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New This Week — CFS/Fibromyalgia News: December 17, 2008

Vision Problems in CFS and FMS

Dear Readers,

Vision problems are a common issue in both the general population and those with CFS/FMS.

In CFS/FMS, it usually reflects as blurred vision caused by rapidly changing visual acuity (ability to focus). People often note that they get an eyeglass prescription, only to have it no longer be accurate by the time they get their glasses made. This occurs because the fluid in your eyes and the lens in your eye, and the strength of the muscles which allow the lens and pupils to focus can change minute to minute as your thyroid and adrenal (and associated blood sugar) levels fluctuate. In fact, some doctors use the inability of your pupil to stay consistently constricted when a light is shined on your eyes as a measure of adrenal weakness. "Floaters" and dry eyes are other common problems. Fortunately, these are all treatable.

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LAST WEEK'S SHIPPING PROBLEM

Website Products Sale (and Glitch Fixed)

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UPDATE ON OUR FREE iPHONE APP

"Natural Cures" Soars to #6 Most Popular Free iPhone App in Health & Wellness Category!

With iPhone App popularity ratings largely reflecting the total number of downloads, applications that have been up a long time tend to be rated the highest. Because of this, it was a pleasant surprise to see our "Natural Cures" already rated as the #6 most popular free application in the Health and Wellness category of the iPhone App Store. In the short 2 weeks it's been up, it already been downloaded over 3 times as often as the average application has been downloaded in its entire lifetime!

We have just added information on 27 more health conditions and a number of new nutrients — and we'll continue to frequently add more! For those of you with iPhones, I invite you to download your free copy. Also, please let your friends and family who have iPhones know about "Natural Cures."

RESEARCH BRIEFS

Glaucoma Risk Increases in Thyroid Disorders

The risk of glaucoma is increased 50% in those with a history of thyroid problems. Consider seeing an optometrist every 2 years, as looking for this is part of the basic checkup and easy to treat. Read more »

Heat Shock Protein Abnormalities in CFS

Another study shows an abnormal metabolic response to stress in CFS. Read more »

FEATURED QUESTIONS FROM READERS

Q: Recovering from eye surgery (one eye for distance and one for near vision). Read more »

Q: What about dental cavitations causing CFS? Read more »

Q: Sensitivity to electric fields & computers. Read more »

Q: Dizziness in CFS. Read more »

Q: How to deal with stupid articles that say people with CFS & FMS are crazy. Also, finding good stuff on YouTube. Read more »

JOKE OF THE WEEK

Some News from Qantas Airlines

After every flight, pilots fill out a form called a gripe sheet, which conveys to the mechanics problems encountered with the aircraft during the flight that need repair or correction. The mechanics read and correct the problem, and then respond in writing on the lower half of the form what remedial action was taken. The pilot reviews the gripe sheets before the next flight. Here are some actual logged maintenance complaints and problems as submitted by Qantas pilots and the solutions recorded by maintenance engineers.

(By the way, Qantas has an excellent safety record.)

"P" = Problem logged by the pilot. "S" = Solution and action taken by the engineers.

P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.

P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.

P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit.

P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on back-order.

P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.

P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.

P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.

P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That's what they're there for F mode.

P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you're right.

P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.

P: Aircraft handles funny.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.

P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.

P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.

And last but not least...

P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.
S: Took hammer away from midget.

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Never let it be said that ground crews and engineers lack a sense of humor.