• Bogus cures and remedies in the media
- Experts advise on how to respond to family and friends who suggest these faulty treatments
- Recommendations on spotting scams
- Medical journal editorials that trivialize fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue syndrome (FMS/CFS)
• Exercise intolerance in fibromyalgia (FMS)
- Elevated nitric oxide, lactic acid buildup and decreased blood flow
- Therapies to help counter these abnormalities
• Connective tissue anomalies in FMS
- Research findings, impact on symptoms, and potential therapies
• Drug update
- Cymbalta (duloxetine), Milnacipran, and NMDA Blockers (e.g., dextromethorphan)
• Cognitive challenges, muscle tension, and FMS pain
- Research reveals impact of cognitive tasks
• Pain inhibitory system faulty in FMS patients
- Role of the pain inhibitory system (e.g., the DNIC)
- How the DNIC works in FMS, low back pain, and control subjects
- Treatments that may help boost pain inhibitory/DNIC function
• Is sleep connected to pain?
- Importance of deep, slow wave sleep (SWS)
- Sleep deprivation and muscle pain
- Potential link between systems that control pain and sleep
- Impact of REM sleep vs. SWS deprivation
- Therapies to improve sleep quality
• Ultrasound study reveals impaired blood flow
- A pain researcher explains possible causes
- Role of blood pressure and heart rate
• Ear-related symptoms common in FMS
- Researchers explain symptoms like tinnitus, vertigo, dizziness, hearing loss, ear pain, and impaired balance
• Q&A with a physician and a researcher
- FMS/CFS and eyesight problems
- Relationship between RSDS (CRPS) and FMS
- Reverse reactions to medications
• Patients recommend helpful therapies
- Sleeping with CPAP to relieve symptoms; equipment, costs, and insurance
- Nondrug therapy for relaxation and improved sleep
- Reducing acid reflux (GERD) by changing medications (includes a list of medications that worsen GERD)
• Free bonus articles for Members only: Pulling the Plug on Medical Hoaxes; A New Model for Chronic Pain Revealed.

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