Fibromyalgia is a chronic musculoskeletal pain disorder of unknown etiology. It is characterized by chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, poor sleep, and mood disturbances, as well as a ...

Fibromyalgia is the second most common rheumatic disorder behind osteoarthritis and, though still widely misunderstood, is now considered to be a lifelong central nervous system disorder, which is ...

In a cohort of 23 patients with fibromyalgia, levels of HbA1c were significantly higher than in two independent groups of controls, being 0.59 units higher than for participants in the Framingham ...

Nondrug therapies that might have been dismissed 30 years ago are now the sorts of treatments physicians are turning to instead of overused treatments like surgical procedures, opioids, and injections ...

What Is Fibromyalgia? Evolving Diagnosis Who Manages Fibromyalgia Patients? The Latest in Management References Editor's Note: In response to a number of recent advances in the understanding, ...

A systematic review of randomized controlled trials reveals some differences in the effects and indications of the three pharmalogical treatments for fibromyalgia. What can prescribing physicians ...

In order to better understand the disparity between identifiable damage and chronic pain, the National Institutes of Health has awarded $7.5 million over five years to physician-scientists at the ...

Take it from a Cincinnati, Ohio, mother of six, Pat Holthaun: Exercise may be the last thing you feel like doing if you have fibromyalgia, but it’s also one of the best things you can do to decrease ...