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Apr 26, 2008 |
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CFIDS&FM |
ME/CFS as a Mitochondrial Disease
ME/CFS is a disorder involving the cells’ energy-producing mitochondria – but it’s a mitochondrial disease like no other, Dr. Bell believes. He explains why it hasn’t been diagnosed, classified, and studied like other kinds of mitochondrial diseases - and why a change may be “just around the corner.” |
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Mar 06, 2006 |
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CFIDS&FM |
Dr. Richard Podell: Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Disability Evaluation
This essay adapts from Dr. Podell’s address to the 9th National Conference on Litigating Disability Insurance sponsored by the American Conference Institute, February 23, Miami, Florida. Dr. Podell served as the medical expert on Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and related disorders. |
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Jan 16, 2006 |
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FM |
Fibromyalgia: Practical Treatments for the Family Physician
Richard N. Podell, M.D., is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, in New Brunswick, NJ. In this insightful article, he discusses FM and its effective treatments at some length. |
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Apr 26, 2004 |
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FM |
Fibromyalgia: The Answer Is Blowin' in the Wind
Dr. Kevin White quotes Bob Dylan in asking, "How many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn't see? These immortalized words have rung true repeatedly throughout the sordid history of humankind. Yet it should seem startling that Dylan's words might apply to physicians, who recite the Hippocratic Oath, and promise to ease pain and suffering and 'do no harm.' Nonetheless, these words too often do apply to physicians, perhaps no more frequently than when many such physicians are asked to deal with fibromyalgia (FM)." |
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Oct 11, 2006 |
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CFIDS&FM |
APPLYING FOR SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY AND SSI
This primer on the process of applying for Social Security Disability and Supplemental Security Income, including a step-by-step Q & A, is reproduced with permission from the Website of Drew L. Johnson, PC http://www.drewlj.com/index.html. Mr. Johnson’s Eugene, Oregon-based practice has focused on provision of Legal services to and representation of Social Security Disability claimants for nearly three decades.* |
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Sep 27, 2006 |
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CFIDS&FM |
On September 13 Founder’s Corner: Critical New Piece of Fibromyalgia Puzzle Found?
On September 13 Founder’s Corner: Critical New Piece of Fibromyalgia Puzzle Found? |
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Jul 06, 2005 |
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CFIDS&FM |
Son's Illness with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Launches Mom's Crusade
"There was nobody else," Shanon McQuown said regarding her son who is ill with CFS. "I was his mother. I was his doctor. I was his advocate. I was his friend. I was his warden." McQuown also has become his spokesperson and a voice for others suffering from the disease that changed her only child. |
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Jun 06, 2003 |
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CFIDS |
Understanding Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
According to Jill McLaughlin, Executive Director of an association for CFS, "Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) disproportionately affects women, but has long been under-recognized and under-diagnosed. CFS is now one of the most common chronic illnesses of our time. It is also one of the most misunderstood. Private and government research is shattering many misconceptions, showing chronic fatigue syndrome to be a major public health problem." |
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Jun 01, 1999 |
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CFIDS&FM |
Disability Claim Killers - What you don't know could be fatal to your Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) claim!
FMS and CFIDS claimants can and do obtain benefits with proper preparation of their case coupled with an understanding of how the system may view them |
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Jan 28, 2008 |
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CFIDS&FM |
Q&A Session (held Jan. 11) with Nancy G. Klimas, MD – A Central Figure in International ME/CFS/FM Research and Treatment
Welcome to ProHealth's Live Chat Q&A (held Jan. 11, 2008) with Dr. Nancy Klimas, MD - a noted immunologist and a world leader in ME/CFS/FM/Gulf War Illness research, treatment, education, and advocacy. |
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