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What Really Needles Me? Safe Needle Disposal by Vicki B. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 01 Oct 2008 8:57pm After more than a year taking Forteo injections, my container of used needles is full, and I am ready to throw it away. However, we don't just throw away sharp needles, do we? That's why a "sharps container" comes with the needle pins. I checked the Carrollton web site and found that local individuals must deliver used needles to the Dallas Read on »

Pins & Needles - Or Just Needles? by Vicki B. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 9:53pm A study in Nottingham University in the UK compared the effect of different acupuncture types on quality of life in secondary progressive MS. The two types are Chinese Medical and Minimal Acupuncture. The study focused on fatigue and general health. Minimal acupuncture results showed minor improvement in general health, but no other d ... Read on »

Class I Medical Device Recall: Multi-Med, Inc. Huber (Non-coring) Needles and Finished Devices Containing Huber Needles Labeled by FDA Posted Mon 11 Oct 2010 9:00pm Huber needles are safety needles used on vascular access ports implanted in patients in need of repeated intravenous therapy. A "coring" Huber needle could damage the implanted port by removing silicone slivers from the access membrane. The defect in the port as a result of coring can cause the ports to leak. The core can Read on »

A needle in a haystack – a game chip in the needles by Maddy M. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 14 Jan 2009 5:57pm More magic, than marker Hosted by "Tracy" at "Mother May I," but the photo-picture below will whizz you right there with one click. Just call me snap happy...’t available. Arguably, an hour spent sequencing my son through the series of events that led up to this disaster would be better spent hunting through the needles, with hindsight Read on »

Needle Exchanges Save Lives but May Imperil Workers by Jason Schwartz, LMSW Healthy Living Professional

Posted Sun 11 Jan 2009 3:49pm From the Wall Street Journal: Pete Morse devoted his life to saving the lives of heroin users. A dreadlocked community activist with a Ph.D in history, he bore a tattoo that read: "Injury to one is an injury to all." So his friends and colleagues were shocked when he was found unconscious in 2007 on a bathroom floor with a needle by his side Read on »

Obama and needle exchange by Jason Schwartz, LMSW Healthy Living Professional

Posted Sun 17 May 2009 10:36pm look at the photo in story of disposed syringes at a needle exchange and it breaks my heart. It's hard not to see each of those needles as lost dreams, broken families, suffering communities, and pain and despair for countless people who are affected directly and indirectly. I understand people being reluctant to purchase needles for someone to inject heroin Read on »

Needle And The Damage Done by scrawnywod Posted Sun 13 Feb 2011 10:00pm was consumed with the thought of pizza. My teeth would ache. I would get twitchy. Restless. I think these symptoms are similar to that of heroine withdrawal. But the weird thing is I... couldn't have something and therefore I wanted it even more. And so, last night we got two large pizzas: a meat lovers and a chicken rustica. And they were delicious. Needle Read on »

More blood. No more needles! AAah! by Lauren Posted Fri 20 Jun 2008 12:00am More blood. No more needles! AAah! Read on »

Needle Exchange and Human Rights by Jason Schwartz, LMSW Healthy Living Professional

Posted Wed 20 May 2009 10:36pm How did needle exchanges get on the human rights agenda and why doesn't treatment access rank? Technorati Tags: needle exchange, addiction, harm reduction, addiction Read on »