Fibromyalgia News
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Man’s Ravaging Lyme Disease Eludes Doctors for a Year… battled Lyme disease symptoms for decades. As a teen, she said she had chronic muscle and joint pain and was diagnosed with fibromyalgia . Later, in 1996, she said doctors thought she had hypothyroidism. In June 2006, she said her head “felt foggy and not right …
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9 Tweets That Explain Chronic Pain… it's from a bad back, cancer surgery or a condition such as fibromyalgia . Related: A Close Up Look At Acupuncture For Pain The concept ..... Associati (@NeuropathyAssoc) April 22, 2014 @abcdrbchat T4 Fibromyalgia affects up to 4% of the population... widespread body …
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'Hero-Villain' Jeopardy! Contestant Returns to Game Show Monday Night… a suburb of Cleveland, Chu has said he hopes to donate some of his winnings to a research foundation to find a cure for fibromyalgia , a disease that afflicts his wife, a novelist. "I can understand it's less pleasant to watch," Chu told ABCNews …
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Advocates Fight for Teen Justina Pelletier, Held by State in Psych Ward
… medication with limited side effects." The plan cited drugs that would continue "for now": Lyrica, which is indicated for fibromyalgia and nerve pain; and a "vitamin cocktail." But other drugs would be discontinued: Tegretol, for brain disorders and …
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'Hero-Villain' Jeopardy! Contestant Returns to Game Show Feb. 24
… him." As for his winnings thus far, Chu said he hopes to donate some of it to a research foundation to find a cure for fibromyalgia , a disease that his wife, a novelist, suffers from, but he is still trying to pin down the right organization. He said …
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8 Signs and Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis… due to overexertion or osteoarthritis, the type of arthritis common in old age. This achiness can also be misdiagnosed as fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome (fatigue is another symptom of RA). RA joint pain is not fleeting; it usually lasts longer …
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Heart-Stopping Surgery Cures Woman of Rare Lung Disease… Anderson, now 42 and living in Lake in the Hills, Ill. "My joints hurt all the time. At one point, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia ." Anderson had suffered numerous lung clots, which had, in turn, had triggered congestive heart failure. Her condition …
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New Psych Disorder Could Mislabel Sick as Mentally Ill… groups, including Suzy Chapman , the mother of a son with fibromyalgia and an advocate for the Coalition for DSM-5 Reform in the ..... to find a medical diagnosis for her 17-year-old with fibromyalgia , helps parents find experts and resources for their children …
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Get Fit for 2013: Chris Powell Answers 'GMA' Viewers' Questions
… pounds. I am so self-conscious - I hate going out in public. I am taking medical leave as we discovered how I had let my fibromyalgia /chronic fatigue grow steadily worse, and of course my weight has been a factor in that. My doctor wants me to consider …
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Off-Label Drug Marketing Is 'Free Speech,' Court Rules
… with a doctor who was cooperating with the government, he said the drug could be used for other muscle conditions such as fibromyalgia , restless leg syndrome, and Parkinson's. He also said it could be used in patients under 16. Caronia had claimed that …
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Arizona Woman Nearly Dies as Brain Fluid Leaks Out Nose… around my house with paper towels shoved up my nose and changing it every 10 minutes," she said. Having suffered from fibromyalgia for years, Aragon said, "I was used to being in pain all the time." But because she is the main caregiver for her autistic …
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Epidural Steroid Injection Risks Include Incurable Arachnoiditis… saddle region went numb. Despite medications for nerve damage, the pain continued. Doctors misdiagnosed Bertelli with fibromyalgia , and even her husband didn't believe her symptoms were real. Eventually, she found support from other patients on Facebook …
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Annual Women in Pain Conference Focuses on Relationships… regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and fibromyalgia . "He said he never doubted me, but ..... but she first began experiencing fibromyalgia symptoms when she was 7 years old ..... at work. Williamson finally got her fibromyalgia diagnosis about 15 years ago, and …
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Women's Chronic Pain Misdiagnosed, Undertreated, Dismissed… chronic pain associated with more invisible conditions like fibromyalgia , irritable bowel syndrome, chronic headaches or jaw pain ..... headache is "three times as common in women compared to men." Fibromyalgia "appears more common in women than men," and "a number …
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Do Women Feel More Pain Than Men? Study Says, 'Yes'… it's not a choice." Mindy Meyer, a professional facilitator who has lived with complex regional pain syndrome and fibromyalgia for years, agrees. "I don't know if women actually feel pain more," said the 45-year-old from Venice Beach, Calif …
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Chronic Fatigue Researcher Jailed Following Controversy
A bitter dispute between a prominent medical researcher and her former employer, related to the largely discredited theory that a mouse virus known as XMRV causes chronic fatigue syndrome , has turned even uglier with the scientist's arrest and brief jailing. On Tuesday, Judy Mikovits, formerly the
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Study Supports Autoimmune Disease Theory
A new study supports the theory that chronic fatigue syndrome is an autoimmune disease , offering patients with the controversial condition new hope for a cure. Two injections of the cancer drug Rituximab , which suppresses the immune system, relieved chronic fatigue symptoms in 10 of 15 patients
