Today’s Washington Post features an article about our very own HealthCentral and other online health sites. The article, “Seeking a Cure, Patients Find a Dose of Conversation Online,” discusses HealthCentral’s primary purpose – providing a place where you the user can have intimate health conversations on your... Read more
The FDA has issued an alert warning of the possibility that the x-rays used for CT (Computed Tomography) scans may cause some implanted and external electronic medical devices to malfunction. These devices include neurostimulators and implanted or externally worn drug infusion pumps. Most patients with electronic medical devices... Read more
I’ve read a lot of books about fibromyalgia and ME/CFS, but none have touched me like Dorothy Wall’s Encounters with the Invisible: Unseen Illness, Controversy and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Although the book is a very intimate account of Wall’s experiences with chronic fatigue syndrome, you will relate to it equally as... Read more
I have recently read several studies that found acupuncture to be an effective treatment for relieving a number of different types of pain. This has certainly been true in my own experience. I’ve personally been seeing an acupuncturist for a few years now for fibromyalgia. In addition to lower levels of pain, I’ve... Read more
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