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Kate Dunitz, 16, was plagued by chronic pain following surgery in 2004, and was prescribed a mix of healing Iyengar yoga, craniosacral massage, art therapy and hypnotherapy. The clinic also uses acupuncture, meditation and relaxation exercises. "I thought they were hocus-pocus," says Dunitz, "but I did a complete turnaround." She will return to high school full time next fall as a senior...
According to Zeltzer, some 80% of kids under 17 treated in her pain clinic also suffer from anxiety and depression, and the clinic addresses those feelings as well (so do the handful of other programs around the country that focus on pediatric pain). "It's really sad that children were so undertreated in the past," says Dr. Catherine Skae, director of Pain Service at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore in New York. "I think we've come a long way, but we still have a long way to go." --By Michael D. Lemonick. Reported by David Bjerklie/New York...
...just Vioxx but Celebrex and Bextra as well, and by FDA advisory panels that recommended stronger warnings for the whole class of pain relievers known as COX-2 inhibitors. "The cardiovascular problems appear to be a class effect," says Dr. Eric Topol, director of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. "But the magnitude of risk does seem to differ from drug to drug." It's now up to the FDA to decide whether the dangers, which in some drugs start to appear only at high doses, warrant its strongest, black-box warning, which would halt direct-to- consumer advertising...
...very common ailments: heart attacks and strokes. It's much harder to tell, without careful statistical analyses, when common events become more common. "The [drug-approval] system was tested in ways it was never tested before," says Dr. Eric Topol, chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. "In an era of mass marketing, where data may show uncertainty and where the FDA has no real authority to take action, this class of drugs was set up to fail...
Fidget to Lose Some Weight Folks who are lean are more likely to fidget, stand up or pace about than their moderately obese counterparts, according to a study of 20 self-identified couch potatoes conducted by researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. For 10 days scientists measured their subjects' every movement, using sensors embedded in specially designed underwear. The 10 lean participants were more active even after they were required to gain weight. Sorry, Mom, fidgeting is good...