Health Links

Each week I search About’s 80+ Health and Fitness sites for news and updated information on subjects that relate in some way to FM and CFS. Please e-mail me or leave a comment if there is something specific you would like to see addressed. This week's featured Health Links include: Ergonomic Tips and Tricks for Christmas Gift Wrapping, The TSH Normal Range: Why is There Still Controversy? and New Positional MRI Spine Study.

Ergonomic Tips and Tricks for Christmas Gift Wrapping
by Chris Adams, Ergonomics Guide
Wrapping piles of presents can strain your body and Christmas cheer. Never fear for About’s Ergonomics Guide was visited by the Spirit of Christmas Ergonomics and given these tips for dealing with Christmas gift wrapping.

The TSH Normal Range: Why is There Still Controversy?
by Mary Shomon, Thyroid Disease Guide
There's no question that thyroid treatment is an area of controversy. Perhaps one of the most confusing issues for patients today is the issue of the changing "normal" reference range for the TSH -- thyroid stimulating hormone -- test, which is relied on by most conventional practitioners to detect and monitor thyroid problems.

New Positional MRI Spine Study
by Anne Asher, Back and Neck Pain Guide
The purpose of this study was to use a new kind of MRI, called the Positional, or Upright MRI to repeat one done back in 1953. The 1953 study used x-rays to look at the impact sitting has on the spine.