Here are some tips to help avoid your daily pain and to combat it when it does occur. ...more

November 10, 2009

They never made it to their one-month anniversary. ...more

September 25, 2009

Hot food's not to blame for Burning Mouth Syndrome, a condition estimated to affect up to 4 percent of American adults. ...more

November 22, 2008

Bettina Schardt knew that the combination of drugs she drank in the living room of her home in Wuerzburg, Germany, last week would kill her, and she died alone. ...more

July 4, 2008

Rall Why Reader Subscribes Re: Peter Stathis' rant about Rall. I would expect no less from Mr. Stathis, since I have had the displeasure of reading many of his letters which you seem to find desirable to print on a regular basis. ...more

May 8, 2008

Patches containing the prescription painkiller fentanyl were recalled Tuesday because of a flaw that could cause patients or caregivers to overdose on the potent drug inside. ...more

February 13, 2008

Their bodies have betrayed them after years of abuse on the football fields, leaving them broken down with chronic pain and, in some cases, addicted to painkillers. Former NFL players are crying for help, but many say the league they helped build doesn't listen. ...more

December 30, 2007

Improper use of patches that emit the painkiller fentanyl is still killing people, the government said Friday - its second warning in two years about the powerful narcotic. ...more

December 22, 2007

SARASOTA COUNTY - A jail nurse has been hit with a felony drug charge for replacing an inmate's oxycodone pills with Tylenol and taking the prescription drug home, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

November 13, 2007

SEBRING — Sandy Lankford wakes up everyday not knowing what's next. "Sometimes you don't know how your day is going to go," said Sandy, who suffers from fibromyalgia, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. "This morning I felt fine, but now I'm in pain. It happens all the time. It's called a flare." Lankford, a former teacher at Bowling Green Elementary School, was forced out of work when she suffered a stroke a few years ago. ...more

October 22, 2007