News tagged with fibromyalgia
Early treatment of fibromyalgia more effective
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- People suffering from fibromyalgia have reduced activity in the parts of the brain that inhibit the experience of pain. Drugs that affect the CNS can be effective against the disease, and ...
Intimate abuse study finds clear links with poor health and calls for holistic primary care approach
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Nearly a quarter of married and cohabiting women who took part in a survey said that they had been sexually, psychologically or physically abused by their partner, according to research published in the July issue of the ...
Health Tip: Are Vitamin Supplements Worthwhile or Not?
Feb 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- You may be wondering at this point whether to toss those vitamins into your mouth or into the trash. That's not surprising since several recent reports have called the value of vitamins into question, leaving ...
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Fibromyalgia drug sparks debate
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 14, 2008 |
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Pfizer heralded the effectiveness of its newly approved fibromyalgia treatment, Lyrica, as some U.S. doctors question the very existence of the condition.
Fibromyalgia pain may cause memory blips
Dec 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The chronic pain from Fibromyalgia is devastating, but the suffering doesn't end there. According to a new study by the University of Alberta's Bruce Dick, people with the disease may have disruption in their ...
Gabapentin may treat fibromyalgia pain
Jun 11, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists say the anticonvulsant medication gabapentin might be effective in treating pain and other symptoms arising from fibromyalgia.
Pain in fibromyalgia is linked to changes in brain molecule
Mar 10, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System have found a key linkage between pain and a specific brain molecule, a discovery that lends new insight into fibromyalgia, an often-baffling chronic pain condition.
Why don't painkillers work for people with fibromyalgia?
Sep 27, 2007 |
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People who have the common chronic pain condition fibromyalgia often report that they don’t respond to the types of medication that relieve other people’s pain. New research from the University of Michigan Health System helps ...
Fibromyalgia can no longer be called the 'invisible' syndrome
Nov 03, 2008 |
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Using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), researchers in France were able to detect functional abnormalities in certain regions in the brains of patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia, reinforcing the idea that ...
A regular dip could benefit fibromyalgia sufferers
Feb 22, 2008 |
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Patients suffering from fibromyalgia could benefit significantly from regular exercise in a heated swimming pool, a study published today in the open access journal Arthritis Research & Therapy shows. The findings sugges ...
Use of antidepressants associated with improvement in symptoms of fibromyalgia
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 13, 2009 |
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The use of antidepressant medications by patients with fibromyalgia syndrome is associated with a reduction in pain, sleep disturbances and depressed mood and improvement of health-related quality of life, according to an ...
Chinese acupuncture affects brain's ability to regulate pain, study shows
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Acupuncture has been used in East-Asian medicine for thousands of years to treat pain, possibly by activating the body's natural painkillers. But how it works at the cellular level is largely unknown.
The 'placebo effect' is studied
Nov 22, 2005 |
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University of Michigan researchers say they are investigating the "placebo effect," in which pills with no medicinal value work in some people.
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