The Letter of the Week

In the last issue, we announced we'll be awarding a $25 gift certificate for ProHealth supplements to the most helpful Letter of the Week. And our first winner is - "My Mission In Life" sent by FM patient and photographer Sheri Anderson Todd.

The important concept here is "helpful." We know that the best ideas for helping other readers are out there waiting to be shared - the fruit of your experiences, creativity, and information-seeking. So please do share.

Do you have a clever idea for a support group event to highlight this year's Fibromyalgia Awareness Day on May 12? Or for providing support or services to needy patients in your community? Do you have tips and tricks for sleeping? For coping with pain? For managing your way out of a relapse? What gives you hope and inspiration? The list goes on and on, but you get the idea. And try to be brief: 150 words or less is ideal.

Wishing you fellowship and sharing,

Rich Carson
CFS Patient and ProHealth Founder

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Making The Most of Your Doctor Visits

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Behavioral Insomnia Therapy Trial for FM Patients

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Actively Seeking Patients with POTS

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Testing Natural Supplements for Depression

Trial seeks individuals with depression to test the ability of several nutritional supplements with a possible effect on the metabolism of neurotransmitters to support improved mood.*   more

• Study links glucosamine supplementation, RA pain reduction
  
  
• Quercetin may be beneficial in interstitial cystitis; early diagnosis urged
  
  
• Insight into why Pycnogenol® has 'antidiabetic effect'
  
  
• Flax seed oil supports blood pressure reduction in at-risk group*
  
  
• Green tea polyphenol suppressed smoking-related cell changes*
  
  
• Kaiser reports omega-3s cut artery clogging triglycerides*
  
  

• FM prevalence 2.4% for women in early 20's; racial differences found
  
  
• Meditation-based intervention reduced depressive symptoms in FM patients
  
  
• ADHD drug therapy ameliorates FM & CFS pain & fatigue symptoms
  
  
• Further evidence of growth hormone disregulation in FM
  
  
• Measuring/comparing cardiovascular regulation in CFS, FM, POTS*
  
  
• more
  
  

My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the heck she is.
- Ellen Degeneris

When Life Gives You A Camera FM & ME-CFS patient Sheri Anderson Todd in Alabama sent us some of the wildlife photographs she snaps through her back window - and delivers via e-mail to housebound friends. [See The Letter of The Week ]

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The little titmouse shown here is enjoying the buffet of peanuts, corn, and other snacks that Sheri provides for the wild creatures who visit her yard each day.

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