wearing a Mask… (8/1/2020)
• The Grade Working Group: Grading the Graders (7/31/2020)
• Low-Dose Radiation for Viruses like COVID (7/30/2020)
• Of Course, Masks Protect the Wearer! (7/29/2020)
• Crowdsourced Coronavirus Tech Handbook (7/26/2020)
• Aerosol transmission of infectious agents (7/18/2020)
• 239 Experts Claim Coronavirus Is Airborne (7/14/2020)
• A virus walks into a bar… (7/12/2020)
• Higher Expectations from Patients than Doctors (7/6/2020)
• Indoor transmission of COVID NOT likely (7/3/2020)
• Medical Tribalism in the Era of Covid-19 (6/30/2020)
• Rethinking bias and truth in evidence‐based health care (6/29/2020)
• Super-potent human antibodies against COVID-19 (6/29/2020)
• Forecasting for COVID-19 has failed (6/25/2020)
• Drug Companies Will Make a Killing From Coronavirus (6/22/2020)
• Explainer: Coronavirus Risks of Everyday Activities (6/18/2020)
• Why I’m posting about the Coronavirus (6/18/2020)
• Guidelines Written and Manipulated by Insiders (6/16/2020)
• Role of Private Equity in Driving Up Health Care Prices (6/15/2020)
• Tax-payers Fund Research, Pharma Profits (6/10/2020)
• Genes may determine vulnerability to COVID-19 (6/9/2020)
• Vitamin D and COVID-19: The Evidence So Far (6/8/2020)
• Disastrous Incompetence at the CDC (6/7/2020)
• CDC Bungling Coronavirus Response (6/5/2020)
• Coronavirus May Be a Blood Vessel Disease (6/4/2020)

Physical Health

• Melatonin Affects Muscle and Exercise (8/15/2020)
• The HPA – Immune Axis in the Brain (8/5/2020)
• The Surprising Science of Walking (7/20/2020)
• Effects of Social Distancing on Body and Brain (7/9/2020)
• Single Session of Exercise Alters 9,815 Blood Molecules (7/2/2020)
• How Coronavirus Spreads in Cities (7/1/2020)
• The Critical Importance of Corticoid Hormones (6/26/2020)
• Can a Parent’s Life Experience Be Inherited? (4/24/2020)
• Basic Explanation of Epigenetics (4/12/2020)
• FACTS about the Wuhan Coronavirus (2/28/2020)
• Blood Protein Changes Linked To Aging Process (1/15/2020)
• How the loss of estrogen impacts muscle strength (1/11/2020)
• Forced Exercise Less Beneficial than Voluntary (1/9/2020)
• Physical Activity and Brain Health – Part 2 (11/29/2019)
• Vagus nerve stimulation as anti-inflammatory (10/13/2019)
• Chemicals on the dinner menu (10/26/2018)
• Healthy gut, healthy heart? (10/19/2018)
• Why Sitting May Be Bad for Your Brain (9/14/2018)
• Neurological benefits of phytocannabinoids (7/7/2018)
• No benefit from excessive high-intensity exercise (6/24/2018)
• What patients should know about probiotics (6/23/2018)
• New Wearable System to Monitor Gut Activity (4/11/2018)
• The health benefits of coffee (4/6/2018)
• Why Does Exercise Start Hurting Days After a Workout? (2/4/2018)
• Can You Burn Calories While Sitting at a Desk? (1/5/2018)
• How neurons grow and connect – for science nerds (12/22/2017)
• Inflammation trains the skin to heal faster (12/20/2017)
• How Walking Benefits the Brain (6/30/2017)
• Most Genes Matter for Most Traits (6/25/2017)
• The Liver: A Blob That Runs the Body (6/17/2017)

