A new brain-scan study confirms scientifically what fibromyalgia patients have been telling a skeptical medical community for years: They’re really in pain. In fact, the study finds, people with ...

Researchers conducted this study using 31 patients with fibromyalgia and 14 healthy people. The study authors used an MRI to scan each participant's brain as a blood pressure cuff painfully ...

Brain scans show that people with the pain disorder fibromyalgia react differently to what others would consider non-painful sights and sounds, new research suggests. The small new study provides ...

PET scans show fibromyalgia patients have inflammation in the brain "Finding an objective neurochemical change in the brains of people who are used to being told that their problems are imaginary ...

November 12, 2008 — Researchers have uncovered evidence that fibromyalgia is linked to brain-perfusion abnormalities that relate to the disability of the disease. Results from the molecular ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The pain that is the hallmark of the condition called fibromyalgia ...

In recent years, scans of patients with fibromyalgia have revealed brain changes associated with pain, but the new research suggests these are a symptom rather than the cause of the condition.

In fibromyalgia, sensory messages to the brain are intensified, ... Clauw used functional MRI scans to provide the first objective proof that fibromyalgia pain is real.

Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder characterized by widespread muscle pain and fatigue. It affects mostly women. For this study, researchers took brain scans on 20 women with fibromyalgia and 10 ...

Brain scans show that people with the pain disorder fibromyalgia react differently to what others would consider non-painful sights and sounds, new research suggests. Skip to main content ...

However, the results were mixed for women with fibromyalgia; ... Pass it on: Brain scans reveal that meditation can reduce sensations of pain.