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US singer Lady Gaga disclosed she lives with the chronic pain condition fibromyalgia, which affects about 2% of the population. Adriana M. Barraza/WENN.com/AAP

June 17, 2019

Explainer: what is fibromyalgia, the condition Lady Gaga lives with?

Michael Musker, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute and Tiffany Gill, University of Adelaide

People with fibromyalgia live with chronic pain all over their body. And not all treatments work for everyone.

September 14, 2018

Fibromyalgia: researchers trying to fathom the causes of this painful condition

Kevin Davies, Brighton and Sussex Medical School; Jessica Eccles, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, and Neil Harrison, Brighton and Sussex Medical School

A new study offers hope.

August 31, 2017

Mind games: new research shows the brain can be tricked into feeling pain relief

Giuliana Mazzoni, University of Hull

People’s minds can be fooled into experiencing both pain and pain relief.

Dr. Ellen Wright Clayton, who has worked with those who have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, spoke to an open committee at the Institute of Medicine in February 2015 about the biomedical nature of CFS. Susan Walsh/AP

March 23, 2017

How a study about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome was doctored, adding to pain and stigma

Steven Lubet, Northwestern University

A study that suggested Chronic Fatigue Syndrome was more psychological than physical has been debunked. How did the data get doctored?

Fibromyalgia can be made more difficult when the pain doesn’t seem to have a visible cause. Silvia Sala/Flickr

December 17, 2015

Hidden and unexplained: feeling the pain of fibromyalgia

Bernadette Fitzgibbon, Monash University

Unexplained, chronic pain known as fibromyalgia affects up to 5% of the population. Yet there are no effective treatment options for the millions for whom each day begins with persistent pain.

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