Once dismissed by many clinicians, it is now estimated that as much as six percent of the world's population has fibromyalgia, a complex disease in which the body is affected by pain in the joints and ...
A substantial minority of patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia at one medical center in Southern California had "consistently low" levels of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), researchers said, which could ...
The American College of Rheumatology is introducing new diagnostic criteria to update the 1990 set for fibromyalgia. Diagnosis had been made based on the presence of widespread pain in all four body ...
SAN DIEGO, June 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Exagen Inc. (Nasdaq: XGN), an organization dedicated to transforming the care continuum for patients suffering from autoimmune diseases, today announced it ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Greg Licholai writes and teaches about innovation in healthcare. This month you might see the purple colors of Fibromyalgia ...
Modeling study supports an FDA-approved product over off-label amitriptyline ...
While fibromyalgia is often thought to affect middle-aged adults, it can also occur in children, particularly teen girls. Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition characterized by widespread pain, ...
Another chronic condition called chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), or myalgic encephalomyelitis, comprises a complex multisystem disease that is typically characterized by severe fatigue. 2 Both these ...