Below are the contents of our most recent issue of Fibromyalgia Network Journal. This issue is included with a new Membership.
- Social Network Site Shares Friendly Support
- The Fibromyalgia Network's newly created Facebook page offers suggestions and support from fibro patients around the world
- Patients provide each other helpful advice on brain fog, filing for disability, managing hot and cold feet, and tips for living
- The Fibromyalgia Network's newly created Facebook page offers suggestions and support from fibro patients around the world
- Is your Primary Illness Fibro or a Sleep Disorder?
- Neurologist A. Robert Spitzer, M.D., and sleep specialist F. Scott Perrino, M.D., discuss a sleep disorder that could be the root of your symptoms
- Chronic fatigue syndrome, narcolepsy, and fibromyalgia: the incredible similarities
- What is Narcoleptiform Syndrome?
- Improving sleep, fatigue and cataplexy; treatment alternatives to Xyrem
- Neurologist A. Robert Spitzer, M.D., and sleep specialist F. Scott Perrino, M.D., discuss a sleep disorder that could be the root of your symptoms
- Are You Clumsy or Truly Off Balance?
- Researchers look at balance issues as a symptom of fibromyalgia: Kim D. Jones, F.N.P., Ph.D., Dana N. Rutledge, R.N., Ph.D., and Debra J. Rose, Ph.D.
- Test factors that predict falls
- Prevention strategies and balance therapies
- Researchers look at balance issues as a symptom of fibromyalgia: Kim D. Jones, F.N.P., Ph.D., Dana N. Rutledge, R.N., Ph.D., and Debra J. Rose, Ph.D.
- Losing Your Prescriber?
- Pain specialists Howard A. Heit, M.D., and Douglas L. Gourlay, M.D., discuss creating a plan that can assist patients when seeking a new doctor or changing medications
- Pain specialists Howard A. Heit, M.D., and Douglas L. Gourlay, M.D., discuss creating a plan that can assist patients when seeking a new doctor or changing medications
- Skin Study Goes Beyond the Surface
- Breaking research by Ignacio Blanco, M.D., looks at mast cells as the possible source of irritations in your skin, airway, bladder, and intestines
- Alice Larson, Ph.D., discusses the role of the brain's thalamus and mast cells
- Breaking research by Ignacio Blanco, M.D., looks at mast cells as the possible source of irritations in your skin, airway, bladder, and intestines
- Why it Hurts More for Fibromyalgia Patients
- Hong-You Ge, M.D., Ph.D., discusses his research on the ability of myofascial trigger points (MTPs) to lower pain threshold and how this relates to fibromyalgia
- Botox as a treatment option for your trigger points
- Hong-You Ge, M.D., Ph.D., discusses his research on the ability of myofascial trigger points (MTPs) to lower pain threshold and how this relates to fibromyalgia
- Nutritional Supplements: Boosting Energy & Brain Power
- 2,700 Members rate their top fibromyalgia-researched nutritional supplements for energy and brain power
- How cost-effective are vitamin E, vitamin D, omega-3 fatty acids, creatine, and coenzyme-Q10?
- 2,700 Members rate their top fibromyalgia-researched nutritional supplements for energy and brain power
- New Directions for Diagnosing Fibromyalgia
- More than 4,500 Members responded to the Fibromyalgia Network's survey on the newly revised criteria to diagnose fibromyalgia
- Four prominent and highly-skilled practitioners, including Robert Bennett, M.D., and Roland Staud, M.D., offer their critique on the preliminary diagnostic criteria
- How will the new criteria impact the future credibility of fibromyalgia?
- More than 4,500 Members responded to the Fibromyalgia Network's survey on the newly revised criteria to diagnose fibromyalgia
- Therapies that Work
- Learning to Balance Life
- Neurontin Makes a Difference
- Learning to Balance Life
- Patient Resources
- Free article reprints on understanding fibromyalgia; latest news links to nutrition; connect to facebook; getting help with prescription costs, balance DVD, abstracts online, A Patient's Guide brochure, contact information, discount
The Current Issue is included with a new Membership.