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  • Wrist Watch
    Know when to see your doctor
    You’re working at your desk, but you’re distracted by tingling or numbness in your hand and wrist. Then a piercing pain shoots from your palm through your arm.
  • Heal That Heel Pain
    Most types can be treated
    Americans complain about heel pain more than any other foot problem, according to a survey by the American Podiatric Medical Association.
  • Overuse of Pain Relievers May Worsen Headache Pain
    Even OTC medications are “serious” drugs
    If you suffer from frequent or severe headaches, see your physician. Regular use of pain relievers can bring on a condition known as medication-overuse headache.
  • A Guide to Safe Use of Pain Medicine
    If you've ever been treated for severe pain from surgery, an injury, or an illness, you know just how vital pain relief medications can be.
  • Maintenance Narcotics
    Usually not a good idea
    The indications for long-term use of narcotics (opioid analgesics) are few. Most of the proper uses involve cancer-related pain.
  • More Good News About Vitamin D
    The sunshine vitamin may be one of the most important
    Vitamin D may help relieve daily aches and pains, and even longer-term pain, but most Americans don’t get enough.
  • If It’s Autumn, Your Feet May Hurt
    Proper shoes make all the difference
    Women with bunions find that fall is a painful time of year. They are making the transition from more comfortable summer shoes to closed-toed styles. Ouch!
  • Prevent Back Pain
    If you’re like eight of 10 Americans, you’ll suffer from disabling back pain at some point in your life.
  • Sole Pain: Relief for a Common Heel Injury
    Diseases and Conditions
    More than 2 million people receive treatment for heel pain each year.
  • Is Your Purse a Pain in the Neck?
    Self-Care and Prevention
    Put your purse on the scale and weigh it. You could be asking for trouble if your purse weighs over 7 pounds.
  • Avoid Bags, Babies, and Birthdays
    Self-Care and Prevention
    Back-pain triggers lurk everywhere, but if you know where to look, you can help keep your back healthy.
  • Pain, Pain Go Away
    Diseases and Conditions
    Ask questions about your pain and get treatment.
  • You Don’t Know the Pain I’m In
    Diseases and Conditions
    Are you suffering pain from chronic conditions such as arthritis and back disorders? Get a referral to a pain specialist. Don’t suffer needlessly.
  • Age Without Aches
    Self-Care and Prevention
    You can’t totally eliminate the aches and pains of aging, but it isn’t too late to take some preemptive measures and live the rest of your life relatively pain-free.
  • Take Pain Medications With Care
    Medications
    Exceeding the recommended daily dose of pain relievers can jeopardize your recovery and pose real health problems.
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