In the News
Keep up to date with the latest news articles from around the world.
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30 January, 2024
Letter That Forced BBC To Pull Dragons' Den Episode Over Safety Fears Revealed
The letter that resulted in the BBC taking down an episode of the Dragons' Den over safety concerns has been revealed. The multimillionaire Dragons were almost falling over themselves to present an offer to Giselle Brooks after she pitched her 'Acu Seeds' company, but her product's effectiveness has since come under question.
29 January, 2024
Living With Chronic Pain That Even Doctors Don’t Believe - This Is Fibromyalgia
People with fibromyalgia feel widespread pain - but their medical tests come back normal. Not only does this baffle doctors, patients also question if their constant muscle aches, joint pain, and tiredness were simply imagined. Fibromyalgia has no known cause or cure, and its symptoms - such as chronic fatigue, depression and brain fog - can be mistaken for other conditions like arthritic or autoimmune diseases. Four people share what it’s like to live with it, and the challenges of getting a diagnosis.
29 January, 2024
Tonix Study Reveals Promising Fibromyalgia Treatment
Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: TNXP) said it showed additional safety and tolerability data, marking the second positive Phase 3 study assessing TNX-102 SL for fibromyalgia management.
29 January, 2024
Unwell Sussex Woman Left Without Heating And Water For More Than A Week
A Sussex woman has been without heating or hot water for nine days despite repeated requests to her housing provider. Debbie Aldridge, who lives in Lewes, has fibromyalgia, asthma and a heart condition.
28 January, 2024
Online Survey Reveals Perspectives, Desires For Understanding In Patients With Fibromyalgia
Results of an online survey revealed patients with fibromyalgia reported confusion regarding a variety of aspects of their condition, including the cause and symptoms, as well as a desire for the people in their lives to be more understanding, according to research published in Patient Education and Counseling.
28 January, 2024
Long Covid Support Offers Light At The End Of The Tunnel, Patient Says
There "is light at the end of the tunnel" for people with long Covid on the Isle of Man, a patient with the condition has said.
28 January, 2024
COVID Variant JN.1 Is Not More Severe, Early CDC Data Suggests
Early data from US hospitals suggests the latest COVID variant, known as JN.1, is not leading to more severe disease, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official said Monday, as the agency has tracked the strain's steep rise to an estimated 85.7% of COVID-19 cases nationwide.
27 January, 2024
How Health And Safety Are Compromised For People Living With Long COVID And Intimate Partner Violence
What happens when a person is experiencing long COVID and intimate partner violence at the same time? There’s been no attention paid to this question anywhere in the world since the onset of the pandemic in 2020. This is staggering, given previous research shows women who are victim-survivors of intimate partner violence are twice as likely to develop long-term illnesses, including chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia.
27 January, 2024
BBC Pulls Dragons’ Den Episode After ‘Unfounded Claims’ Of Curing ME
The BBC has removed an episode of Dragons’ Den from iPlayer after concerns were raised over a myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) product. Giselle Boxer secured an investment from the entrepreneur and podcaster Steven Bartlett for her product Acu Seeds. But campaigners said she had made “unfounded claims” during the episode which aired on 18 January, with an open letter raising concerns about the way her pitch was presented.
27 January, 2024
Understanding Long COVID: A Multi-systemic Disease And Its Potential Treatment
In a recent Instagram Live session, medical experts Jeremy Faust, MD, and Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, delve into the intricacies of long COVID, its latest research findings, and potential future treatments. Emphasizing the complexity of the disease, they assert that long COVID is a multi-systemic condition that likely has numerous subtypes and can affect almost every organ system in the body. Long COVID and ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) share a lot of symptom overlap, suggesting common etiologic drivers. This overlap has led to discussions about the possibility that the growing immunity and exposure in the population over time could potentially reduce the likelihood of long COVID in the future.
