<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/62f92830-a5fb-455a-8b42-af386d8fb103/4F2F9666-43C5-46C1-A9F6-73EBBD8DBCE7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091014/hl_hsn/healthtipmanagepainwithoutdrugs" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091014/hl_hsn/healthtipmanagepainwithoutdrugs" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091014/hl_hsn/healthtipmanagepainwithoutdrugs">Pain-relieving medications offer relief for many people with sudden or <SPAN id="lw_1255536314_0" class="yshortcuts">chronic pain</SPAN>. But these drugs have their own risks and potential side effects.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091014/hl_hsn/healthtipmanagepainwithoutdrugs"><P>The <SPAN id="lw_1255536314_1" class="yshortcuts">U.S. National Library</SPAN> of Medicine offers this list of pain-relieving alternatives to medication:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091014/hl_hsn/healthtipmanagepainwithoutdrugs"><UL> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Applying heat.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Applying ice or a cold compress.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Massaging the area.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Getting sufficient rest.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Using <SPAN id="lw_1255536314_2" class="yshortcuts">relaxation techniques</SPAN>.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Using <SPAN id="lw_1255536314_3" class="yshortcuts">biofeedback</SPAN>, which teaches you how to gain partial control over certain physiological processes, including <SPAN id="lw_1255536314_4" class="yshortcuts">blood pressure</SPAN> and <SPAN id="lw_1255536314_5" class="yshortcuts">heart rate</SPAN>.</LI> </UL></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4F2F9666-43C5-46C1-A9F6-73EBBD8DBCE7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks:  Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!