Anyone who has experienced severe, chronic pain knows the long process it takes to get a correct diagnosis. Many people see an average of 5-6 specialists before getting a definitive diagnosis.

AROUND two million Brits live with fibromyalgia, an agonising, chronic condition which is notoriously difficult to diagnose. People with fibromyalgia are often misdiagnosed or have to go years without ...

FIBROMYALGIA – the agonising condition which plagues Lady Gaga – may soon be detected by a simple blood test, experts say. A new study has found that evidence of the chronic illness can be detected in ...

Data science company IQuity has announced the launch of a new blood test called IsolateFibromyalgia, which uses RNA gene expression analysis to diagnose fibromyalgia, according to a press release.

A blood test for fibromyalgia would be a relief for millions of people living with the poorly-understood condition, which is characterized by many symptoms including chronic widespread pain, sleep ...

For the first time, researchers have evidence that fibromyalgia can be reliably detected in blood samples -- work they hope will pave the way for a simple, fast diagnosis. For the first time, ...

I was surprised to learn that there is a blood test to diagnose fibromyalgia, the FM/a test. Is it accurate? Is it useful? Fibromyalgia is still a disputed diagnosis. Some think it is a discrete ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This issue of Healio Rheumatology features a robust discussion of the challenges posed by fibromyalgia by a ...

Kayla Gerber, who works for a medicinal cannabis clinic in Ontario, Canada, has fibromyalgia – a chronic condition that causes pain all over the body. The 27-year-old, who is also a dance teacher, has ...