Charles Shepherd, MD, was a “perfectly healthy” 30-something-year-old when he came down with chicken pox, which he caught while treating a patient with shingles. Even after the painful, itchy rash ...

Things Heat Up: Why the Sexism? Unfortunately, with chronic pain care can come extreme frustration and ill will toward patients, and a number of skeptical treaters weren't afraid to share their, at ...

Today is Fibromyalgia Awareness Day, an event dedicated to increasing public knowledge of the musculoskeletal chronic pain condition that afflicts five million adult Americans. Chances are that, if ...

Nov. 6, 2025 -- Fibromyalgia affects about 4 million U.S. adults. Though its cause remains unclear, it can be effectively diagnosed, treated, and managed. But what exactly is fibromyalgia, and why is ...

During intense training or a new strength routine, you might experience some major soreness, but if you begin experiencing pain—especially above your normal threshold or typical postworkout ...

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Tiffany Gill is affiliated with Arthritis SA. Michael Musker does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has ...

The topic of XMRV and its possible link to chronic fatigue syndrome has been appearing in the news again. The media interest stems from multiple recent studies that appear to be coming to different ...

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A number of clinician readers made it clear: If there's one thing that we know about fibromyalgia, it's that we don't know much about fibromyalgia. A rheumatologist cautioned, "Fibromyalgia is an ...