Mental Health

• Effects of Social Distancing on Body and Brain (7/9/2020)
• Belief in meritocracy not only false: it’s bad for you (6/13/2020)
• Borderline personality disorder among chronic pain patients? (5/29/2020)
• Borderline Personality Disorder Common in Pain Patients (5/29/2020)
• Hallmarks of a good therapist: Humility and Self-Doubt (5/15/2020)
• Not much Evidence for Evidence-Based Therapy (4/23/2020)
• Quick fix of CBT doesn’t last (4/15/2020)
• An Undercover Journey Into the Heart of Madness (2/16/2020)
• The Neurology of ADD Symptoms (1/29/2020)
• ADD Distractability Seems Similar to EDS Hyper-Sensitivity (1/3/2020)
• Sensory Over-Responsivity and ADHD (12/29/2019)
• Physical Activity and Brain Health – Part 1 (11/28/2019)
• Augmentation Strategies for Treatment-Resistant Depression (11/24/2019)
• Neurosteroids for Anxiety Disorders (11/23/2019)
• Anxiety Disorders Linked to Mitochondria (11/1/2019)
• Military Sees Frustrating Trend as Suicides Spike (10/18/2019)
• Fear and Anxiety: A Two-System Framework (10/16/2019)
• The absurd trashing of antidepressants (10/15/2019)
• The Diagnosis and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders (9/25/2019)
• Neurosteroids: Endogenous Role in Human Brian (9/14/2019)
• Benefits of GABA Supplementation (9/4/2019)
• GABAergic model of depression vindicated (8/31/2019)
• Neurosteroids in Neurologic/Neuropsychiatric Disorders (8/24/2019)
• Neurosteroids in the Treatment of Anxiety (8/17/2019)
• One in 10 Older Adults Currently Binge Drinks (8/16/2019)
• Prevalence Of Mental Disorders in US: Almost 30% (8/16/2019)
• Cortical GABAergic Dysfunction in Depression (8/10/2019)
• Pregnenolone for Bipolar Depression (8/4/2019)
• The GABAergic Hypothesis of Depression/Anxiety (8/3/2019)
• Neuroimaging Anxiety in Hypermobility (7/27/2019)

Resources

• Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos – NIH GeneReviews (7/15/2020)
• EDS: Description by Natl Org for Rare Disorders (NORD) (3/28/2020)
• Update: Bodily Harm from Chronic Pain Part 2 (1/19/2020)
• Fascia Research from the NIH (11/10/2019)
• How consumers can interact with state medical boards (11/4/2019)
• Ehlers Danlos Syndromes Toolkit (6/30/2019)
• Media Bias/Fact Check Site (6/15/2019)
• Making Effective Comments on Regulations.gov (1/8/2019)
• Physician Online EDS Education | EDS CME Modules (12/14/2018)
• EDS diagnosis for general practitioners (8/15/2018)
• Demanding Patient’s Rights (links for contacts) (7/29/2018)
• Kratom and Chronic Pain (7/7/2018)
• CDC Top 10 Causes of death 2016 (6/18/2018)
• For Research: Sources of Current, Reliable Opioid Data (3/10/2018)
• The thoracolumbar fascia: anatomy and function (12/31/2017)
• 37 Links to stories, articles, and more on the opioid crisis (11/10/2017)
• 50 Resources to Help You with Chronic Pain (10/27/2017)
• Latest EDS Information – Fall 2017 (10/7/2017)
• Widespread Effects of Defective Collagen (8/1/2017)
• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome from MedlinePlus.gov (7/30/2017)
• Reliable medical/health information online (7/29/2017)
• HON Code certification for medical information online (7/26/2017)
• Online Statistics Primer for Clinical Trials (6/10/2017)
• Baloney Detection Kit (5/25/2017)
• Best and Worst Science News Sites (5/19/2017)
• How to Be Broke & Afford Medical Care (4/30/2017)
• How to read and understand a scientific paper (2/27/2017)
• Pilates Training, Instruction and Practice (1/21/2017)
• Top 15 posts of 2016 – 5 Warnings (12/31/2016)
• Finding Therapy – from mentalhealthamerica.net (12/2/2016)