Professional Baseball Player Joins 2010 Patchwork of Hope Network(Tm) Campaign
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LaTroy Hawkins and the National Council on Aging Raise Awareness of Shingles and After-shingles Pain
WASHINGTON, May 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Council on Aging (NCOA) today announced the launch of the 2010 Patchwork of Hope Network, an educational campaign to raise awareness of shingles and postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). Also known as after-shingles pain, PHN is an often debilitating condition resulting from nerve damage caused by shingles infection.(1) Professional baseball player LaTroy Hawkins joins the campaign to share his personal story, after suffering from both conditions, which left him on the 15-day disabled list.See the full content of this document
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Professional Baseball Player Joins 2010 Patchwork of Hope Network(Tm) Campaign
"As a professional pitcher, back and shoulder pain is something you deal with on a regular basis, but this was no ordinary pain," described Hawkins, who was initially treated for a muscle strain. When a rash f...
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