Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

Study probes obesity link to fibromyalgia

Afflicting up to 5 percent of the U.S. population, mostly women, fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread pain and range of function problems. A new study in The Journal of Pain…

chronicwoman 04/06/2021

Fibromyalgia

Adolescents with fibromyalgia who are physically active report lower levels of pain and disability

Adolescents with fibromyalgia who are physically active report lower levels of pain and disability, according to findings of a multicenter study published in The Journal of Pain, published by the…

chronicwoman 04/06/2021

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New principle discovered for how muscle pain is signaled

Chronic muscular pain may be linked to a previously unknown principle for how pain signals are transmitted in the human body. This is shown by Umeå University researchers Tuija Athanassiadis…

chronicwoman 04/06/2021

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MRE Could Provide A Definitive Diagnosis For People With Muscle Pain, Study Shows

An estimated nine million men and women in the United States live with myofascial pain syndrome, a condition marked by pain that permeates muscles in the neck, back and shoulders.…

chronicwoman 04/06/2021

Fibromyalgia

Why Don’t Painkillers Work For People With Fibromyalgia?

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…

chronicwoman 04/06/2021

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Fibromyalgia Increases Pain And Fatigue For Pregnant Women

Pregnant women with fibromyalgia (FM) experience significant pain, fatigue and psychological stress, symptoms that are often misdiagnosed or undertreated as a normal part of pregnancy, according to a pilot study…

chronicwoman 04/06/2021

Fibromyalgia

Could restless sleep cause widespread pain in older people?

Researchers in the U.K. report that non-restorative sleep is the strongest, independent predictor of widespread pain onset among adults over the age of 50. According to the study published in…

chronicwoman 04/06/2021

Chronic Awareness Lupus

New Studies Showed Mixed-But-Promising Results for New Lupus Drug Anifrolumab

Lupus patients have been waiting a while for some good news. Only one drug, belimumab (Benlysta), has been FDA-approved for lupus in more than 50 years — and that happened…

chronicwoman 03/31/2021

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Nearly Half of Giant Cell Arteritis Patients on Actemra for a Year Stay in Remission After Stopping It

"Giant cell arteritis requires ongoing management, but it does not necessarily require continuous treatment.” In 2017, tocilizumab (Actemra), a biologic drug that inhibits interleukin-6 (IL-6), was FDA-approved for giant cell…

chronicwoman 03/31/2021

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Vagus Nerve Stimulation: A New Way to Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis

Some people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) take a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) and/or a biologic and reach remission. Others try drug after drug after drug and never find one that’s…

chronicwoman 03/31/2021