International Fibromyalgia Awareness Day 12th May 2009

From FMS Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton (UK) In the wake of the historic first ever debate about fibromyalgia in Parliament (Westminster Hall) last week on May 5, the Fibromyalgia Association UK, (FMA UK) praised for its work in helping sufferers, has issued a press release. The Chairman of the Trustees of FMA UK [...]

What Makes a Disease Real?

From the FMS Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton Contents provided by the Harvard Medicine School – Courtesy MSN.health&fitness Some conditions cannot be diagnosed with any test By Robert Shmerling, M.D., Harvard Health Publications Doctors can be a skeptical bunch. I have colleagues who flat out deny that a condition can be “real” unless they [...]

What a sleep study can reveal about fibromyalgia

From the FMS Global New Desk of Jeanne Hambleton Courtesy Eurekalert.com Michigan Tech, U. Michigan team up on sleep research Research engineers and sleep medicine specialists from two Michigan universities have joined technical and clinical hands to put innovative quantitative analysis, signal-processing technology and computer algorithms to work in the sleep lab. One of their [...]

EU COMMISSIONER FOR HEALTH ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON FIBROMYALGIA

From the News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton   I have just received the following Q&A information. While this is not a recent conversation, it is evidence that fibromyalgia is being discussed in the Europe.   EU QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS   On 28 October 2008, European Commissioner for Health, Ms Androulla Vassiliou answered questions put to [...]

F.D.A. TO PLACE NEW LIMITS ON PRESCRIPTIONS OF NARCOTICS

From the News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton By GARDINER HARRIS -Published: February 9, 2009 WASHINGTON — Many doctors may lose their ability to prescribe 24 popular narcotics as part of a new effort to reduce the deaths and injuries that result from these medicines’ inappropriate use, federal drug officials announced Monday. A new control program [...]