Posted on November 6, 2005.
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Meditation Techniques Can Provide Pain Relief
Meditation, in its simplest form, is simply a way of calming your inner mind and bringing it into balance with your body. This balance can let your body ease its way into providing you with relief from the pain associated with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, arthritis, and other disabling conditions.
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Posted on November 5, 2005.
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by Pamela Rice Hahn
Many of the symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia also overlap with those associated with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Exposures that trigger MCS, which is also sometimes referred to as chemical hypersensitivity, sick building syndrome, or environmental illness, can result in symptoms of fatigue, difficulty concentrating, depressed mood, memory loss, weakness, dizziness, headaches, heat intolerance, and arthralgias (joint pains). Depending on the individual and the severity of the person’s MCS, symptoms can be triggered by perfumes, public restroom and other room deodorizers, exhaust fumes, insecticides, and scents from laundry and cleaning products, general cleaning supplies, and nail polish or nail polish remover, to name a few.
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Posted on September 28, 2005.
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 Coping with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS, CFIDS) and Fibromyalgia makes it difficult to maintain a social life and network of friends. Not only are we sick and tired, we are often left or forced by our symptoms to remain at home alone. Studies done by Carnegie Mellon University and the American Heart Association concluded that social isolation and loneliness can impair the immune system. Conversely, a social support system may actually strengthen the immune system.
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Posted on January 10, 2005.
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Most people are familiar with the foaming action that occurs when hydrogen peroxide it put on an open cut or sore. That foaming action is why proponents of “oxidative” or “hyperoxygenation” therapy (the common names for IV hydrogen peroxide infusions) think it works. Such practitioners believe that an infusion of hydrogen peroxide delivers an “oxidative burst” that can ease or cure the oxygen deficiency that they believe is the cause of diseases like Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis (MS), many cancers, and AIDS.
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A professional writer since 1984, Pamela Rice Hahn is the author of more than 20 published books.