Fibromyalgia News

Cystic fibrosis is a life-threatening genetic disease that causes thick, sticky mucus to build up in the body, most frequently in the lungs and pancreas. It may also affect sweat glands and the reproductive system in men. It is one of the most common chronic lung diseases in children and young adults, and it is also the most common deadly genetic disease among whites in the United States, particularly among those of northern or central European descent.

A rheumatologist is a specialist in the field of rheumatology who has received postgraduate training and experience in the diagnosis and treatment of arthritis and other diseases of the joints, muscles and bones. Apart from the main types of arthritis, such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, a rheumatologist may treat 100 different types of pain and musculoskeletal disorders, including autoimmune diseases, back pain, fibromyalgia, gout, lupus, osteoporosis, Sjögren’s syndrome, spondylitis, Still’s disease and tendinitis.

A three-variant haplotype of CD226 is associated with the genetic predisposition to systemic sclerosis-related pulmonary fibrosis, although the three genetic variants individually do not influence that susceptibility, according to recent findings.

F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography can be a valuable tool in diagnosing and treating retroperitoneal fibrosis in patients, according to case study results.

A computer-aided diagnosis system is able to detect lung fibrosis in patients with scleroderma, according to study results.

Patients with incomplete fibromyalgia syndrome should be clinically treated as though they have the full-blown version of the condition, despite having milder symptoms, in order to better manage symptoms in the clinical setting, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Rheumatology.

Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting 2011

The Pediatric Endocrine Society has backed a position statement from the American Diabetes Association and clinical practice guidelines produced by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation that tackle the problem of cystic fibrosis-related diabetes.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been identified in patients with cystic fibrosis in Canada and the United Kingdom and has been associated with a more than two-fold increased risk for death or lung transplantation in this population.

Left ventricular assist device unloading led to increased microvascular density and was accompanied by increased fibrosis and no indication of cardiomyocyte atrophy in patients with chronic HF, according to new study results.