Natural Pain Relief for Arthritis

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Dorothy Foltz-Gray, Special to Lifescript

Published December 20, 2010

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If you suffer from chronic arthritis, natural therapies can ease inflammation and acheyness. Read on for 10 tips to tame the pain today... 

When you’re wracked with arthritis pain, even the smallest movements can be a challenge. Untreated, discomfort seems to grow by itself, as your body and mind rebel against the hurt. 

“Once pain starts, it’s a bullet train to worry, stress and anxiety,” says Jane Pernotto Ehrman, M.Ed., a behavioral specialist and “mind/body coach” at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.

Then you end up dumping more of the inflammatory hormone cortisol into the bloodstream, which exacerbates arthritis, she says. 

A whopping 76.2 million Americans suffer from pain; more than half have some form of arthritis, according to the American Pain Foundation.

The right medications can help. But because body and mind are inseparable when it comes to pain, natural therapies like exercise and relaxation also do wonders.

Here are 10 ways to halt the hurt, even before you open your medicine cabinet.

2010 AHA Guidelines: The ABCs of CPR Rearranged to "CAB"

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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/730866

Emma Hitt, PhD

October 20, 2010 — Chest compressions should be the first step in addressing cardiac arrest. Therefore, the American Heart Association (AHA) now recommends that the A-B-Cs (Airway-Breathing-Compressions) of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) be changed to C-A-B (Compressions-Airway-Breathing).

The changes were documented in the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care, published in the November 2 supplemental issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, and represent an update to previous guidelines issued in 2005.

3 Blood Biomarkers May Help Identify Patients at High Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease

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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/731048

Laurie Barclay, MD

October 22, 2010 — Three biomarkers that can be tested in a single blood sample may help identify patients at high risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to the results of a study reported online October 21 in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

"[CKD] affects 13 percent of the adult population in the United States and is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease," lead author Caroline S. Fox, MD, MPH, from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, in Massachusetts, said in a news release. "It is difficult to identify early abnormalities using serum creatinine, the most commonly used measure to assess kidney function.... Our results identify biomarkers that can improve CKD risk prediction."