• 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, overexertion, 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 preception 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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