Aquatic Training and Detraining on Fitness and Quality of Life in Fibromyalgia.

Tomas-Carus P, Häkkinen A, Gusi N, Leal A, Häkkinen K, Ortega-Alonso A.
1 Fitness and Lifequality Laboratory, Faculty of Sports Sciences, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, SPAIN; 2 Department of Sports Sciences, Physical Activity and Health, University of Evora, Evora, PORTUGAL; 3 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, FINLAND; 4 Hospital of Cáceres, [...]

Violence, stress, and somatic syndromes.

Crofford LJ.
Center for the Advancement of Women’s Health, University of Kentucky. lcrofford@uky.edu.
Syndromes characterized by pain, fatigue, mood disorder, cognitive dysfunction, and sleep disturbance have been referred to as stress-related somatic disorders by virtue of the observation that onset and exacerbation of symptoms occur with stress. These syndromes include but are not limited to fibromyalgia, chronic [...]

Cognitive functioning and aging in women.

Badgio PC, Worden BL.
pbadgio@msn.com
Deficits in cognitive function may impact one’s ability to attend to stimuli, think clearly, reason, and remember. Impaired cognitive function is a common complaint among older women presenting for treatment in both mental health and medical care settings, and differential diagnosis of type and extent of cognitive impairment is important for appropriate [...]

Attentional modulation of visceral and somatic pain.

Dunckley P, Aziz Q, Wise RG, Brooks J, Tracey I, Chang L.
Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford, UK, and Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
A better understanding of the cortical processes underlying attentional modulation of visceral and somatic pain in health are essential for interpretation of [...]

Striatal grey matter increase in patients suffering from fibromyalgia – A voxel-based morphometry study.

Schmidt-Wilcke T, Luerding R, Weigand T, Jürgens T, Schuierer G, Leinisch E, Bogdahn U.
Department of Neurology, Universitätsklinik Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 84, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Fibromyalgia (FM), among other chronic pain syndromes, such as chronic tension type headache and atypical face pain, is classified as a so-called dysfunctional pain syndrome. Patients with fibromyalgia suffer from widespread, “deep” muscle [...]

Further legitimization of fibromyalgia as a true medical condition

Contact: Ethel Cathers
e.cathers@elsevier.com
215-239-3523
Elsevier Health Sciences
Philadelphia, June 25, 2007 — Fibromyalgia, a chronic, widespread pain in muscles and soft tissues accompanied by fatigue, is a fairly common condition that does not manifest any structural damage in an organ. Twenty-five years ago, Muhammad B. Yunus, MD, and colleagues published the first controlled study of the clinical characteristics [...]

Living with Fibromyalgia, First Drug Approved

After meeting on the Internet in 1997, Lynne Matallana and Karen Lee Richards discovered they had a lot in common. They both had seen numerous doctors before being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, a chronic condition characterized by fatigue and widespread pain in muscles and joints. They both had trouble finding medical information and support for coping [...]

School phobia and childhood chronic fatigue syndrome (CCFS)

[Article in Japanese]
Tomoda A.
Department of Child Developmental Sociology, Faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University.
Chronic fatigue occurring in previously healthy children and adolescents is a vexing problem encountered by pediatric practitioners and the impact of fatigue in youngsters should not be underestimated. In its severe form, it is often associated with mood disorders. Findings [...]

Pfizer’s Lyrica Receives FDA Approval for Fibromyalgia

Pfizer announced that the FDA approved Lyrica for the management of fibromyalgia, one of the most common, chronic, widespread pain conditions in the U.S.
Fibromyaligia is thought to result from neurological changes in how patients perceive pain, specifically a heightened sensitivity to stimuli that are not normally painful. Lyrica binds to a specific protein within [...]

Migraine comorbidity constellations.

Tietjen GE, Herial NA, Hardgrove J, Utley C, White L.
Department of Neurology, The University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH, USA.
Objectives.-To identify distinct constellations of comorbid disorders occurring in migraineurs, and to examine differences in demographics, headache profiles, and psychosocial features between the comorbidity constellations. Methods.-This is a retrospective electronic chart review of consecutive [...]