More help is now available for cancer patients coping with pain.
The 36-page booklet is derived from guidelines previously developed by the NCCN for cancer experts. Pain is associated with decreased quality of life, including reduced activity, lack of sleep, poor eating habits and depression. Mayo Clinic on Chronic Pain Antibiotics and sinusitis Antibiotics may be ineffective when it comes to treating children with acute sinus infections , according to a study in the April 2001 issue of Pediatrics. The researchers treated 161 children with acute sinusitis . Some of the children received one of two antibiotics, and some received a placebo.