Genes May Be Causing Neuroinflammation and Pain in Fibromyalgia
It’s clear that glial cells – immune cells found in the brain and the spinal cord – play an important role in producing chronic pain and neuro-inflammation. Glial cell activation in the brain is often measured using the levels of a benzodiazepine...
The Psychosocial Disease? – Has Fibromyalgia Been Captured by a Behavioral Paradigm?
The very nature of fibromyalgia, like chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), has left it prone to psychological interpretations. No injury or lesion has ever been found. No accepted blood test points to a biological problem. The disease produces lots of symptoms – a sure...
Simmaron’s Fifth Anniversary Event Updates ME/CFS Community on Dynamic Research Underway
The Simmaron Research Foundation is definitely connected. It showed off how connected with a recent patient event headlined by Mady Hornig, Maureen Hanson, Konstance Knox and Elizabeth Unger. Find out what they had to say about present and future ME/CFS research as...
A Genetic Panel For Fibromyalgia? The new Proove Genetic Test
The Proove genetic test for fibromyalgia – is the first genetic test that I know of for FM. It’s not a diagnostic test – it’s focused on guiding treatment options. It identifies ten genes that can affect drug metabolism and one gene that affects...
“A Nation in Pain: Healing Our Biggest Health Problem” – A Review
Chronic pain costs more than heart disease, cancer and diabetes combined yet gets a fraction of their funding. Judy Foreman knows well the cost of our medical systems dysfunctional approach to pain. A medical journalist used to good medical care, she was dismayed by...StudyME
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