Psychotherapy May Help Ease Fibromyalgia Pain
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — “Talk therapy” may help people with fibromyalgia manage their chronic pain — and alter the brain’s pain-processing circuitry along the way, a new study shows.Researchers found that after eight sessions of co…
Learn MoreCognitive-Behavioral Therapy Helps Relieve Fibromyalgia Pain
FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is superior to a matched education treatment in reducing the interfering effects of pain and other aspects of fibromyalgia, according to a study published online Sept. 20 in…
Learn MoreReview IDs Certain Higher Mortality Risks for Patients With Fibromyalgia
FRIDAY, July 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients with fibromyalgia have an increased risk for mortality, particularly from infections and suicide; however, they appear to have a lower risk for death due to cancer, according to a review published onl…
Learn MoreVinculan la fibromialgia con un mayor riesgo de muerte por muchas causas
MIÉRCOLES, 12 de julio de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Durante años, a las personas con fibromialgia, un trastorno común de dolor, les decían que sus síntomas eran imaginarios, pero ahora la enfermedad se toma mucho más en serio, por buenos motivos. Es má…
Learn MoreFibromyalgia Tied to Higher Risk of Death From Many Causes
WEDNESDAY, July 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For years, people with the widespread pain disorder fibromyalgia were told their symptoms were all in their heads, but now the illness is being taken much more seriously with good reason.Folks with fibromya…
Learn MoreFibromyalgia Is Risk Factor for Opioid Use Disorder Exacerbations
WEDNESDAY, April 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Fibromyalgia is a risk factor for pain-related exacerbation of opioid use disorder (OUD), according to a study published online March 14 in PAIN.Orman Trent Hall, D.O., from the Ohio State University Wexne…
Learn MoreASA: Green Light Therapy for Pain-Related Anxiety Studied in Fibromyalgia
TUESDAY, Nov. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Green light therapy might decrease anxiety, particularly fear-based anxiety, in patients with fibromyalgia and reduce the use of opioids to manage chronic pain, according to a study presented at the annual mee…
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