In this British study, 2 RA cohorts (1 with 105 patients and 2 with 100 patients; all meeting American College of Rheumatology criteria for RA [2]) were evaluated in a cross-sectional manner for the ...

Fibromyalgia is an oft-unpleasant condition that can cause pain and tenderness throughout the body. While fibromyalgia can affect anyone, the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and ...

Health-related quality of life, tender points and fatigue continue to be key issues in the clinical assessment of patients with fibromyalgia, according to researchers in Spain who noted most patients ...

This week we are going to discuss an enigmatic condition that has been the subject of much controversy over the past several decades, fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is a grouping of symptoms that cannot ...

Medically reviewed by Anita C. Chandrasekaran, MD Key Takeaways Fibromyalgia chest pain, also known as costochondritis, is pain from inflammation where ribs and breastbone meet.You can treat ...

Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain condition with widespread pain, impairment of daily living functions, sleep disturbance and lack of sleep, presence of typical tender points over the body etc. There are ...

Fibromyalgia symptoms include widespread body pain, fatigue, unrefreshing sleep and mood problems. But all of these symptoms are common to many other conditions. And because fibromyalgia symptoms can ...

Nov. 4 -- MONDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have detected abnormalities in the brains of people with fibromyalgia, a complex, chronic condition characterized by muscle pain and fatigue.

A study found 26 DNA regions tied to fibromyalgia, showing the disorder originates in the brain’s pain circuits, not in muscles.

A research team led by Dr Joachim F Wernicke (Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN) reported data [ 1] that extend and further support work reported earlier this year [ 2]. Their 12-week, double-blind, ...

In her upcoming documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two, Lady Gaga opens up about what it's like to live with fibromyalgia, a chronic disorder that affects five million people in the US. If you've never heard ...