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By LocalHealthGuide on August 13th, 2010
All Vashon-Maury Island shorelines closed to shellfish harvesting
Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP) levels pose health risk
Pain Medicine
By Swedish Medical Center on July 19th, 2010
Learn to control pain instead of letting pain control you
Chronic pain is common and becomes more so as we grow older. In fact, after the age of 60, one in three people lives with chronic pain.
By LocalHealthGuide on July 14th, 2010
Prescription pain medicine overdose deaths rise in Washington state
Overdose involving prescription pain medicines has surpassed automobile crashes as the leading cause of injury death in the state for residents ages 35 to 54.
By Swedish Medical Center on June 21st, 2010
Headaches often under-diagnosed and undertreated
But many people who have headaches, especially those who have recurrent headaches severe enough to interfere with work and other activities, may in fact have migraines and not know it.
By Carl Sherman - HBNS on June 21st, 2010
Low back pain is no reason to stay in bed
“Normal daily activity seems to be the best way for patients with low-back pain to get better,” says study author.
By Michael McCarthy on January 21st, 2010
Higher-dose pain prescriptions linked to higher overdose risk
Patients on highest doses were nine times more likely to overdose than those on lowest doses
By LocalHealthGuide on July 14th, 2009
FDA urges caution with use of Darvon, Darvocet and other propoxyphene-containing drugs pain
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging doctors and consumers to use Darvon, Darvocet and other pain medicines containing the drug propoxyphene with caution because of the danger of overdose.
The consumer advocacy group Public Citizen had called on the FDA to ban the propoxyphene, citing evidence that the drug had been responsible for [...]
By LocalHealthGuide on April 07th, 2009
Hospital News: Virginia Mason
Virginia Mason Medical Center has opened a Headache Clinic at its Federal Way facility.
The facility will be for adult men and women who have recurring headaches of all kinds, including migraine, tension and menstrual headaches.
Dr. Dennis Rochier and Linda Johnston, an advanced registered nurse practitioner, will provide care at the clinic. Both are members of [...]
By LocalHealthGuide on December 24th, 2008
Pain pill recall
A batch of tablets of the painkiller hydromorphone made by the ETHEX corporation has been recalled because they may contain oversized pills containing more of the drug than they should.
“If someone were to take a higher than expected dose of Hydromorphone, the risk of adverse effects known to be associated with the drug may be [...]
By LocalHealthGuide on November 23rd, 2008
Treatments for Chronic Pain
[ February 4, 2009; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ]
“Chronic Pain is a Disease in Its Own Right”
6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4,
Central Library
Dr. Alex Cahana, chief of the Division of Pain Medicine at the University of Washington’s Department of Anesthesiology, will talk about new treatments for chronic pain, including medications, devices, injections and alternative therapies.
Central Library
1000 Fourth Ave.
Seattle, WA 98104
206-386-4636
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