Affective pain modulation in fibromyalgia, somatoform pain disorder, back pain, and healthy controls.

Arnold BS, Alpers GW, Süß H, Friedel E, Kosmützky G, Geier A, Pauli P.
Klinikum Bad Bocklet, Frankenstrasse 36, 97708 Bad Bocklet.
Previous research suggested that patients with fibromyalgia (FM) experience a higher pain intensity (clinical pain) than do patients with musculoskeletal pain after negative emotional priming compared to positive priming. To further examine affective pain modulation [...]

TenderPoints – 2008 Fibromyalgia Conference in Hollywood Florida

Hello Fellow Fibrohuggers!!
It is THAT time again, we are well into planning our next conference! We wanted
to give you the scoop on it so you can start planning on attending.
It is scheduled for April 24-27, 2008 in Hollywood Florida. Though the
conference does not officially start until Thur the 24th, we usually try to get
together with [...]

Glutathione: The “mother” of all antioxidants…

Glucosamine-like supplement inhibits multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes
A glucosamine-like dietary supplement has been found to suppress the damaging autoimmune response seen in multiple sclerosis and type-1 diabetes mellitus, according to University of California, Irvine health sciences researchers.
National Institutes of Health, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Wadsworth Foundation, Canadian Institutes for Health Research [...]

Characteristics and healthcare costs of patients with fibromyalgia syndrome.

Berger A, Dukes E, Martin S, Edelsberg J, Oster G.
Policy Analysis, Inc. (PAI), Brookline, MA, USA.
Purpose: To examine the characteristics and healthcare costs of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) patients in clinical practice. Materials and methods: Using a US health-insurance database, we identified all patients, aged >/= 18 years, with any healthcare encounters for FMS (ICD-9-CM diagnosis [...]

Trace element pattern in patients with fibromyalgia.

Rosborg I, Hyllén E, Lidbeck J, Nihlgård B, Gerhardsson L.
Inst of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden.
An imbalance of the trace element status in human tissues and body fluids has been suggested as a contributing factor for the development of fibromyalgia (FM). The study comprised 38 females with defined fibromyalgia (FM) according to [...]

The Story Behind “Free Hugs”

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Whiplash may produce delayed jaw pain

ADA Journal study follows car-crash victims
CHICAGO, Aug. 16, 2007 – One in three people exposed to whiplash trauma is at risk of developing delayed TMJ symptoms that may require treatment, according to research published in the August issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association.
Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, studied short- and long-term temporomandibular [...]

Dysfunctional beliefs, stress and sleep disturbance in fibromyalgia.

Theadom A, Cropley M.
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9PH, UK.
OBJECTIVE: To explore sleep-related dysfunctional beliefs, stress levels and sleep quality in patients with fibromyalgia in comparison to healthy controls.
METHODS: One hundred sixty-six participants (83 patients with fibromyalgia and 83 healthy controls) completed self-report measures [...]

Serum ghrelin levels but not GH, IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 levels are altered in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome.

Tander B, Atmaca A, Aliyazicioglu Y, Canturk F.
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, 55139 Kurupelit, Samsun, Turkey.
INTRODUCTION: Both hypothalamo-pituitary-insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) axis and ghrelin levels may be altered in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) due to increased somatostatin tone. The aim of this study is to compare hypothalamo-pituitary-IGF-1 axis, ghrelin [...]

Treatment of fibromyalgia and its symptoms.

Staud R.
Professor of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, FL 32610-0221, USA +1 352 273 5345 ; +1 352 392 8483 ; staudr@ufl.edu.
The main symptoms of fibromyalgia syndrome (FM) are pain, stiffness, subjective weakness and muscle fatigue. Pain in FM usually [...]