May 2010

In the News: Students dedicate day to Fibromyalgia awareness

This year’s Fibromyalgia Awareness Day was celebrated at Cal State Fullerton on Saturday with an all-day event, “Make Fibromyalgia Visible.” The day included a Wellness Fair, educational seminars, walks to raise awareness and musical performances. The event was hosted by the National Fibromyalgia Association in coordination with CSUF’s Fibromyalgia Research and Education Center. The event [...]

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In the News: Her son’s music helps ease a mom’s pain

At first, doctors thought that Phyllis Talarico had suffered from a stroke. Her eye was drooping, she felt disoriented. She was exhausted and in pain. It took 17 doctors before the Yorba Linda woman was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a little-understood and painful disorder that affects millions of people – mostly women – in the United [...]

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Today is National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day!

  Join the “Make Fibromyalgia Visible” movement and help us bring hope to everyone with FM. We are relying on you, our NFA friends around the world, to be the voice of fibromyalgia in your local communities. Through our combined efforts, we can shine the light on Fibromyalgia—not just in May, but in every month of [...]

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Win a Select Comfort Mattress in Honor of Awareness Day!

FM AWARE Current Issue Need a new mattress? In honor of Fibromyalgia Awareness Day, Select Comfort is giving away a Queen p5 Sleep Number ® bed (valued at more than $ 2,000) in the online edition ofFibromyalgia AWARE magazine. For your chance to win, CLICK HERE.  If you’re already registered with the NFA, just look for the blinking [...]

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R&B Star Tony Terry to Perform at National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day

  R&B singer Tony Terry, will perform a special concert at the National Fibromyalgia Association’s (NFA) National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day on Saturday, May 15. Terry will perform during the “Lights of Hope” candle-lighting ceremony. Terry, whose wife Ronnie, has fibromyalgia, is the NFA’S new spokeperson.  He is hoping to bring awareness of fibromyalgia by telling his own story as a caregiver, husband and [...]

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In the News: Make Fibromyalgia Visible May 12

The National Fibromyalgia Association (NFA) is encouraging organizations worldwide to make fibromyalgia visible by increasing awareness and understanding during Fibromyalgia Awareness Day on May 12. Allsup, a nationwide provider of Social Security disability representation and Medicare services is offering free posters to support the observance and provide information on the syndrome that affects an estimated five million Americans… Allsup works [...]

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