Monthly Archives: August 2010

Men are also fibromyalgia patients

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (UPI) — The chronic pain syndrome fibromyalgia, which most often occurs in women, can also affect men — not only as patients, but as caregivers, U.S. researchers say.

“Although 10 percent to 20 percent of fibromyalgia patients are males, few scientific studies have been done in this population,” Lynne Matallana of the National Fibromyalgia Association says in a statement. Continue reading

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Treat Fibromyalgia Naturally

This article walks fibromyalgia sufferers through
the process of healing naturally with a non
medication approach to eliminating symptoms of
fibromyalgia. Continue reading

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Mortality in fibromyalgia: An 8,186 Patient Study Over 35 Years

We studied 8,186 fibromyalgia patients seen between 1974 and 2009 in 3 settings: all fibromyalgia patients in a clinical practice, patients participating in the US National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases (NDB), and patients invited to participate in the NBD who refused participation. Internal controls included 12, 329 patients with osteoarthritis. Deaths were determined by multiple source communication, and all patients were also screened in the US National Death Index (NDI). Continue reading

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