Newest issue of Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain LIFE features role of pain, depression and sleep in FM

Oct. 20, 2011 - PRLog -- The digital and print edition of the second issue of Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain LIFE magazine, features articles by two physician experts explaining the complex relationship between fibromyalgia and some of its most prevalent overlapping conditions—sleep, pain and depression.

In his article, “What is the relationship between sleep and fibromyalgia?” Dr. Victor Rosenfeld, Medical Director of the Sleep Center at South Coast Medical Group in Savannah, Georgia, states that sleep and fatigue symptoms such as morning stiffness, fatigue and non-refreshing sleep have surpassed pain as the most prominent complaints in FM patients. Dr. Rosenfeld, a renowned researcher and lecturer on fibromyalgia, also explains how fibromyalgia patients different from non-FM patients when it comes to sleep.

“Pain and Depression: A Fire in the Brain,” by Gary Kaplan, D.O., founder and medical director of The Kaplan Center for Integrative Medicine in McLean, Virginia, offers some positive news for patients who suffer the double dose of fibromyalgia and depression: “Recent medical studies of patients dually diagnosed with chronic pain and depression are revealing that these patients have a unique disease process.  And this discovery is pointing toward some promising new diagnosis and treatment options.”

AVAILABLE in DIGITAL and PRINT-ON-DEMAND
The online digital version of Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Life is free to subscribers of the NFMCPA enewsletter. Go to http://fmcpaware.org/user-subscriptions to register. To order the print version of the magazine, go to www.MagCloud.com (search: Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Life).

Other features in the upcoming November/December issue include:

•   “My Story” -  Dr. Ginevra Liptan, physician with fibromyalgia, shares an excerpt from her bestselling book, “Figuring Out Fibromyalgia”

•   “No More Tender Points?” – Debate on the proposed new diagnostic criteria continues among the medical community

•   “Pain into Passion” – entrepreneurs with fibromyalgia and chronic pain discover new passions and a new life

•   “Surviving the Holidays in One ‘Peace’ ” –writers with fibromyalgia offer their perspective on making it through end-of-the-year festivities


Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain LIFE is the new bi-monthly digital magazine for, by and about fibromyalgia and related chronic pain communities published by the National Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Association.

About the National Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Association
Founded in 2010, the National Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Association is a 501c3 organization whose mission is to build a united patient and medical community to create a strong voice and organizational base to educate and execute advocacy programs regarding access to care, scientific research, diagnosis and treatment for people suffering with chronic pain from fibromyalgia and overlapping conditions. For more information, visit www.fmcpaware.org