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One in 10 Americans Use Antidepressants, Most Don't See a Therapist… treated for depression with antidepressants. Because antidepressants are also prescribed for anxiety, neurological pain, fibromyalgia , sleep problems, and menopausal hot flashes, some of those reporting being on antidepressants may have been medicated …
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Study Casts Doubt on Mouse Virus LinkBecky Blanton was a fit 36-year-old training for a half-marathon when chronic fatigue syndrome hit her "like a truck." Unable to get out of bed, she became overweight, unemployed and the butt of constant criticism from disbelieving friends. "They'd say, 'You're lazy; it's all in your mind; you're
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Debt Ceiling Debate: Americans Anxious, Tense and Angry Over Cliffhanger… part-time bus monitor -- 13-year-old son and grandchild live with her. Ryan gets a disability check because she has fibromyalgia and also receives Medicaid. "Everyday, I wonder about that," she says, because New Hampshire is cutting back. She …
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Safe Medicine? More, Younger Girls Starting On Birth Control… industry that generates sales of $4 billion per year. "I see a lot of women who bring me their daughters with symptoms of fibromyalgia , mood swings, depression or weight gain that disappear when the birth control pills are removed," she said. Rosser reports …
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Chronic Pain: 1/3 of Americans Live With It, According to IOM Report… array of illnesses, including chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia , the North Hollywood, Calif., singer and dancer was eventually ..... She saw 13 doctors before she was diagnosed with CRPS and fibromyalgia . While organizing a conference in 2003, she pushed open …
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Mind Tricks for Dialing Down Pain… likely to suffer chronic pain than men are, thanks in part to certain female-centric conditions (think: endometriosis, fibromyalgia ). But new research shows that pain can be a mental game, and that you can up your tolerance by retraining your brain …
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Academics Profit By Making the Case for Opioid Painkillers… 2000s as doctors became more willing to prescribe opioid analgesics for chronic conditions such as back pain, headache, and fibromyalgia , prescriptions soared though there are serious doubts about whether the drugs actually are beneficial for such conditions …
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Home Remedies for Snoring… side, without waking you up. Expert: Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, a board-certified internist and medical director of the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers More from Prevention: 19 Bizarre Home Cures That Really Work 10 Tips To Better Sleep Top 10 Sleep Thieves …
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Despite Medical Problems, Phil Collins Not Quitting After All?… the next day, experienced debilitating pain that "smacked her in the face." That pain has lasted for 37 years. "I had fibromyalgia long before that, and I probably just ignored it," said Cowan, who is now the executive director of the American Chronic …
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Advocacy Groups Mum on Pharma Ties… were the antipsychotic drug olanzapine (Zyprexa) and the antidepressant duloxetine (Cymbalta), now also marketed for fibromyalgia . Most of its other grants went to groups concerned with oncology or endocrinology, which collectively accounted for 42 …
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Yahoo!'s Top Searches of 2010… Searched Health Topics on Yahoo! in 2010 1. Pregnancy 2. Diabetes 3. Herpes 4. Shingles 5. Lupus 6. Depression 7. Breast cancer 8. Gall bladder 9. HIV 10. Fibromyalgia Click here to return to the "Good Morning America" website.
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Fibromyalgia Bends to Yoga… some of the debilitating symptoms of fibromyalgia , results of a pilot study show. Patients ..... beneficial effects of yoga in patients with fibromyalgia ," Carson said in a statement. The ..... of conditions has been growing. For fibromyalgia patients in particular, yoga may fulfill …
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Cymbalta Under FDA Review for Chronic Pain… reuptake inhibitor, was originally approved to treat depression, and its indications were subsequently extended to include fibromyalgia , anxiety , and pain associated with diabetic neuropathy. Prescriptions for the drug increased from five million in 2005 …
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Is Your Sweet Tooth an Addiction?… metabolism, in the stress hormones, that drive us to eat sugar," says Teitelbaum, who is also director of the National Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers. "I would classify it as an addiction." But Teitelbaum's approach is a controversial one. Because …
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Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 13, 2010
… condition/stroke.aspx . ----- Fibromyalgia To qualify for this study, you ..... 18 or older and diagnosed with fibromyalgia . The research site is in DeLand ..... clinical_trials/condition/ fibromyalgia .aspx . ----- Flu Vaccine …
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Abused Kids More Prone to Migraines in Adulthood
… as irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia , interstitial cystitis and arthritis. "Stressful events ..... with irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and arthritis, Tietjen said. Physical neglect was linked …
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Health Highlights: Jan. 6, 2010
… approved in the United States for treatment of depression, generalized anxiety disorder, nerve pain and the pain condition fibromyalgia . ----- No Proof Virus Causes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Study There's no evidence that a virus called XMRV causes …
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Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 20, 2009
… condition/gout.aspx . ----- Fibromyalgia This study is evaluating a medication to treat fibromyalgia . The trial will last for seven months ..... com/clinical_trials/condition/ fibromyalgia .aspx . ----- Copyright 2009 ClinicalConnection …