Poor Sleep Linked to Chronic Pain in Women

SOURCE: MedPage Today

DATE:  November 16, 2011

EXCERPT: "Women who experience difficulties sleeping are at elevated risk for developing fibromyalgia, with their risk rising according to the severity of the sleep disturbance, ... Women who experience difficulties sleeping are at elevated risk for developing fibromyalgia, with their risk rising according to the severity of the sleep disturbance, ... "  more

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Mork PJ, Nilsen TI. Sleep problems and risk of fibromyalgia: Longitudinal data from the Norwegian HUNT-study. Arthritis Rheum. 2011 Nov 11. doi: 10.1002/art.33346.

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