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Pain is one of the most common reasons that people end up in the doctor's office. And yet, until 1983, the field of pain management did not have its own medical society; today, the specialty still isn't widely taught in medical schools. For centuries, doctors even debated whether eliminating pain was morally acceptable: would it, for instance, defeat God's purpose in condemning Eve's daughters to suffer in childbirth...
Although opioids are extremely valuable painkillers, particularly for patients at the end of life, drugs like Oxycontin (oxycodone) and Vicodin (hydrocodone and acetaminophen) are unfortunately better known for being addictive. While new studies have sharpened the understanding of how opioids work, and clarified their harms, the general question of safety remains complicated. Differences in the age and health of patients, their history of substance misuse, the nature of the pain and patients' sensitivity to certain drugs mean that a miracle drug for one person may be harmful to another. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...
...Brown that the latest open book has proved the most incendiary, sparking a conflagration of claims, counterclaims and fresh allegations. "I have never hit anybody in my life," Brown insisted in a Feb. 20 interview with Channel 4 News, broadcast on the eve of serialization of Rawnsley's The End of the Party in a Sunday newspaper. (Watch a Q&A with Gordon Brown...
With campaigning in full swing and emotions running so high before the election has even been formally called, it may well be British voters who end up feeling bullied by the time they finally get to cast their ballots...
...world. What needs to be done, not a human can do it," she says. "There will be seven years of abundance, and Haiti will be a world wonder." Brutus says this message is not just for Haitians today but for their descendants as well, as the diaspora will end and Haitians will return to rebuild their nation. (See the Haitian Prime Minister's recovery plan...