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Last login: 3 weeks agoKatscan: (aka) "Red" is a 48 year old single woman from Stuck In, Kentucky, USA.; Likes 299 pages, 7 videos, 7 photos • 18 fans • Received 4 reviews; Member since Mar 28, 2007

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Fast Facts About Fibromyalgia: Jan 26, 7:45pm 1 review health, medical-science, disability, fibromyalgia
http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Fibromyalgia/fibromyalgia_ff.asp; From the NIH (National Institute of Health)...a definition of Fibromyalgia from a respected organization.

NU cashes in on Lyrica rights - Campus: Jan 22, 9:03pm 1 review health, medical-science, research, pharmaceuticals, lyrica
http://media.www.dailynorthwestern.com/media/storage/paper853/news/2008/01/08...; Subtitle: Part of Lyrica money to help fund research -

I liked this little article about the University and professor that created a popular painkiller, for just one reason. It explains how partial rights and royalties can help fund universities & research for all kinds of medicines to help all kinds of illnesses.

MY opinion?...Well, personally speaking, I have mixed emotions about Pharmaceutical companies and the business they're in, particularly their marketing practices on TV and coercing doctors. The latter is akin to Washington lobbyists influencing how our US congress makes desicions. Educating politicians -or in this case, doctors about medicines - is just wrong in my opinion if a Pharmaceutical company is sponsoring it. I also often wonder about the relationship between the FDA and these companies...and it makes me mad that poor people with illnesses like HIV are denied access to medicines, all in the name of profits and brandnames or patents.

On the other hand, this little article shows how only PARTIALLY giving up rights to a drug company actually helped one university build up their research facility, which could help countless sick people someday.

Profits & greed verses Good deeds and human compassion.
Quite the balancing act in today's world if you ask me.

National Fibromyalgia Association: Eliminate the &Ugly Three&: Jan 22, 7:35pm 1 review health, groups, stress, fibromyalgia, chronic-pain
http://www.fmaware.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6830; Even caretakers need caretakers.

National Fibromyalgia Association: Support Yourself: Jan 22, 7:32pm 1 review health, groups, depression, fibromyalgia, chronic-pain
http://www.fmaware.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6829; Another very good article for Fibromyalgia people, especially when having a bad day, when there's no one to talk to and you really need someone.
This article has alot of good, simple practical steps to help a person feel better, even when they're all alone.

National Fibromyalgia Association: Building Your Own Support System: Jan 22, 7:29pm 1 review forums, groups, friends, message-boards, fibromyalgia
http://www.fmaware.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6827; A WONDERFUL article for nervous Fibromyalgic people like me (I'm old-fashioned...and so nervous about meeting people online that I don't look at message boards & I avoid chatrooms).

I liked this article alot because it gives practical steps and many ideas on how to gradually find help and support by making friends through your computer or in local support groups.
This article encouraged me enough to maybe try it now.

The New York Times & Log In: Jan 22, 7:06pm 1 review health, medical-science, news, pain, fibromyalgia
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/opinion/l17disease.html?_r=1&oref=slogin; I really liked this section of the New York Times (talking about Fibromyalgia) because it includes well-written and educated responses (via letters to the Editor) from various people, including doctors and professors. I (katscan on SU) have this illness, which is precisely why I am so interested in it & any new research that may lead to finding a cure, so that life may be enjoyed more fully, like it used to be.

Daily Herald | Naperville woman says cacao plant helped to cure her illness: Jan 20, 6:12pm 1 review health, food, chocolate, pain, fibromyalgia
http://www.dailyherald.com/story?id=117378&src=2; From the page: "This here is the most perfect food on the planet."

Chocolate kills migraine headaches & debilitating chronic pain?
This I gotta try!

On-line Activities: Jan 1, 6:00pm 1 review self-improvement, holistic-health, cayce, transpersonal, personal-spirituality
http://edgarcayce.org/cayce_web_activities.asp; This page has many of my favorite online self-exploration activities, from my favorite website.

From the website....

About A.R.E.

The Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc. (A.R.E. �), is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 1931 by Edgar Cayce (1877-1945), to research and explore transpersonal subjects such as holistic health, ancient mysteries, personal spirituality, dreams and dream interpretation, intuition, and philosophy and reincarnation.

The I-Ching - AU Interactive - Atlantic University Online: Jan 1, 5:55pm 1 review spirituality, life, i-ching, divination, far-east
https://www.atlantic-university.org/home.php?CopyID=067; From the page.....

The I-Ching
A free tool of guidance and synchronicity
that has been used for centuries.

DREAM INTERPRETATION: Dream Archive: Jan 1, 5:54pm 1 review new-age, dreams, spiritual, psychic, interpretation, cayce
http://www.edgarcayce.org/dreams/categories/dream-archive.asp; From the page......

This is your opportunity to read the dreams of others that have been interpreted in the past, an archive of more than 1,500 dream interpretations.

Please login or join to view older archives

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