Fibromyalgia and the National Fibromyalgia Association are the focus of a new 5-minute segment on the national television series Todays Family. The segment, which is a part of the Touching Hearts and Changing Lives Series, will air nationally on Oxygen TV and ABC Family Channel, and on several regional news networks. So far, the show has aired multiple times in Washington D.C., Portland, Oregon and Boston, Massachusetts. This Saturday, September 13, 2008, the segment airs nationally on Oxygen.
The program will educate viewers on fibromyalgia and how the National Fibromyalgia Association (NFA) is working to help individuals who suffer from this painful, life-altering disorder. The segment features Lynne Matallana, president and founder of the NFA, who saw 37 doctors before being diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 1995, and Dr. Patrick Wood, a respected authority on the cause and treatment of fibromyalgia who has been recognized by the National Institutes of Health for his innovative research.
We are pleased to have been spotlighted in this documentary that will reach millions of viewers nationwide, says Matallana. The segment is an excellent avenue to bring hope to people who suffer from fibromyalgia and to educate the general public about this complex disorder.
Airtimes are:
- 6 a.m. Eastern Time and Pacific Time
- 5 a.m. Central Time
- 4 a.m. Mountain Time
Thank you for sharing this information. Educating people who suffer from this disorder is so important, more importantly educating family and friends. Unfortunately, we also have a great number of medical doctor’s that require education and compassion.
I hope and pray you have a pain and fatigue free day:0
Viv
WISH THE BROADCAST COULD HAVE BEEN PICKED UP BY SATELITE BUT NJO SUCH LUCK IN SOUTH AFRICA! AS HEAD OF OUR FIBROMYALGIA NETWORK WOULD HAVE BEEN INTERESTED OF COURSE. HOW ABOUT A LIVE INTERNET BROADCAST? SHARON LEVIN
I am writing to you from the Pacific Northwest Foundation about a case study that may be of interest to your research into fibromyalgia. While this was not a study undertaken by the Foundation, it was a case with which we have had access to in virtually every detail. This includes the chart notes (with the patient’s approval) as well as the observations and insights of the patient’s health care provider.
The case involves an adult female who had been disabled for eight years with diagnosed fibromyalgia. Within four months of treatment, she was able to backpack, regularly work a full day and have little or no pain.
As with all our studies, it is our hope to stimulate additional efforts to determine if these results were an aberration or have wider implications. To this end, we wanted to make you aware of the cast study (which can be found online at http://pnf.org/html/fibromyalgia.html), in the hope that it might prove useful as a starting point for research within your organization.
Thanks and kind regards,
Frank Cook
Pacific Northwest Foundation