Police are investigating whether a Kaiser Permanente transplant surgeon attempted to hasten the death last February of a 25-year-old San Luis Obispo man on life support to harvest his organs more quickly.

Persistent, chronic pain has risen dramatically among full-time U.S. workers in the past 10 years, but workers today opt to go to their jobs rather than call in sick, leading to a growing trend of presenteeism -- a negative impact on work despite being physically present at the job.

Authorities investigate allegations that a Kaiser surgeon in San Luis Obispo hastened a possible donor's demise. Police are investigating whether a Kaiser Permanente transplant surgeon attempted to hasten the death last February of a 26-year-old San Luis Obispo man on life support in order to harvest his organs more quickly.

Authorities are investigating whether a transplant surgeon tried to hasten the death of a man on life support in hopes of harvesting his organs faster, it was reported Tuesday.

Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital are trying to find 90 people suffering from chronic abdominal pain because of surgical scar tissue for a study on the effectiveness of a pain-relieving drug.

Kim Morris suffered her first migraine headache when she was 11 years old. Initially, she thought she had the stomach flu with a bad headache to boot.

Doctors treating people for chronic pain should avoid using all medications – at least at first – the American Heart Association advises in guidelines designed to have a significant impact on the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Many doctors should change the way they prescribe pain relievers for chronic pain in patients with or at risk for heart disease based on accumulated evidence that nonsteroidal anti- inflammatory drugs , with the exception of aspirin, increase risk for heart attack and stroke, according to an American Heart Association statement published today in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart ...

Title: Heart Experts Issue Guidelines on Use of Celebrex Category: Health News Created: 2/27/2007 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 2/27/2007

Title: Pain Drug Caution for Heart Patients Category: Health News Created: 2/27/2007 Last Editorial Review: 2/27/2007