Medications
People with fibromyalgia are substituting CBD for opioids to manage pain
Fibromyalgia is one of many chronic pain conditions that remains stubbornly difficult to treat.
Jun 24, 2021
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Health
Domestic abuse survivors twice at risk of long-term illnesses
Female survivors of domestic abuse are at double the risk of developing long-term illnesses that cause widespread bodily pain and extreme tiredness, shows a study by the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick.
Dec 6, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Online cognitive behavioral therapy for fibromyalgia shows promise
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed an online cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program for the difficult-to-treat pain syndrome fibromyalgia. In her doctoral thesis, Maria Hedman-Lagerlöf shows that patients ...
Dec 3, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Gut bacteria associated with chronic pain for first time
Scientists have found a correlation between a disease involving chronic pain and alterations in the gut microbiome.
Jun 20, 2019
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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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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Does insulin resistance cause fibromyalgia?
Researchers led by a team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston were able to dramatically reduce the pain of fibromyalgia patients with medication that targeted insulin resistance.
May 7, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study links adult fibromyalgia to childhood sexual abuse
A new Tel Aviv University study finds that fibromyalgia syndrome—a chronic condition characterized by widespread pain, fatigue and cognitive difficulties—may be a consequence of post-traumatic physical and psychological ...
Feb 6, 2019
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Neuroscience
Insomnia therapy may slow or reverse cortical gray matter atrophy in fibromyalgia
Preliminary findings from a pilot study suggest that cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) may slow or even reverse the atrophy of cortical gray matter in patients who have co-morbid fibromyalgia.
Oct 2, 2018
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Neuroscience
People with fibromyalgia have inflammation of the brain
The causes of the difficult-to-treat pain syndrome fibromyalgia are largely unknown. Using PET brain imaging, researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Massachusetts General Hospital have now shown that glial cells – the ...
Sep 26, 2018
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
More doctor visits lead to less suicide attempts for fibromyalgia patients
Fibromyalgia patients who regularly visit their physicians are much less likely to attempt suicide than those who do not, according to a new Vanderbilt University Medical Center study published in Arthritis Care & Research.
Sep 19, 2018
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