Economy Down, Vasectomy Up

From the FMS Global and UK News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton More Men Choosing Permanent Sterilization in Trying Economic Times Courtesy of WebMD.com By Daniel J. DeNoon – Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD – WebMD Health News March 26, 2009 — In these tough economic times, more men are making a tough decision: vasectomy. Urologists [...]

MAKING MEMORIES AND SOBERING THOUGHTS FOR FIBROMITES

by Jeanne Hambleton © 2007 NFA Leader Against Pain-Advocate   I well remember how much I enjoyed Gene Kelly’s performance in the film “Singing in the Rain”. It made me feel so good, in spite of the bad weather, and between us, I really felt like being silly, running outside in the rain and singing [...]

States taking action to insure nation’s 13.3M uninsured young adults

New report finds young adults in low-income families most likely to lack coverage; raising SCHIP/Medicaid eligibility age an important solution August 8, 2007, New York, NY—Since 2003, 16 states have enacted legislation requiring insurance companies to provide health insurance coverage to dependent young adults on their parents’ health plans beyond age 18 or 19, according [...]

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 [...]

Hypothesis: The Chaos and Complexity Theory May Help our Understanding of Fibromyalgia and Similar Maladies.

Martinez-Lavin M, Infante O, Lerma C. National Institute of Cardiology, Mexico City, Mexico. BACKGROUND: Modern clinicians are often frustrated by their inability to understand fibromyalgia and similar maladies since these illnesses cannot be explained by the prevailing linear-reductionist medical paradigm. OBJECTIVE: This article proposes that new concepts derived from the Complexity Theory may help understand [...]

Effectiveness of Massage Therapy for Chronic, Non-malignant Pain: A Review.

1: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2007 Jun;4(2):165-79. Epub 2007 Feb 5. Tsao JC. Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA. Previous reviews of massage therapy for chronic, non-malignant pain have focused on discrete pain conditions. This article aims to provide a broad overview of the literature on [...]

Gabapentin Shown Effective for Fibromyalgia Pain

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, June 11, 2007 E-mail this page Subscribe CONTACT: Ray Fleming 301-496-8190 New research supported by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) shows that the anticonvulsant medication gabapentin, which is used for certain types of seizures, can be an effective treatment for the [...]

The effect of acclydine in chronic fatigue syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.

1: PLoS Clin Trials. 2007 May 18;2(5):e19. The GK, Bleijenberg G, van der Meer JW. Department of General Internal Medicine, Nijmegen Expert Centre Chronic Fatigue, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. OBJECTIVES: It is unclear whether insulin-like growth factor (IGF) function is involved in the pathophysiology of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Unpublished data [...]

The Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Self-Help Group – Quest 4 Life

For Immediate Press Release Thursday, June 14, 2007 Meeting 6:30 pm at Quest 4 Life in Lenoir, NC The Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Self-Help Group meets monthly except July and August. The focus of the group is on Positive Self-Help for those attending. The June meeting will focus on Using Your Talents, Frustrations and Rewards. [...]

JRRD releases single-topic issue on pain and pain management

Effects of depression and pain severity on satisfaction in medical outpatients: Analysis of the Medical Outcomes Study, pg. 143 Patient satisfaction is a critical measure of healthcare quality. We performed this study to see how depression and pain severity affected patient satisfaction in medical outpatients. We analyzed data from the Medical Outcomes Study and found [...]