About Fibrant Living
Fibrant LivÂing is intended to help peoÂple with fibromyalÂgia or other chronic illÂnesses who want to live a vibrant, joyÂful life despite their diagÂnoses to find reliÂable resources and advice from health proÂfesÂsionÂals and othÂers in simÂiÂlar cirÂcumÂstances. While health proÂfesÂsionÂals may find some of the inforÂmaÂtion here of interÂest in terms of relatÂing to their patients, patients are the intended audience.
Fibrant LivÂing, as a site and a podÂcast, came about because many things hapÂpened. I (CynÂthia) and my daughÂter (Katie) both have expeÂriÂence with chronic illÂnesses. I was able to be part of a wonÂderÂful study StanÂford University’s School of MedÂiÂcine did on HealthÂier LivÂing with ArthriÂtis and FibromyalÂgia in March through May 2006. I moved too far away from the only active local supÂport group I’ve found to attend their meetÂings at the end of 2005. I hadn’t been able to get any new episodes of the other two podÂcasts I’ve found about fibromyalÂgia (which have difÂferÂent focuses than this one) for some weeks. Sam had volÂunÂteered to proÂduce the podÂcast for me, which was a major gift and got me past my techÂniÂcal fears.
I read someÂthing nearly every day that I want to share with othÂers who have FMS, but that would bore most of the readÂers of my norÂmal LiveÂJourÂnal or blog. Many peoÂple with FMS don’t have a lot of energy for readÂing, but could manÂage to lisÂten to a brief podÂcast. So I decided to do both: a blog with brief entries about the news items I find; and a brief weekly podÂcast to share copÂing techniques.
NothÂing here is intended to be medÂical advice. If quotÂing medÂical proÂfesÂsionÂals, I will clearly cite my sources so that you may check them. I have no medÂical trainÂing and do not claim to be a health proÂfesÂsional of any sort. Please do not subÂstiÂtute anyÂthing you read or hear on Fibrant LivÂing for conÂsulÂtaÂtion with your physiÂcian or other health proÂfesÂsionÂals. I do, howÂever, encourÂage you to take the inforÂmaÂtion you find hear to them for disÂcusÂsion, and use the first-hand accounts to comÂpleÂment their advice. I have applied for HON cerÂtiÂfiÂcaÂtion and will always endeavor to abide by the HONÂcode.

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With havin so much conÂtent do you ever run into any issues of plagorism or copyÂright vioÂlaÂtion? My site has a lot of excluÂsive conÂtent I’ve either authored myself or outÂsourced but it seems a lot of it is popÂping it up all over the interÂnet withÂout my authoÂrizaÂtion. Do you know any ways to help stop conÂtent from being ripped off? I’d defÂiÂnitely appreÂciÂate it.
There are varÂiÂous WordÂPress plug-ins and serÂvices so on that are supÂposed to help you track peoÂple who copy your conÂtent, but the best of the serÂvices charge money. I used to do periÂodic searches and would always find my artiÂcles scraped and reproÂduced on other sites. I just don’t have the time or energy to keep up with it any more.
There’s no failÂproof way to stop the plaÂgiaÂrists, but you can at least conÂtact the hostÂing server with a DMCA takeÂdown notice after you find the plaÂgiaÂrized content.
I’m sorry I don’t have a betÂter answer. PlaÂgiaÂrism is a major probÂlem for all conÂtent proÂducÂers, so you may find a betÂter answer in a proÂfesÂsional blogger’s forum. Good luck!
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