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| 07/24/08 |
URGENTLY NEEDED in London Area - Professor Basant Puri Requires Physically Fit Controls for his ME/CFS Biomedical Brain Imaging Studies (1 Sunday Clinic Visit Aug. 3 or 10 in London)
Calling all physically fit carers, friends and relatives of ME patients. Your help is very urgently needed and may be of great assistance to the UK ME community. |
| 07/21/08 |
A Primer on Blood Pressure – High, Low, Dysregulated
Blood pressure is created as a combination of three factors, explains UK-based ME/CFS/FM specialist Sarah Myhill, MD. In simple terms, she outlines the causes of high & low blood pressure, their diagnosis, and treatments. |
| 07/21/08 |
ATP, calcium and magnesium levels in platelets of patients with primary Fibromyalgia - Source: Clinical Biochemistry, July 2008
Researchers find significantly lower levels of ATP (the energy-producing fuel in our cells) along with higher levels of calcium & magnesium in fibromyalgia patients’ platelets vs normal controls - suggest disturbed platelet ATP metabolism-signaling and calcium-magnesium flows could play a role in FM pathogenesis. [Source: Clinical Biochemistry, July 2008] |
| 07/20/08 |
Dr. Mark Pellegrino, MD, Offers Insights on Motherhood and Fibromyalgia
Pregnancy can be a daunting decision and a challenging experience for women with fibromyalgia. Dr. Pellegrino offers a host of insights, drawing on his extensive experience advising and managing patients in their childbearing years. |
| 07/20/08 |
International Study of Family Patterns in Depression, Anxiety, or Migraine - Seeking Participants
Researchers in a number of countries are collecting information from families - 2,400 adults and children of all ages, offering the opportunity to participate in lifetime tracking. |
| 07/19/08 |
Dr. Fortanasce Explains the Alzheimer's Disease Crisis and a Protocol to Prevent or Delay It - at Any Age
Alzheimer's doctor and innovator Vincent Fortansce, MD (author of The Anti-Alzheimer's Prescription) provides useful information on Alzheimer's and its diagnosis, his view that a cure is unlikely any time soon, and the science-based protocol he recommends to prevent or delay the disease. |
| 07/18/08 |
Portland: Fibromyalgia and Sleep Disorders Scientific Conference, October 2-4 - Presentations by World Experts
The National Fibromyalgia Research Association is sponsoring the conference to share best practices for improving FM & sleep disorder outcomes, and the latest science connecting the two conditions. |
| 07/17/08 |
58-center international trial of drug to address diabetes-associated nerve pain and numbness - now recruiting
This study is recruiting more than 300 diabetics with peripheral neuropathy in 19 states and 6 countries. |
| 07/14/08 |
My One and Only Hangover – Why PWCs Can’t Drink
"It's the only true common denominator for people with ME/CFS/FM. No one medication works for all of us, but all of us just cannot drink... not and LIKE the result," claims McCracken. |
| 07/13/08 |
How biological abnormalities separate ME/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) from depression
"Chronic fatigue syndrome [ME/CFS] and depression share symptoms and may coexist," but based on the scientific findings cited in this educational article, "skilled clinicians can now more easily tell them apart." |
