KATZ: A Prescription for Dealing With the Promise, Peril of Painkillers

Published July 5, 2010

KATZ: A prescription for dealing with the promise, peril of painkillers
There has long been recognition in the United States that clinicians tend to under-treat serious, and especially chronic pain. This problem tends to become most recognizable when the source of pain is objective, such as cancer, and when concerns about consequences of pain medication use, such as addiction, are most questionable, if not downright silly. When someone is likely to live for only …
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The Filipino-American Friendship Day
Filipino-American Friendship Day was first celebrated on July 4, 1963. Before this date, the Filipino people celebrated July 4 since 1946 as Philippine Independence Day. This was the day in 1946 when United States President Harry S. Truman proclaimed United States withdrawal, surrendering all rights of possession, supervision, jurisdiction, and control of sovereignty, and recognizing the …
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