A Holiday Gift Guide For People with ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia
It’s Black Friday – the traditional start of the holiday shopping season. Health Rising usually does a tongue-in-cheek Black Friday blog to remind readers that HR gets a percentage of every Amazon.com purchase made through HR’s Amazon search box (see...
Could a Diet Reduce the Pain in Fibromyalgia? A FODMAPS Study Suggests Yes
Diets are a frequent topic of conversation in fibromyalgia but have rarely been subjected to scientific study. Recently a Portuguese group determined if an irritable bowel syndrome diet could also help with pain in fibromyalgia. Check out what they and others have...
“Less Pain, Fewer Pills” – A Fibromyalgia Book Review: Part I
Seeking to curb their misuse, the FDA has come down hard on opioid painkillers, restricting their use, and making it more difficult for some people in chronic pain to gain access to them. Some fibromyalgia patients and their doctors have, not surprisingly, rebelled at...
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) An Underused ME/CFS/FM Management Tool: PT II – Surveying the Landscape
Karmin returns with a second in a series of blogs on using heart rate variability (HRV) testing to manage and improve one’s health. She shows how home-based HRV testing can provide better information on how to pace oneself cognitively than heart rate testing,...
Easy Does It For Nathalie: A Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Improvement Story
A real go-getter, Nathalie hiked, biked and even modeled prior to getting the flu from hell. She tried just about everything she could, and a three year course of Valcyte did help, but when she had to stop the Valcyte she was in real trouble. Reaching outside her...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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