Millions Suffer from Chronic Pain

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Channel: Voice of America · 2008 · Education

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What is Fibromyalgia?  Is it a real disorder based on biological findings or something one imagines? Across the world millions of people -- most of them women -- complain of chronic pain all over their bodies. For years Fibromyalgia was dismissed by many doctors as something more psychological than real. But researchers now say Fibromyalgia is real. VOA's Melinda Smith has more on this once mystifying illness.

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