Day: July 5, 2026

What is Causing This 30-Year-Old’s Elevated CRP and Myalgia?

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An obese 30-year-old African-American woman presents at a rheumatology clinic with muscle pain and tenderness to touch throughout her body. The patient, a mechanical engineer, has been referred by her primary care physician for a second assessment of diffuse myalgia accompanied by elevated inflammatory markers. She has a long and complex medical history. She has a body-mass index of 41, and does not smoke or drink alcohol. She says that she has muscle pain all over her body, but that her joints are not painful. She also reports extreme fatigue.…

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First-in-human trial tests safer T-cell therapy for pediatric brain cancers

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First-in-human trial tests safer T-cell therapy for pediatric brain cancers Researchers report encouraging early results from a first-in-human clinical trial led by Children’s National using a new T-cell immunotherapy for children and young adults with some of the deadliest brain tumors, including diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) and relapsed central nervous system (CNS) tumors. These findings, published in Nature Medicine, are particularly significant given the challenges faced in treating pediatric brain tumors, which remain the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in children. Immunotherapies have been shown to work in blood cancers…

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The Effect of Fibromyalgia on Marriages

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The Effect of Fibromyalgia on Marriages Do you ever look at your healthy partner and feel/fear that they don’t deserve this life? A life with someone who is chronically ill? You aren’t alone. I’ve had that thought many times. A recent study shows that spouses with Fibromyalgia are more likely to consider divorce than their non-Fibro partners. The study suggests there is a strong link between fibromyalgia, feelings of depression and fatigue. Proulx found that people with fibromyalgia were almost three times more depressed than their spouses and reported more anger and problems…

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