Fibromyalgia News

The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it a significant decrease in autoimmunity laboratory testing, first rheumatology visits and diagnoses from 2019 to 2020, according to Italian data published in The Journal of Rheumatology.

A median of just 16.2% of adults with arthritis attended a self-management class in 2019, while that same year 69.3% received counseling for physical activity from their provider, according to CDC researchers.

Hour-long, virtual exercise classes that cover Pilates, yoga and tai chi are safe and improved health outcomes in patients with musculoskeletal disease, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2021.

Patients with long COVID can experience a constellation of debilitating neurological symptoms for months after infection, but the ‘underlying biology’ and a timeframe for these symptoms continue to elude clinicians, a presenter noted here.

The use of vitamin D3 or omega-3 fatty acid supplements over a 5-year period may reduce the incidence of autoimmune disease in older adults by 25% to 30%, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2021.

The prevalence of fibromyalgia in U.S. active-duty service members entering treatment for PTSD is more than 10-fold higher than the overall population of service members preparing for deployment, according to data.

Among patients with arthritis who engaged in physical activity in the past month, about 71% reported walking as one of their two most frequent activities, followed by gardening and weightlifting, according to CDC researchers.

An estimated 58.5 million adults in the United States — nearly one-quarter of the country’s adult population — had arthritis, while 25.7 million demonstrated arthritis-related activity limitations, during 2016 to 2018, according to data.

Healio announced the launch of Rheum and Boards, a quiz-based, online learning resource for rheumatologists, according to a Healio press release.

Small fiber neuropathy, a pain-inducing condition that resembles and overlaps with fibromyalgia, may be significantly under-diagnosed in the U.S., according to a presenter at the 2021 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-West.