Archive for the ‘From the news’ Category
7,000 deaths a year due to bad handwriting? Save yours!
Well, Time Magazine reports that the National Academies of Science’s Institute of Medicine says that’s the figure, anyway.
Doctors’ sloppy handwriting kills more than 7,000 people annually. It’s a shocking statistic, and, according to a July 2006 report from the National Academies of Science’s Institute of Medicine (IOM), preventable medication mistakes also injure more than 1.5 million […]
January 19, 2007
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Researchers say pain from fibromyalgia is real
Not that it’s news to those of us who have it, but it’s good to be validated!
Fibromyalgia often has been misdiagnosed as arthritis or even a psychological issue. Increasingly, though, the scientific knowledge about fibromyalgia is growing, and a new paper from the University of Michigan Health System says there are “overwhelming data” that the condition […]
December 1, 2006
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Stress during pregnancy may lead to increased risk of fibromyalgia for baby girls
From a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Press Release about findings being presented at the International Congress of Neuroendocrinology June 19-22, 2006:
Stressful or traumatic events experienced during pregnancy can have long-lasting effects on the fetus, yet these effects may not become apparent until many years later, according to a study suggesting that girls born of […]
June 29, 2006
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Music ‘can reduce chronic pain’
From BBC News via the Net-Gold list:
Research has confirmed listening to music can have a significant positive impact on perception of chronic pain.
US researchers tested the effect of music on 60 patients who had endured years of chronic pain.
Those who listened to music reported a cut in pain levels of up to 21%, and in associated depression of […]
June 6, 2006
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Dyspareunia – painful sex
Dyspareunia is one of the common symptoms of fibromyalgia, or as a co-existing problem. I don’t usually look at Wired for this kind of thing, but the article When Sex Is a Pain has some good ideas for dealing with dyspareunia.
May 26, 2006
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