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Article: Click Here Overzealous use of the CDC’s opioid prescribing guideline is harming pain patients  Richard A Lawhern PhD DECEMBER 6, 2018 AT 8:58 AM Congratulations to Kate Nicholson, Dianne Hoffmann and Dr Chad Kollas on an excellent summary of the many horrid impacts of the 2016 CDC guidelines. As “weaponized” by State and Federal legislators in restrictive regulations and laws, these guidelines are directly responsible for hundreds of deaths due to doctor desertion, patient medical collapse and suicide.  Three key but scientifically unsupported assumptions of the Guidelines writers are now known to be wrong. And the omission of an entire field of medical literature renders moot, the CDC one-size-fits-all dose criterion for safety review. Contrary to the guidelines, we now know: (1) Managed medical exposure to opioid therapy is rarely associated with substance abuse in pain patients. Published CDC data reveal no cause-and-effect relationship between rates o

SYNOPSIS This book was formerly entitled Goodness and Light Thirteen years ago, two teens met on the ramp to Ground Zero, on a cold and snowy day, strangers bonding in a moment of grief. The boy pressed a crystal snowflake ornament into the girl’s hand and disappeared into the crowd, unaware that his simple act of kindness saved her from the guilt that threatened to consume her. Since losing her mom, Elena Larsen hasn’t set foot in New York City -- until now. Agreeing to help her sister prepare for her baby’s birth seems like a good way to spend Christmas and Elena vows not to let the monstrous guilt that weighs on her heart ruin everything. But those plans go awry when she meets Lucas Adair, a man whose own grief and guilt just might rival her own. When Elena discovers Lucas is the boy who gave her that crystal snowflake all those years ago, she can’t accept it as the sign Lucas believes it to be. For her, it means only one thing --- even beyond the grave, her mother ca

Christmas has always been one of my favorite holidays. As a child Christmas is even more fun. I remember not being able to sleep because I was trying to hear Santa Clause. Never did hear him. I finally figured out Santa wasn't real when my mom started getting lazy and wrapped the gifts from my parents with the same wrapping paper from Santa. A couple of my friends were talkiing about the toys we wanted as a kid. Here are some fun toys of my childhood. DREAM PHONE GAME One of 24 incredible boys really likes you. Now you just have to find out who by calling his friends for clues! Play a boy's photo card and call his number on the electronic touch-tone phone! Listen to a clue about your secret admirer's clothes, sports, foods, or special hangouts. Then search the gameboard to identify who he is and who he isn't. Calls are private unless someone plays a Speakerphone card - then everyone hears that clue! If it's a Share a Secret card, just you and one frie

SYNOPSIS Adventure, danger, and a thrilling global mission await 12-year-old Cruz Coronado as he joins an elite school for explorers. Cruz leaves his tranquil home in Hawaii to join 23 talented kids from around the globe to train at the Explorer Academy with the world's leading scientists to become the next generation of great explorers. But for Cruz, there's more at stake. No sooner has he arrived at the Academy than he discovers that his family has a mysterious past with the organization that could jeopardize his future. In the midst of codebreaking and cool classes, new friends and augmented reality expeditions, Cruz must tackle the biggest question of all: Who is out to get him, and why? Readers can get in on the excitement with puzzles and codes embedded throughout.   AMAZON  |  BARNES &NOBLE  |  BOOK DEPOSITORY BOOK EXCERPT Praise for  EXPLORER ACADEMY  Series “This series opener from a new imprint of National Geographic is a ful