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Your Membership will begin with the April 2008 issue of the Fibromyalgia Network Journal. Below is a detailed description of its contents.

• Acceptance, Awareness Improve Patients’ Lives
  
  • Members’ perspectives on trends and the many inroads made in fibromyalgia (more than 3,500 Members responded to this survey)
    
  • Roadblocks and challenges: what still needs to be done
    
  • One physician identifies the top three breakthroughs in the fibromyalgia field
• The Insula’s Role in Fibromyalgia Symptoms
  
  • A tiny structure in the brain may hold the key to your high sensitivity to pain, sound, odor, post-exercise exhaustion, and other sensory stimuli
    
  • The link between glutamate levels and pain
    
  • Daniel Clauw, M.D., Richard Harris, Ph.D., and a research team at the University of Michigan scan fibromyalgia patients’ brains for clues relating abnormal sensory perception to function
• Fibromyalgia and the Immune System Connection
  
  • Xavier Caro, M.D., and his team at Northridge Medical Center in California, are investigating abnormalities in the immune system
    
  • Identifying chronic inflammatory demylinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) in fibromyalgia patients
    
  • Linking the immune system and the nervous system
    
  • Immunological factors that lead to CIDP
    
  • Immunoglobulin G (IVIg) treatment
• Irritable Bowel Got You Down?
  
  • New science offers greater understanding of the gastrointestinal microbial environment (e.g., the microbiota)
  • Testing for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO); the lactulose breath test
    
  • Current IBS therapies
    
  • New probiotic treatment reduces IBS symptoms and may also help with fibromyalgia
• Ken’s Corner: Improving Posture and Gait
  
  • Physical Therapist Ken Lamm, of Tucson, AZ, offers simple exercises to expand your chest and strengthen related muscles to improve posture and gait.
    
  • Self-help exercises and images to demonstrate each technique
• Weighing the Benefits vs. Side Effects of Lyrica
  
  • Dosing information and effectiveness
    
  • The most common side effects
    
  • Practical tips on how to get the most relief with the least amount of side effects—standard recommended dosing schedule is far from optimal
• Spreading Awareness Throughout the Year
  
  • FM Network kicks off new Fibromyalgia Awareness campaign; Fibromyalgia - It’s REAL
• Q&A with medical psychotherapist and fibromyalgia researcher
  
  • Don Uslan, M.A., M.B.A., L.M.H.C., of Seattle, WA, gives advice for you and your doctor on overcoming the disappointment of a failed drug treatment
    
  • Leslie Arnold, M.D., of the University of Cincinnati, lists the diseases most commonly associated with fibromyalgia and the percentage at which they occur
    
  • Studies strengthen the link between fibromyalgia and genetics
• Not Enough Deep-Level Sleep
  
  • How sleep changes as you age
    
  • Is fibromyalgia associated with an accelerated aging of the sleep control processes?
    
  • A link between poor sleep and diabetes
    
  • Melatonin to improve sleep and recommendations on how to use it
• Tai Chi May Offer Variety of Health Benefits
  
  • Chenchen Wang, M.D. discusses the multiple benefits of tai chi to improve strength, balance, blood pressure, and overall well-being ... all based on published research
    
  • Tips on finding a tai chi instructor and program that is best suited for you
    
  • Clinical trial under way on effectiveness and safety of tai chi in fibromyalgia patients
• A Therapy that Works
  
  • Member shares benefits of tai chi experience, Do’s and Don’ts, methods to avert the potential for post-exercise soreness

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