HEAL II: The NIH’s Big Opioid and Pain Initiative Gets More Teeth
The HEAL Initiative (Helping End Addiction Long Term) is one of the rare NIH initiatives that presents real possibilities for a long neglected population. It took an act of Congress – which gave the NIH $500 million and specifically directed them to use it attack...
Fibromyalgia Researcher & Doctor Asks “Chronic Pain: Is It All in Your Head” (Hint: It’s Not Psychological)
The Pridgen Protocol for Fibromyalgia – Could It Work in Migraine? A Report Suggests Yes
We also hypothesize that migraine may be attributable to a reactivation of a latent HSV residing within the trigeminal ganglion. The authors She was a healthy 21-year-old white college student who woke up one morning to a “scintillating scotoma”, a visual...
The Migraine Drug Explosion Begins: Could Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS Benefit?
“For now, they (the new drugs) look fantastic. They shake the ground under our feet. They will change the way we treat migraine.” Dr. Stewart J. Tepper, a professor of neurology at Dartmouth College In many ways, migraine is in the same basket as fibromyalgia (FM) and...
Sex (Hormones) and Fibromyalgia: The Pain Connection
Hormones? Certainly the nervous system plays a major role in producing pain. The immune system with its inflammatory processes and ability to create sickness behavior is certainly in the discussion, but hormones? Many women are well aware that hormonal fluctuations...StudyME
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