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		<title>Celebrity Death Due to Overdose: Is the Doctor Guilty?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 00:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This tragic—yet intriguing—topic has captured non-stop media attention for the past 10 years.  Sadly, the same tragedy befalls everyday people but their stories aren’t sensational enough to make the news. When I met Arianna Huffington on an airplane last weekend, she insisted that I share my insight with the Huffington Post about this topical issue [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=true4medicine.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14316348&amp;post=218&amp;subd=true4medicine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>September is Pain Awareness Month!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Isn&#8217;t your Medical History your doctor&#8217;s business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, actually, if you want the best medical care, your personal information is your doctor&#8217;s business.  I was stunned last week when a new patient in my office told me that his psychiatric history &#8221;isn&#8217;t any of your business!&#8221;  This person was visibly agitated and raised his voice in response to  my audacious question about his personal mental history and any [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=true4medicine.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14316348&amp;post=192&amp;subd=true4medicine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is Pain Management and Who is it for?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My endeavor to be a Pain Management specialist started in 1991. Although, I have been a board certified Interventional Pain Specialist treating patients since 1998, it never fails to surprise me that all this time that I&#8217;ve concentrated on becoming the best doctor I can be, there are many people who don&#8217;t understand what it is that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=true4medicine.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14316348&amp;post=168&amp;subd=true4medicine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Disparities Exist in Handling of Chronic Pain</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.medpagetoday.com/PainManagement/PainManagement/21758 Filed under: Interesting and Pertinent News Articles<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=true4medicine.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14316348&amp;post=164&amp;subd=true4medicine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Television Drug Dealers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[America is a Drug Nation.  We want a quick fix and we believe that the &#8220;fix&#8221; exists in a pill. We believe this because the television tells us this everyday, every hour of the day,  in the form of commercial advertisements.   When pharmaceutical companies advertise medications directly to the consumer or  &#8221;patient&#8221; without using a physician as the middle man to ensure the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=true4medicine.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14316348&amp;post=158&amp;subd=true4medicine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Treating Pain and Avoiding Addiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the greater concerns in pain management is the use of narcotics and their potential side effects.  Narcotics are morphine-like medicines and are extremely helpful in treating pain.  Over time, physicians have learned to be more judicious in our reliance upon them as the primary pain relieving therapy.   We have come to realize that their powerful effects, unrelated to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=true4medicine.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14316348&amp;post=135&amp;subd=true4medicine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Dumbing Down of Doctors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During all the health care debates and discussions, one item that I don&#8217;t hear much mention of is how  the quality of health care is being affected.  What good is having health insurance if the kind of care you get is analogous to shopping at Walmart rather than having a thoughtful, sit-down doctor visit?  Actually, I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if Walmart [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=true4medicine.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14316348&amp;post=121&amp;subd=true4medicine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pain and the Mind-Body Relationship</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acute (short-term) and chronic pain (long-term)  are both influenced by the mind-body relationship.  Acute pain may persist and become chronic because of dysfunction in this normal interaction. Acute pain is a warning signal that the body is being injured.  It&#8217;s a protective measure that tells a person to stop doing the activity that is causing harm.  Pain [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=true4medicine.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14316348&amp;post=118&amp;subd=true4medicine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Doctor Listening?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;My doctor doesn&#8217;t listen&#8221;.  This must be the most common complaint that I hear from new patients about other doctors.  Sometimes it&#8217;s true and sometimes it&#8217;s the result of unmet expectations at the doctor&#8217;s office. I believe that part of the problem is a misunderstanding of how doctors approach patients and problems.   For example, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=true4medicine.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14316348&amp;post=115&amp;subd=true4medicine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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