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Putting Fatigue in Perspective: What Fatigue Really Is

The History and Benefits of Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy is the therapeutic inhalation of the natural fragrance from volatile plant oils, essential oils, infused oils, and herbal preparations, and is one of the ways those with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia can use natural fragrances to enhance their well-being. Some mistakenly think that aromatherapy is simply a carry-over hippy practice of burning incense that’s been wrapped up in a new name. But, while the term aromatherapy is new, the practice has been around for thousands of years.

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Help Recovering Cognitive Skills Lost to Chronic Illness

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, and other chronic conditions sometimes can cause a loss of cognitive skills so great that the victim needs to relearn how to concentrate. This article’s suggestions on how listening for the repeated, familiar sound patterns of rhymes helps increase a child’s attention span will work for the adult impaired because of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Fibromyalgia as well.

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Metabolic Syndrome: The Consequences of Disrupted Sleep

Those who cope with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS, CFIDS, ME) and Fibromyalgia know firsthand about the frustration of disrupted sleep patterns.

A new study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) suggests that disrupted circadian rhythms (sleep/wake cycles) probably also contributes to a higher risk of heart disease and stroke.
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Changes in Eli Lilly’s Drug Research Model

The thought of a drug company proposing “the right dose of the right drug to the right patient at the right time” isn’t what one is used to hearing in this age of blockbuster drugs, but in a speech to shareholders in April that’s what Eli Lilly’s Sidney Taurel proposed as the company’s new “model.” Lilly, which created one of the biggest blockbuster drugs of all time — Prozac, sees research and drug development taking a new direction.

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Hormones and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Fibromyalgia

Complete Index for t-shirts and gift merchandise featuring the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome … No Respect design

Dr. Theodore Friedman, an endocrinologist whose practice is a medical suite located in the Hancock Park area of Los Angeles, is currently recruiting participants to be in a study looking for the cause behind Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and/or Fibromyalgia and exploring a potential solution.

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Welcome to Chronic-Illness.org. My work on the things you'll find on this site began in 1999, when I originally hosted this information at RiceHahn.com. After a year as the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Guide on About.com, in October 2005 I acquired Chronic-Illness.org and set it up as the place to host my updated content that I moved from RiceHahn.com and About.com. It's now three years later. In my ongoing efforts to continue to add timely information and make it easier for you to find the stuff I have here, I am in the process of transitioning the existing content to a new database-driven, WordPress system.

I thank you in advance for your patience as I complete this transition. Old links to previously existing pages will automatically update to the new page location. However, until everything is moved into the new system, you may need to rely on your browser's back button to return to an original menu.

In addition to the chronic illness- and chronic condition-related t-shirt and gift idea designs, information, and articles on this site, Chronic-Illness.org is also the home of the Chronic Illness Realities comic strips.

pammy the pencil a character in the Writing Woes comic strip and the Chronic Illness Realities Comic StripPammy is the main character in two comic strips by Pamela Rice Hahn, the first of which is the Writing Woes comic strip. Pammy is a writer who is also disabled because of chronic illness and chronic conditions, so she also appears in the Chronic Illness Realities comic strip. When Pammy dons her gray suit and assumes her counter identity as Thera Pist, you can be assured that something's inspired her to go to work as an Observational Therapist.The Observational Therapist Thera Pist is a character in the Writing Woes comic strip and the Chronic Illness Realities Comic Strip Those observations are often political, so that's when Thera Pist hangs out at The Observational Therapist comic strip; in addition to the other political cartoons, the other pages at The Observational Therapist host Christian conservative blog observations and commentary that are too wordy for a comic strip.

 The Everything Low-Salt Cookbook Book: 300 Flavorful Recipes to Help Reduce Your Sodium Intake by Pamela Rice Hahn
 The Everything Diabetes Cookbook: 300 Creative and Healthy Recipes That Put the Fun Back into Cooking by Pamela Rice Hahn
 The Everything One Pot Cookbook: Delicious and simple meals that you can prepare in just one dish; Burst: 300 all-new recipes! 2nd edition by Pamela Rice Hahn
The Everything Improve Your Writing Book 2nd Edition by Pamela Rice Hahn
Alpha Teach Yourself Grammar and Style in 24 Hours  by Pamela Rice Hahn and Ph.D. Dennis E. Hensley

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