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How to Relieve the Growing Economic Pain -- and How Not To Mar. 19, 2020
In normal times, we expect the people who make economic policy to do everything possible to avoid a ... Read More
Breaking the Cycle of Guilt and Pain Dec. 13, 2019
Dear Annie: About two years ago I was pregnant with my firstborn. About five months into the pregnan... Read More
Supportive Sister Doesn't Want to Be Overbearing Nov. 27, 2019
Dear Annie: I have a sister who has had six surgeries to beat two types of cancer. She has residual ... Read More
Unforgiven Infidelity Oct. 24, 2019
Dear Annie: Soldiers still cry 50 years after their experiences with horrendous trauma. The letter w... Read More
Take Action Immediately! Aug. 30, 2019
DR. WALLACE: My parents divorced a year ago because my mom was seeing another guy. My dad has moved ... Read More
Oklahoma Lawsuit Offers Hope for Justice and Change in the Opioid Epidemic May. 31, 2019
The nation's first opioids trial against a drug manufacturer opened this week in Oklahoma, offering ... Read More
Pain Causing Short Temper May. 21, 2019
Dear Annie: I have chronic back pain thanks to sciatica. I chose to treat it with physical therapy a... Read More
Obit Omission May. 18, 2019
Dear Annie: I am in my 80s and recently lost my beloved sister-in-law, who was 90. She married my br... Read More
Legal in Every State: How to Keep Your Joints Happy May. 14, 2019
Healthy joints make for happy athletes. A bum knee, sore shoulder or painful wrist gets in the way o... Read More
Can Damage Done by CDC's Opioid Guidelines Be Reversed? Agency's Acknowledgment of Suffering Caused by Its Prescribing Advice May Be Too Little, Too Late May. 01, 2019
When the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published its opioid prescribing guidelines... Read More
Pot Industry Should Demand Accountability Feb. 21, 2019
Information is the most valuable commodity in the world. Without it, we cannot find, invent or trade... Read More
On Medical Pot, Florida Finally Gets It Right Feb. 20, 2019
Patients in Florida should applaud the Legislature's improvements to the constitutionally mandated d... Read More
We Know Pain, but What Is It Really? Feb. 15, 2019
According to National Retail Federation estimates, fewer people celebrated Valentine's Day this year... Read More
The Thorny Problem of Finding Who's to Blame for Drug Overdoses Feb. 08, 2019
As prescription and illicit opioid overdose deaths continue to rise in the United States, lawsuits a... Read More
'Cramps' Rhymes With 'Stamps'; Here's How to Lick 'Em Feb. 05, 2019
Class is in session. Today's topic isn't the sexiest, but if you've ever had a muscle cramp during s... Read More
Punishing Patients Won't Reduce Opioid Deaths: A New Medicare Prescription Rule Will Aggravate Undertreatment of Pain Dec. 19, 2018
A patient with metastatic prostate cancer tried to kill himself after he could not get the medicatio... Read More
Getting Past the Cold Shoulder Dec. 12, 2018
Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for only 18 months. Things were blissful for the firs... Read More
Fentanyl Is the Latest Deadly Twist in America's Continuing Opioid Epidemic Dec. 05, 2018
The opioid epidemic has a deadly new star: fentanyl, which is easier to overdose with than prescript... Read More
Blame the Parent, Not the Child Dec. 01, 2018
Dear Annie: I am in my 60s and have been married for 10 years to a wonderful man. It's a second marr... Read More
Where Is the Plan to Ease the Pain? Nov. 09, 2018
Pain can take many forms. There is throbbing pain, stabbing pain, phantom pain, acute pain and chron... Read More
