Alternative Treatments for Fibromyalgia

From the FMS Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton (UK) Courtesy WebMD.com    How well do they work? By Jeanie Lerche Davis  Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD   To get relief from fibromyalgia pain, more and more people are trying alternative treatments. It is often instinctive — putting an icepack on a painful spot or reaching for [...]

FDA Approves Simponi

From the FMS Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton (UK) Courtesy of  Drugs.com  Simponi (golimumab) Receives FDA Approval as First Once-Monthly Anti-TNF for Treatment of Theumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis HORSHAM, Pa., April 24 /PRNewswire Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Simponi (golimumab) for the [...]

So Botox Is Not Just Skin Deep

From the FMS Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton Courtesy TimesDaily.com. NEW YORK TIMES HEALTH STORIES (Fibromyalgia Pain Patent) by NATASHA SINGER - April 13, 2009 at DR. MARK STILLMAN, the director of the Center for Headache and Pain at the Cleveland Clinic, has a treatment for people with frequent migraines: he injects Botox around the head [...]

Got Pain?

From the FMS News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton  Courtesy of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)    Newswise — Tying a shoe, typing an email, opening a jar, texting on a Blackberry. The mobility of our fingers and wrists can often be taken for granted. That is until the throbbing pain begins, and interferes with simple, [...]