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Aug 04, 2008 |
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What initiates the formation of senile plaques? The origin of Alzheimer-like dementias in capillary hemorrhages - Source: Medical Hypotheses, Sep 2008
The proposal that plaques form at the sites of bleeding from the brain's tiny blood vessels explains many things: e.g., why oxidative stress/cardiovascular disease are associated with Alzheimer's, why antioxidants and other vascular-protective factors protect against dementia. [Source: Medical Hypotheses, Sep 2008 ] |
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Apr 18, 2005 |
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Physicians Find a New Way to Study Their Patients' Pain
Doctors at the University of New Mexico don't have to feel their patients' pain anymore. They can see it. Physicians at the university's MIND Imaging Center have discovered that the brain releases a noticeable amount of two chemicals when it experiences pain. |
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Jun 15, 2008 |
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Muscle Pain in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) - Causes and Treatment
ME/CFS and general muscle pain are often found together because the causes of both are often the same, says Dr. Myhill. She provides simple explanations, and outlines useful tests and therapies. |
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Jan 03, 2008 |
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Effects of yoga and the addition of Tui Na in patients with Fibromyalgia – Source: Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Dec 2007
Study finds yoga is distinctly beneficial for Fibromyalgia pain…but over time the benefit of relaxing yoga alone is superior to relaxing yoga plus body work. The researchers speculate “a passive therapy may possibly decrease control over FMS symptoms.” [Source: Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Dec 2007 |
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Jul 21, 2008 |
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CFIDS&FM |
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. |
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Aug 04, 2008 |
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Prefrontal cortex oxygenation during incremental Exercise in chronic fatigue syndrome - Source: Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, Jul 29, 2008
CFS patient testing identifies reduced blood supply and oxygen delivery to brain during Exercise vs. controls – “may contribute to the reduced exercise load in CFS, and supports the contention that CFS, in part, is mediated centrally” (in the central nervous system). [Source: Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, Jul 29, 2008] |
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Jul 20, 2005 |
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CFIDS&FM |
My Life as a Chronic Pain Sufferer - Dealing with Fibromyalgia and More
Sharon Perry writes, "In 1998 I was diagnosed with Osteoarthritis of the lower back and neck. I remember saying to my G.P. how can I have this; I'm only 30! I was given anti-inflammatory drugs, physiotherapy and a warning to keep mobile, even when in pain! As well as being in pain I felt depressed and nauseous. I found that I could no longer cope with working and was forced to give up my Job due to lengthy periods of sick leave." |
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Jul 26, 2004 |
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How One Woman Found a Way to Deal with Fibromyalgia
When modern medicine fails, utilizing what personal resources are left is the only option in dealing with an indistinct illness that no laboratory tests are available to diagnose. That's what motivated Evelyn Nelson, 50, to take her incurable disease -- fibromyalgia -- into her own hands. |
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Feb 23, 2004 |
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A Name For the Pain: Fibromyalgia Sufferers Are No Longer Alone
Fibromyalgia once was dismissed by doctors as a phantom of the female imagination. But scientific research into pain response has shed light on the misunderstood syndrome and vindicated the 6 million Americans -- mainly women and many of whom feared that they had gone crazy. About 10 percent of fibromyalgia patients are men. |
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Jan 05, 2001 |
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CLA Reduces Body Fat and Helps Build Muscle
A study published recently in The Journal of Nutrition (December 2000, Volume 130, #12) concludes that the natural dietary supplement conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) reduces body fat in people who are overweight or obese
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