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Dr. Cheney to speak in Northern VA Prohealth- 4-23-09
What Is Fibromyalgia? What Causes Fibromyalgia? Medical News Today, MA- 4-22-09
A Second Shot at Life After Experiencing Years of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome empoweHer- 4-20-09
Controversy over Chronic Lyme Disease Diane Rehm NPR 4-20-09
Guests: Dr. Samuel Shor, Internist in private practice and Associate Clinical Professor at George Washington University. Pamela Weintraub, A senior editor at "Discover" Magazine and author of "Cure Unknown." Phillip Baker, Executive Director of the American Lyme Disease Foundation and microbiologist, former Project Officer of Lyme Disease studies at the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases.
Fibromyalgia: Linked to Joint Hypermobility Syndrome? FM & CFS Blog, About- 4-20-09
Paws-ability: Dogs' assistance immeasurable Star Tribune, MN- 4-18-09
Comment to article: I myself have fibromyalgia,arthritis and chronic severe migraines, but at this point I am doing fairly well and my companion animal is more for keeping me moving and for pain relief. It was recommended by my Dr to get a dog which I had no objection to having always had one but with my Dr's recommendation I was allowed to have my fur friend in an apt bldg!
Always tired, wondering why The Star Phoenix, Canada.com 4-18-09
The $125,000 US recently awarded to Gordon Broderick, a University of Alberta researcher, to study CFS at a molecular level comes from the American-based Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association of America, the largest patient-advocacy group for CFS sufferers.
"They are a population of very sick people that are so frustrated, that they decided to take this into their own hands. Every nickel of this money comes from patients and their families, so if ever there was a sacred trust this is it," he says.
Ischemia: Cause of Fibromyalgia Pain? FM & CFS Blog, About- 4-18-09
Did you know that some fibromyalgia (FMS) pain may be caused by low blood flow to our muscles? The medical name for that is ischemia (ih-SKEE-mee-ah). We've had some limited evidence of ischemia in FMS for a few years, and it's an area that researchers are pursuing. Basically, muscles hurt and can't work right when they don't get enough blood and the oxygen it carries - think of how hard it is to walk after your foot has fallen asleep!
Coping with chronic fatigue syndrome MedBroadcaset.com- 4-9-09
Massachusetts doctor accused of fabricating pain studies Whistler Question, MA- 3-10-09
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - A Massachusetts anesthesiologist has been accused of fabricating results in nearly two dozen published studies that claimed to show after-surgery benefits from painkillers including Vioxx and Celebrex.
Life slows to a halt for those with debilitating weakness Reno Gazette- March 10, 2009
Kelley Mooneyham spends 90 percent of her life in her king-size bed. Mooneyham has had chronic fatigue syndrome, a debilitating neuroimmune disease, since she was 17. "I got plucked out of life with this disease," she said. "It's a bone-crushing weakness."
How Far Would You Go to Find a Cure Los Angeles Chronicle - March 1, 2009
How far would you go to find a cure for your child´s chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)?
Annette Whittemore went $5,000,000 far.
8 Steps to Conquer the Beast Within Oprah.com- February 2009
By Martha Beck
Fibromyalgia is my bête noire, a French term for "black beast" that has come to mean something to be avoided because it frightens us or can cause us harm. Many of us have bêtes noires: dark moods (Winston Churchill called depression his "black dog"), addiction, self-loathing, a tendency to lurk in the shrubbery near former lovers' homes holding a machete in one hand and The Complete Works of Keats in the other. Whatever your bête noire might be, you may think it will ruin your life. I beg to differ. Like other wild animals, your bête can be studied, understood—even tamed. If you want to be the handler of your beast, instead of its prey, grab a pencil and prepare to learn a bête noire tracking exercise that I call the Lifeline.
Finding Effective Treatement for your Pain US News and World Report - February 10, 2009
Studies are underway to look into the effectiveness of alternative ways of delivering pain medications
by January Payne
Revolutionary Evidence: Cognitive training can alter the biochemistry of the brain ProHealth.com- Feb 7, 2009
New UNR center raises hopes for CFS patients RGJ.com - Feb 5, 2009
The $86 million Center for Molecular Medicine will expand the university's research capabilities into cancer and other diseases and house the headquarters of the Whittemore Peterson Institute, which offers hope in the form of clinical trials and treatment for people who suffer from such diseases as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, fibromyalgia and atypical multiple sclerosis.
CFIDSLink—e-News CFIDS Association - February 2009
Life of constant pain is strain for many The Sun (OK) - Jan 26, 2009
Acurian is Increasing Clinical Trial Information Virally BioIT World .com- Jan 26, 2009
NEWS FLASH - A Test for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) ProHealth.com- Jan 24, 2009
Model-Based Therapeutic Correction of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Dysfunction PloS Computational Biology (Full Article) - 1-23-09
Chronic fatigue syndrome & child abuse: Disordered patients or disordered research? Emerging Diseases & Psychology Today.com - Jan 13, 2009
Somehow the news that the majority of people with chronic fatigue syndrome had been subject to child abuse struck me as outrageous --could this really be? Having come through the Lyme wars, where patients are routinely mislabeled "psychiatric," this kind of assertion is always a red flag to me. For some perspective, I contacted Hillary Johnson...
CFIDSLink—e-News CFIDS Association - January 2009
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Basics Health News - Dec 28, 2008
Phoenix Rising: A Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Newsletter Cort Johnson - Dec 2008
Evaluating the Centers for Disease Control’s Empirical Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Case Definition Sage Journals Online- October 21, 2008

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