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New This Week — CFS/Fibromyalgia News: January 27, 2009

Insomnia and CFS/Fibromyalgia Updates

Dear Readers,

Have trouble getting a good night sleep?

Whether it is from day to day insomnia or from your sleep center not working because of CFS or fibromyalgia, here are my top sleep tips to help get you sleeping like a baby! This issue's "Research Briefs" will also focus on sleep.

Read more » (and Sweet Dreams ;-)

NEWS UPDATE

FDA Approves Stevia

Good News! The FDA has finally approved Stevia for use as a sugar substitute.

After over a decade of economic special interests seeming to block the way (i.e., Nutrasweet), the FDA has finally approved the healthy herb Stevia as a natural sweetener to add to foods and sodas.

In fact, the first Stevia-sweetened soft drink, "Sprite Green" by Coca-Cola, is on its way to stores.

Pepsi said its first Stevia product, SoBe Lifewater, should hit store shelves next week, and Trop50, a Stevia-sweetened light orange juice product, is due out in January.

Dr. Pepper Snapple, the No. 3 soft drink company, said on Thursday it will market Stevia within a few weeks. Read more »

UPCOMING APPEARANCE

Presentation by Dr. Teitelbaum

Dr. Teitelbaum will be presenting the SHINE protocol February 25th in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Attendance is open to the public and addmission is free. If you are in the area, we invite you to attend.

Subject: Effective Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Fibromyalgia using the SHINE Protocol

When: February 25, 2009 at 6:00 pm

Where: Forsyth Medical Center — Conference Center (located next to the parking deck, 3333 Silas Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem, NC 27103)

At the Meeting: After speaking, Dr. Teitelbaum will take general questions. You will also receive a FREE copy of his recent article "How to Get Treated with No Money."

RESEARCH BRIEFS

We are entering the part of winter where crops are fallow, and most humans used to sleep 9-10 hours a day — till working in factories and offices, and becoming soccer moms, left us at 6 hours sleep a night. Let's look at a sampling of new research reminding us of the importance of sleep ;-)

Can More Sleep Help Fight Off Colds?

Poor sleep increases the risk of catching a cold. If an eight-hour sleeper loses as little as 10 minutes of sleep a night, they could be three and a half times more likely to get colds. If they lose as much as 40 minutes of sleep on an average night, they are over five times as likely to get a cold. Read more »

Wool for Fibromyalgia Pain Relief

Wool helps fibromyalgia pain — a lot. Tired of toxic and expensive pain pills? Try wool sheets, quilts and long underwear. You'll be amazed at how much better you feel! Read more »

Insomnia Associated with Low Levels of GABA

Insomnia is associated with low levels of the neurotransmitter GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid). Read more »

Sodium Oxybate (Xyrem) Helpful in Fibromyalgia

Yet another study shows Xyrem (a "medication" which used to be in health food stores and still should be) helps improve sleep and decreases pain in fibromyalgia. GHB increases the active form of GABA. Read more »

Sleep Makes Pain Go Away

New study shows the more you sleep, the more likely your pain will go away! Read more »

FEATURED QUESTIONS FROM READERS

Q: Needs Xyrem and it helps, but upsets stomach. Read more »

Q: Why can't I get deep restorative sleep? Read more »

JOKE OF THE WEEK

Due to a power outage, only one paramedic responded to the call. The house was very dark so the paramedic asked Kathleen, a 3 year old girl, to hold a flashlight high over her mommy so he could see while he helped deliver the baby. Very diligently, Kathleen did as she was asked. Heidi pushed and pushed and after a little while, Connor was born. The paramedic lifted him by his little feet and spanked him on his bottom. Connor began to cry.

The paramedic then thanked Kathleen for her help and asked the wide-eyed 3 year old what she thought about what she had just witnessed. Kathleen quickly responded, "He shouldn't have crawled in there in the first place... smack his bottom again!"

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Our thanks to Kathi for this week's joke. Kathi wins a free bottle of Corvalen or the Energy Revitalization System vitamin powder;-) We invite you to send in your favorite jokes or quotes.