Dual action

From Jeanne Hambleton’s FMS Global News Desk By Sandra Flahive (FiftySomething) January 10 2009 Bill and Susan Steffey of Grimes both have seen great physical improvements since they began exercising together at the Wellness Center at Mercy Medical Center. Susan, 55, first started a regular workout regimen in July on the advice of her rheumatologist. [...]

Fibromyalgia Circle of Care Initiative

FROM THE DESK OF JEANNE HAMBLETON UK NFA LEADER AGAINST PAIN October 25, 2008 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time Johns Hopkins and National Fibromyalgia Association Launch Fibromyalgia Educational Initiative to Bridge Chasm in Diagnosis and Care Collaborative Program Shifts Paradigm with Evidence-Based Platform to Educate Providers on Fibromyalgia Management SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Johns Hopkins University [...]

A LETTER TO ‘NORMALS’

by Jeanne Hambleton © 2008 NFA Leader Against Pain-Advocate How many times do you feel guilty when you watch your family do jobs which you used to do without thinking about it? What is your reaction to that barbed comment, “No, you sit still. You said you don’t feel well!” Yes me too – I [...]

A THOUGHT PIECE

by Jeanne Hambleton © 2008 NFA Leader Against Pain-Advocate Grab a cup of coffee, sit comfortably and let us begin. The papers here in the UK this weekend have been full of justice being handed out contrary to British law by groups of Muslim elders sitting judgment on those with the same religious beliefs, in [...]

Disability and quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia.

Verbunt JA, Pernot DH, Smeets RJ. ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Patients with fibromyalgia often feel disabled in the performance of daily activities. Psychological factors seem to play a pronounced disabling role in fibromyalgia. The objectives of the study are: Firstly, to investigate contributing factors for disability in fibromyalgia. Secondly, to study psychological distress in patients with fibromyalgia [...]

Chronic pain harms the brain

CHICAGO — People with unrelenting pain don’t only suffer from the non-stop sensation of throbbing pain. They also have trouble sleeping, are often depressed, anxious and even have difficulty making simple decisions. In a new study, investigators at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine have identified a clue that may explain how suffering long-term pain [...]

FIBROMYALGIA – IS IT REAL?

by Jeanne Hambleton © 2008 NFA Leader Against Pain-Advocate An article, suggesting that fibromyalgia is not real, has appeared in the New York Times in the last few days, has certainly opened a can of worms among the FM community. The story, written by Alex Berenson and called ‘Drug Approved. Is Disease Real?’ refers to [...]

Make Love Not War

This came to me this Sunday morning. I was touched and glad to be reminded of the sacrifices our troops (and indeed your troops) make for us. It is so easy to forget their living hell and their emotional insecurities – living with death by their side. My thoughts go out to them and I [...]

[Perceived pain and weather changes in rheumatic patients]

[Article in Portuguese] Miranda LC, Parente M, Silva C, Clemente-Coelho P, Santos H, Cortes S, Medeiros D, Ribeiro JS, Barcelos F, Sousa M, Miguel C, Figueiredo R, Mediavilla M, Simões E, Silva M, Patto JV, Madeira H, Ferreira J, Micaelo M, Leitão R, Las V, Faustino A, Teixeira A. Instituto Português de Reumatologia. luis.miranda@ipr.pt INTRODUCTION: [...]

CONGO’S BILL AND THE RACE AGAINST TIME

by Jeanne Hambleton  © 2008 NFA Leader Against Pain-Advocate   A committee of the New Jersey Senate has considered a new bill called Congo’s Law and there are hopes that Congo, the German Shepherd dog, will no longer be under sentence of death. See original story: Congo gets world wide support Congo was put on “death [...]