Planet Thrive

Fibromyalgia News (12 items)

• Fiscal Support for HUD Housing
  Help save people at risk of homelessness who are currently receiving Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers. Make a phone call before Thursday, July 1st in support of funding for this program.
• Annie Hopper meets with neuroplasticity author Norman Doidge, MD
  The creator of the Dynamic Neural Retraining System™ talks face-to-face with the author of The Brain That Changes Itself about chemical intolerance and the promise of a brain plasticity treatment approach.
• Call for submissions: Scarsongs
  Submit your writing and art for an anthology articulating the terrain of trauma and resilience - a collaboration of the Icarus Project, the Bay Area Radical Mental Health Collective, and Activist Trauma Support.
• Mayo Clinic to Study CFS/FMS Amygdala Retraining
  The Mayo Clinic is conducting a pilot study of the Gupta Amygdala Retraining™ Programme for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia (FMS).
• MCS Brain Retraining: Medical Scam or Breakthrough?
  The Canary Report's recently published op-ed "The False Promise of Miracle Cures for MCS" by Lourdes Salvador and Linda Sepp is full of disinformation.
• Missing: A life broken by Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
  Salvador López Arnal interviews Eva Caballé, Spanish author and MCS activist, about her new book "Desaparecida. Una vida rota por la sensibilidad química múltiple" ("Missing. A life broken by Multiple Chemical Sensitivities").
• Ashok Gupta Interview
  Planet Thrive founder Julie Genser interviews Ashok Gupta to get a more in-depth view into the Amygdala Retraining™ Program for CFS/ME and related disorders.
• Neurontin and Lyrica are a Death Sentence for New Brain Synapses
  Fibromyalgia drug Lyrica and its former less potent version Neurontin have both been shown to "block the formation of new brain synapses, drastically reducing the potential for rejuvenating brain plasticity."
• How XMRV Retrovirus Findings May Fit With The Amygdala Hyperarousal Model for ME/CFS
  Ashok Gupta has written a draft medical paper which explains how the recent XMRV findings fit with his Amygdala Hyperarousal Model for ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia.
• Rewiring the Chemically Sensitive Brain
  Annie Hopper's Dynamic Neural Retraining System offers new hope to those with severe chemical and electrical sensitivities, fibromyalgia, and related conditions
• Healing words
  Five Canadian women suffering from fibromyalgia, CFS, MCS and other related conditions started a health book club called Health Pursuits Reading/Study Group in 1996 which now has over 60 members.
• Ashok Gupta Explains the Amygdala Retraining Program for ME/CFS/FM and Associated Illnesses
  Ashok Gupta's self-recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome gave him the insight needed to develop his Amygdala Retraining™ Program that helps those with CFS, ME, Fibromyalgia, MCS and related conditions.