ProHealth Arthritis Research and News

Can statin drugs confer infection protection? Large controlled studies say no

feeds@prohealth.com (ProHealth.com) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:01 PDT

Large controlled studies of statin users contradict observational reports suggesting cholesterol blockers might also be infection-fighters

Massage promotes formation of new mitochondria and reduces inflammation after exercise-induced muscle damage

feeds@prohealth.com (ProHealth.com) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:01 PDT

Thigh muscle biopsies after fiber-damaging exercise and subsequent massage reveal how massage helps pain & healing

Fibromyalgia-like pain as a cause of autonomic dysregulation

feeds@prohealth.com (ProHealth.com) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:00:01 PDT

Animal experiments demonstrate how chronic widespread pain produces the changes causing symptoms of autonomic dysregulation

VIDEO: Rich Carson explains how he developed FibroSleep

feeds@prohealth.com (ProHealth.com) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:00:01 PDT

"I developed it for someone with really hard core sleep problems, and that's me... but it's helpful for anybody with sleep problems."

Chronic Pain Control Basics for ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia

feeds@prohealth.com (David S Bell, MD, FAAP) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:00:01 PDT

Of the difficult but treatable symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, chronic pain is rarely treated adequately.

Mass General trials 'suggest calcium and/or vitamin D supplementation contributes to a beneficial reduction of abdominal fat mass.'

feeds@prohealth.com (ProHealth.com) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:00:01 PDT

Weight loss was the same in supplemented and placebo groups, the difference being significant belly fat loss in the supplement group.

Antimicrobial Implications of Vitamin D - Source: Dermato-Endocrinology, Oct-Nov-Dec 2011

feeds@prohealth.com (Dima A Youssef, et al.) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:00:01 PDT

Evidence of vitamin D's ability to support multiple infection-fighting mechanisms so effectively that vitamin D repletion may minimize or enhance clearance of most infections

Physical Activity, Sustained Sedentary Behavior, and Pain Modulation in Women with Fibromyalgia Source: The Journal of Pain, Jan 12, 2012

feeds@prohealth.com (Laura D Ellingson, Dane B Cook, et al.) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:00:01 PDT

Brain images demonstrate that physical activity activates brain centers responsible for pain control, while inactivity damps them down

Aggressive antibiotic therapy could not kill all spirochetes in monkeys with disseminated Lyme disease

feeds@prohealth.com (ProHealth.com) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:00:01 PDT

In monkeys treated with antibiotics after 6-8 months of infection, enough spirochetes had survived to pass the infection back to lab-reared ticks.

Gulf War Syndrome as a part of the autoimmune (autoinflammatory) syndrome induced by adjuvant (ASIA) Source: Lupus, Feb 2012

feeds@prohealth.com (Eitan Israeli) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:00:01 PDT

GWS fits the profile of illnesses linked vaccine adjuvants, which studies have shown can trigger inflammatory or autoimmune illnesses in genetically susceptible individuals.