Archive for the ‘Neurology’ Category
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 […]
December 1, 2006
Posted in: Fibromyalgia, From the news, Neurology, Pain 
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The neurology of chronic pain
My Pain, My Brain by Melanie Thernstrom gives us a look at a study being done at Stanford University. Subjects view an area of the brain that is involved in the perception of pain via a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine, and undergo training similar to biofeedback in which they practice directly controlling that […]
May 21, 2006
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