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Feb 03, 2000 |
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CFIDS&FM |
Winning Your Social Security disability Claim:
15 Mistakes You Can Not Afford to Make!
Mistake #1: Assuming that what SSA tells you is true. Unfortunately, some of the advice Social Security Administration (SSA) employees provides to the public is incorrect.
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Mar 03, 2008 |
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CFIDS&FM |
Fibromyalgia and Autoimmune Diseases: The Pain behind Autoimmunity - Source: Israel Medical Association Journal, Jan 2008
Doctors treating patients with autoimmune diseases should be aware that FM can’t be considered an inflammatory or autoimmune disease, but FM symptoms are common in autoimmune patients and may be the source of much of their disability. [Source: Israel Medical Association Journal, Jan 2008] |
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Mar 29, 2001 |
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CFIDS&FM |
Winning Your disability Case in Three Words…Frequency, Severity and Duration
Scott Davis is a social security and long-term disability insurance attorney in Phoenix, Arizona. Here, he advises people with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia how to keep track of their illness to further their chances of winning their disability case.
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Feb 23, 2008 |
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CFIDS&FM |
Taking Stock: ME/CFS Advocacy Making Headway
We tend to dwell on the negative. But some of the foundation stones needed for ME/CFS to succeed have recently been laid - to some extent because of the CDC funding scandal. |
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Nov 15, 2002 |
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CFIDS&FM |
The Politics of Pain: The Controversy Surrounding Chronic Pain and Opioids
Anne-Marie Vidal writes, "Anyone who lives with chronic pain is acutely aware of many physicians’ difficulty in coming to terms with prescribing adequate pain medication. For us [fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients], this is more than a research or academic issue. We know first hand that pain is debilitating and can erode our standard of living and ability to earn an income."
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Aug 15, 2002 |
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DrugNews |
CFIDS&FM |
FDA Approves Lexapro as Newest Antidepressant
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved the drug Lexapro (escitalopram) for the treatment for major depression.
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Jul 26, 2004 |
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CFIDS&FM |
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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Apr 17, 2001 |
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CFIDS&FM |
How To Talk with your Physician about Supporting your disability Claim
disability Attorniey, Scott Davis, discusses why it is critical to have the support of your treating physicians in making a disability claim, and how to obtain that support.
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Jul 21, 2008 |
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CFIDS&FM |
Speed of Mental Operations in Fibromyalgia: A Selective Naming Speed Deficit - Source: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, Jul 17, 2008
"Abnormalities in naming speed are an unappreciated feature of FMS...Clinicians would be wise to specifically request adding a rapid naming test to document cognitive dysfunction in FMS patients who otherwise appear to test normally, despite often intense complaints of memory and concentration difficulties that can affect job performance and increase disability.” [Source: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, Jul 17, 2008] |
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Aug 17, 2005 |
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CFIDS&FM |
Mentally Managing Fibromyalgia: Excerpt from Dr. Pellegrino's Book Fibromyalgia - Up Close & Personal
Dr. Mark Pellegrino writes, "We can learn how to reduce stress and minimize its effect on FM. Everyone with FM can benefit from mental techniques to manage their physical problems." Learn a few of those effective techniques. |
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