Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Explainer: what is fibromyalgia, the condition Lady Gaga lives with?
At least one in ten of us suffer some sort of troublesome, long-term (chronic) pain. But not all have fibromyalgia.
Jun 18, 2019
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News tagged with chronic widespread pain
Arthritis & Rheumatism
Studies provide new insights into the role of sleep in chronic pain
The results of two studies presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) provide insight into the role of sleep in chronic pain. The first study demonstrates a predictive role of sleep problems ...
Jun 15, 2018
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Health
Can exercise help tackle the opioid crisis?
U.S. President Donald Trump is calling for high-intensity drug traffickers to face the death penalty in the United States as part of a new plan to tackle the opioid epidemic.
Mar 20, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Research suggests a new model of chronic disease
Genes play a key role in determining whether someone experiences multiple chronic diseases, according to new research by King's.
Feb 23, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Link between DNA and chronic widespread joint pain
Scientists at King's College London, funded by the charity Arthritis Research UK, have found a link between changes in marks on the outside of DNA (epigenetics) and chronic widespread joint pain, one of the main symptoms ...
Nov 11, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Doubling up to fight pain
Queen's University researcher Ian Gilron has uncovered a more effective way of treating fibromyalgia, a medical condition characterized by chronic widespread pain typically accompanied by fatigue, as well as sleep, mood and ...
Jul 13, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tailored acupuncture lessens pain intensity in chronic pain (fibromyalgia)
Nine weekly sessions of individually tailored acupuncture lessen perceived pain intensity, and improve functional capacity and quality of life, in people with the chronic pain condition, fibromyalgia, finds research published ...
Feb 15, 2016
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Surgery
A broken bone may lead to widespread body pain—not just at the site of the fracture
Breaking a major bone may increase risk of widespread chronic body pain in later life, a new study has found.
Jan 5, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds drinking may ease fibromyalgia pain, but doctors wary
(HealthDay)—Moderate to heavy drinking might cut the likelihood of disability for people with chronic widespread pain such as that related to fibromyalgia, new Scottish research suggests.
Jul 30, 2015
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Health
Alcohol consumption linked to lower disability in patients with chronic pain
In a study of 2239 individuals with chronic widespread pain, the key feature of fibromyalgia, those who regularly consumed alcohol had lower levels of disability than those who never or rarely drank.
Jul 20, 2015
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