Tag: fibromyalgia

  • Scientists Find 26 Genetic Clues Behind Fibromyalgia

    Scientists Find 26 Genetic Clues Behind Fibromyalgia

    For decades, people with fibromyalgia have faced a brutal question alongside the pain: if nothing shows up on a scan, how can anyone prove something is wrong? Now, the largest genetic study of fibromyalgia ever conducted has produced evidence pointing firmly toward biology, giving researchers a much clearer direction for understanding the condition. The international…

  • Scientists Find 26 Genetic Clues Behind Fibromyalgia

    Scientists Find 26 Genetic Clues Behind Fibromyalgia

    For decades, fibromyalgia patients have faced a frustrating problem: the pain was real, but medicine had no blood test or scan that could clearly show why. Now, the largest genetic study of the condition ever conducted has uncovered 26 regions of the genome linked to fibromyalgia risk. The findings point strongly toward the nervous system…

  • Antidepressant Duloxetine Recalled Over a Potentially Cancer-Causing Impurity

    Antidepressant Duloxetine Recalled Over a Potentially Cancer-Causing Impurity

    Nearly 370,000 bottles of a medication that millions of Americans rely on every day have been pulled from circulation, and the reason behind the recall is enough to make any patient pause. Lab testing detected a compound in the pills that has been linked to cancer, prompting the distributor to voluntarily remove a substantial quantity…