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EpicGenetics, the maker of the controversial FM/a fibromyalgia blood test, just announced it will be sequencing the genomes of up to 250,000 fibromyalgia patients in an effort to identify fibromyalgia-specific gene markers and mutations.
(Click here if you’d like to learn more about the fibromyalgia blood test!)
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CindyPerlin.com: Five amazing chronic pain treatments you’ve probably never heard of
Here are a few new ideas to add to your “to try” list from chronic pain advocate Cindy Perlin. (You can check out my review of Cindy’s book, “The Truth About Chronic Pain Treatments: The Best and Worst Strategies for Becoming Pain Free,” here.)
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National Institutes of Health: The effectiveness of aromatherapy in reducing pain | A systematic review and meta-analysis
Have a well-meaning friend who keeps trying to push essential oils on you? Well, according to this study, maybe you should listen to her…
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Fibromyalgia News Today: Seven tips for fibromyalgia patients to work and earn income from home
A few tips for finding at-home work.
Just FYI: Amazon just announced it’ll be filling 5,000 new part-time work-at-home positions over the next year.
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The Mighty: The importance of doing your own research on your condition
I couldn’t have said this better myself!
This week on FedUpwithFatigue.com…
I’m Donna, a longtime newspaper reporter, health writer and chronic illness thriver! Fed Up with Fatigue provides weekly news, research, treatments and more to help you live better with fibromyalgia and/or Lyme.
Hello- My wife shared an article of yours from the ‘ProHealth’ website re. ‘Fibromyalgia Misdiagnosis’. She was diagnosed by a Rheumatologist in 1994 after suffering for some years with undefined multiple symptoms. The reason I am making this comment on your blog is because she has had some relief from the chronic pain and other diverse symptoms using ‘Rhodiola Rosea’ as well as an array of other nutritional supplements.
In the 1st chapter of this book, the husband and wife doctors relate how she had Lyme Disease that severely disabled her and compromised her life as a doctor, wife, and mother. She got her life back using ‘Rhodiola’. https://www.amazon.com/Rhodiola-Revolution-Transform-Breakthrough-Century/dp/159486294X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1492884239&sr=8-2&keywords=Rhodiola+in+books
Best wishes…
Thank you so much for the recommendation! I’ll be sure to check it out!