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February 23, 2011

Live chat today on fibroymyalgia

At noon Feb. 23 Dr. Paul Christo of Johns Hopkins will participate in a live chat on fibromyalgia here. The disorder, which causes muscle pain throughout the body and fatigue, affects 5 million Americans 18 or older, according to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. We'll talk about the latest and common treatments such as medications and lifestyle changes.

Christo, director of the Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship Training Program at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will take reader questions on the nature of the disease and the latest treatments. Can't make the chat? Send us questions in advance to healthcalendar@baltsun.com and come back to baltimoresun.com/healthchat at a later time to read the transcript.

Posted by Kim Walker at 9:52 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)
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I was diagnosed with MS 5 years ago and recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I suffer from muscle pain as well as fatigue. Are these 2 diseases commonly linked and are the symptoms listed above most likely from fibromyalgia (not from MS)?
Thanks, Karen, I submitted your question to the live chat here: http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bal-health-chat-fibromyalgia,0,6940268.htmlstory

Posted by: Karen P. | February 23, 2011 11:13 AM

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Meredith Cohn has been a reporter since 1991, covering everything from politics and airlines to the environment and medicine. A runner since junior high and a particular eater for almost as long, she tries to keep up on health and fitness trends. Her aim is to bring you the latest news and information from the local and national medical and wellness communities.

Andrea K. Walker knows it’s weird to some people, but she has a fascination with fitness, diseases, medicine and other health-related topics. She subscribes to a variety of health and fitness magazines and becomes easily engrossed in the latest research in health and science. An exercise fanatic, she’s probably tried just about every fitness activity there is. Her favorites are running, yoga and kickboxing. So it is probably fitting that she has been assigned to cover the business of healthcare and to become a regular contributor to this blog. Andrea has been at The Sun for nearly 10 years, covering manufacturing, retail , airlines and small and minority business. She looks forward to telling readers about the latest health news.

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