Waterfall

Online supplement to Fibromyalgia Frontiers

by Richard Brassaw

The National Fibromyalgia Partnership (NFP) provides comprehensive news on fibromyalgia. They have been at it for 15 years and it shows. The site includes: FM: the basics, news watch, treatment perspective, community services, research abstracts, new books & videos, and conference calendar.

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Bipolar disorder related to a shrinking brain

by Richard Brassaw

BBC News reports that a University of Edinburgh study reveals that the brains of individuals with bipolar disorder shrink faster than expected. Researchers based their research on MRI scans of 20 people with the bipolar disorder and an equal number in a control group. Over time everyone’s brain showed a loss of brain tissue, but [...]

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Can CFS be quantified & qualified?

by Richard Brassaw

A Population Health Metrics article, How Common is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; How Long is A Piece of String?*, discusses the problem with quantifying CFS. The syndrome has no biological markers. There are no definitive tests. Defining it is often a process of eliminating what it is not, rather than what it is. Then there is [...]

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Drug companies declare war on “Sicko”

by Richard Brassaw

Release of Michael Moore’s, Sicko is a week away and drug companies prepare to counter attack claims made in the film. They feel the American health care system has been unjustly characterized as ‘sick.’ One issue they have with the film is that Moore doesn’t pin down what works and what needs to be improved. [...]

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Caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients expected to increase

by Richard Brassaw

There is an estimated 5.7 million Americans who care for an aging relative and also have children under 21 who still live at home; they are termed ‘sandwich caregivers’. As baby-boomers age there will be a marked increase of sandwich caregivers. A recent survey of sandwich givers concludes: 70% of sandwich caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients said [...]

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Study seeks Fibromyalgia patients

by Richard Brassaw

Path to Pain-Free Living, which offers an holistic approach to a whole body and happy life, seeks women with fibromyalgia to participate in a Fibromyalgia study.

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