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...government's new crackdown, legitimate physicians and patients may be getting caught in the net. "Fifty million Americans are in severe pain from arthritis, back injuries, cancer and other disabilities," says Dr. Scott Fishman, president of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. "But the government is sending a message to avoid prescribing strong pain-killers...
...1980s, after patient groups and physicians focused attention on the problem of under-treated pain. Research showed that addiction did not necessarily result from aggressive, well-managed opioid therapy. In the 1990s, as the specialty of pain management grew in hospitals and universities, opioid use spread from cancer and end-of-life patients to the chronic-pain victims of industrial accidents, car crashes and conditions such as migraines, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis...
...CURRY FIGHTS CANCER...
Curcumin, best known for lending turmeric and curry powder their yellow hue, may also fend off disease, according to a study in Cancer. In lab tests at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, curcumin inhibited the growth of melanoma cells and caused tumor cells to self-destruct...
WILLIAM REHNQUIST, Chief Justice of the U.S. supreme court, in a statement following weeks of rumors that he would step down because of thyroid cancer...