A substantial number of patients with sleep disturbed breathing fulfill criteria for the diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome, but not for fibromyalgia. In contrast, patients with insomnia ...

Muscle spasms can be a source of considerable pain in many people with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. Muscles clench and just won't relax, sometimes in spite of multiple treatments.

The multifaceted nature of fibromyalgia presents challenges in diagnosis and management, often coexisting with conditions ...

A new finding of post-exertional malaise in 20% of people with fibromyalgia might be an overestimate, but when ...

Muscle weakness and fatigue are common symptoms in multiple diseases, ranging from bacterial and viral infections to chronic ...

chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and kidney disease, among others. Tens of millions of American adults live with a chronic illness, and many of them live with at least two. Life with a ...

For women living with endometriosis, debilitating pain, fatigue and heavy periods can make it feel almost impossible to ...

Chronic fatigue syndrome creates conditions where pathogen-killing immune T cells become exhausted, according to a new study. Chronic fatigue syndrome creates conditions where pathogen-killing ...

Jacob Teitelbaum, M.D., is a board certified internist and nationally know expert in the fields of chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, sleep and pain. He is senior author of "Effective ...