FM CONFERENCE AND PAMPERS 2011 ANOTHER BIG HIT

News of successful 2012 FM Conference and date for 2012 FibCon and Pampers in the Cathedral town of Chichester, West Sussex, UK.

A ‘WIN WIN’ FIBROMYALGIA CONFERENCE

News from the world of fibromyalgia. Leading speakers at SE England fibromyalgia conference share their insights into the brains of fibromites, sleep patterns and their diets.

Cognitive behavioral therapy — What is it?

From the FMS Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton Courtesy of MayoClinic.com By Gabrielle J. Melin, M.D. -March 19, 2009 Have you ever heard of cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT? If you haven not, this blog will help you to understand how your thinking can affect your mood. The thoughts in your head can affect [...]

Defend Yourself with a Good Night’s Sleep

From the FMS News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton Courtesy FibromyalgiaNetwork.com Persistent pain and disturbed sleep create a tremendous stress on the body that could potentially drag down a person’s immune system. Given that people with fibromyalgia battle sleep disruption, pain and a number of other stressful symptoms, you may be wondering what impact this is [...]

Many Chronic Patients Cannot Afford Care

From the FMS Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Published: March 20, 2009 WASHINGTON, March 20 — One patient in four with a chronic condition has postponed healthcare or filling a prescription in the past year because he cannot afford it, researchers here said. Latinos (43%) and middle-age [...]

Research Company links CFS and Lupus to Weak Cellular Electricity

Increasing cellular energy may help overcome these conditions

CO-PROXAMOL – A CONTROLLED DRUG?

By Jeanne Hambleton © 2009 From the Fibromyalgia FMS Global News Desk See LATEST NEWS at end of post…. Yes folk are still writing about co-proxamol and asking why they cannot buy it – what has happened to it – and that they need it for their pain. Paul who wrote to me today asked [...]

WOMEN IN NETS CLAIMING TO BE TRAPPED IN PAIN IN 8 EUROPEAN CITIES

From the Fibromyalgia News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton PRESS RELEASE Embargoed until 7.3.09 Brussels, (07.03.2009) – This Saturday has not only been marked by the International Women’s Day but also by the European action day on Fibromyalgia. While normal people were doing their usual Saturday’s shopping, the European Network of Fibromyalgia Associations and its Member [...]

A ‘Murky Business’ – Yes it is REAL

AP Associated Press IMPACT:
Drug makers’ push boosts ‘murky’ ailment

AN ELEPHANT AMONG US: THE ROLE OF DOPAMINE IN THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF FIBROMYALGIA

From the  Fibromyalgia Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton Source:The Journal of Rheumatology, Feb 2009 by Patrick B Wood, MD, and Andrew J. Holman, MD - February 13, 2009     Exploration of the pathophysiology underlying fibromyalgia (FM) has become an exciting field of inquiry as we strive to improve our understanding of this enigmatic disorder. [...]