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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.

Fibromyalgia Research News

From the Fibromyalgia FMS Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine – NCBI – www.pubmed.gov and the National Institutes of Health Multidisciplinary care and stepwise treatment for fibromyalgia J Clin Psychiatry. 2009 Feb 9;69(12):e35. Arnold LM, Bradley LA, Clauw DJ, Glass JM, Goldenberg DL. Division of Women’s [...]

Opioids for managing chronic non-malignant pain: safe and effective prescribing.

Kahan M, Srivastava A, Wilson L, Mailis-Gagnon A, Midmer D. Addiction Medical Service, St Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. kahanm@stjoe.on.ca OBJECTIVE: To review the evidence on safe and effective prescribing of opioids for chronic non-malignant pain. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE: MEDLINE was searched using the terms “opioid effectiveness” and “adverse effects.” There is strong evidence [...]

Publication trends in chronic fatigue syndrome: Comparisons with fibromyalgia and fatigue: 1995-2004.

Friedberg F, Sohl S, Schmeizer B. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Stony Brook University, NY, USA. OBJECTIVE: In order to identify publishing patterns in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), we compared the annual number of peer review articles for CFS, fibromyalgia (FM), and non-CFS fatigue over a recent decade (1995-2004). METHOD: Citations were drawn from [...]

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 [...]

Chronic fatigue: clues in the blood

05 July 2007 Researchers at UNSW believe that blood may hold vital insights into what is happening in the brain of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). In a study unparalleled in its scope, a team led by UNSW Professor Andrew Lloyd of the Centre for Infection and Inflammation Research, has studied the differences in [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]