What Is the Average Age for Fibromyalgia
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - October 18, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

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New Drug/Misbranded (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - September 21, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news

Economic Evaluations of Treatments for Fibromyalgia Economic Evaluations of Treatments for Fibromyalgia
How cost-effective are these nonpharmacologic treatment methods for fibromyalgia?Pain (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 13, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Rheumatology Journal Article Source Type: news

Suicidality and other severe psychiatric events with duloxetine: re-analysis of safety data from a placebo-controlled trial for juvenile fibromyalgia - Hengartner MP, Ploderl M.
BACKGROUND: In antidepressant trials for pediatric patients with depression or anxiety disorders, the risk of suicidal events and other severe psychiatric adverse events such as aggression and agitation is increased with antidepressants relative to placebo... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 18, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Swing Therapeutics lands FDA breakthrough designation for fibromyalgia platform
With this designation, Swing is launching a real-world clinical trial to assess its fibromyalgia DTx.     (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - August 17, 2021 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

How COVID-19 Long Haulers Could Change the U.S. Disability Benefits System
When COVID-19 began spreading in the U.S. in March 2020, McKale Santin was working at a nursing home in Burlington, Vermont. She and her coworkers didn’t yet know how deadly the virus would become, but she remembers feeling nervous as the first patients got sick and she was asked to examine them with only a surgical mask, not the more protective N95 mask that she wore to test for conditions like tuberculosis. One day, a patient pulled down her own mask to sneeze while Santin was conducting a respiratory assessment. Soon after, the woman became one of Vermont’s first people to die from COVID-19—and Santin...
Source: TIME: Health - July 20, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abigail Abrams Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 feature Source Type: news

How does Covid-19 affect chronic pain? (part two) – podcast
Fibromyalgia sufferer Vicky Naylor was successfully managing her condition – until she developed Covid-19. In the second part of our exploration of chronic pain, the Guardian science correspondent Linda Geddes tells Anand Jagatia what we know about the connection between chronic pain, Covid and mental health, and why it affects women more than menContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 8, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Produced and presented by Anand Jagatia with Linda Geddes Tags: Science Coronavirus Mental health Society Fibromyalgia Source Type: news

Understanding chronic pain (part one) – podcast
Chronic pain affects about 40% of the UK population. While there is growing recognition that pain can be an illness in and of itself, there is still a lot we don ’t know. Anand Jagatia hears from fibromyalgia sufferer Vicky Naylor on what it’s like to live with chronic pain, and the Guardian’s science correspondent Linda Geddes about the causes for these sometimes debilitating conditionsContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 6, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Produced and Presented by Anand Jagatia with Linda Geddes Tags: Health Science Society Source Type: news

Mouse Study Suggests Fibromyalgia Has Autoimmune Roots
When researchers injected mice with antibodies from fibromyalgia patients, the animals developed symptoms of the disease--suggesting that it may be controlled by the immune system, not the nervous... (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - July 2, 2021 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news

Fibromyalgia may be a condition of the immune system not the brain – study
New research challenges widely held view of the condition and could pave way for better treatmentFibromyalgia – a poorly understood condition that causes widespread pain throughout the body and extreme tiredness – may be caused by be an autoimmune response that increases the activity of pain-sensing nerves throughout the body.The findings, published in theJournal of Clinical Investigation, challenge the widely held view that the condition originates in the brain, and could pave the way for more effective treatments for the millions of people affected.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 1, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Linda Geddes Science correspondent Tags: Fibromyalgia Science Health Long Covid Source Type: news

CBD Products Gain Following Among Fibromyalgia Patients
Title: CBD Products Gain Following Among Fibromyalgia PatientsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 6/30/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 7/1/2021 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General)
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - July 1, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news

CBD Products Gain Following Among Fibromyalgia Patients
WEDNESDAY, June 30, 2021 -- Could the answer to easing the tough-to-treat chronic pain and fatigue of fibromyalgia be found in edibles and other products containing CBD? A new study from Michigan Medicine examined whether people using potentially... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 30, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Major research project to study chronic pain
Chronic pain is a major global public health challenge that causes significant disability. A new research consortium and national chronic pain data hub could improve outcomes for the many people living with painful and debilitating conditions, such as fibromyalgia, lower back pain, headaches and migraines, thanks to a joint £ 14 million grant from UKRI and Versus Arthritis. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - June 30, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, International, Grants and Awards, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Translational Health Sciences, Institutes, Institutes, Bristol Population Health Science In Source Type: news

What is chronic pain and how does it work? – video explainer
For years people with conditions such as fibromyalgia or bad back pain – to name just two – have been told the pain is all in their head. With no obvious physical symptoms, nociplastic pain can be difficult to diagnose but its effects are very, very real. Research suggests that the immune system plays a role in nociplastic pain, giving people 'feel bad' symptoms in cluding fatigue, anxiety and nauseaSufferers of chronic pain have long been told it ’s all in their head. We now know that’s wrongContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 28, 2021 Category: Science Authors: David Fanner, Laura Murphy-Oates Tags: Health Science Medical research Fibromyalgia Back pain Source Type: news

What Foods Should I Avoid with Fibromyalgia
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - May 17, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news