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1. UCMG - Lan S. Chen, M.D.
www.ucmg.org/physician/lchen_f - [Cached]Published on: 6/10/2008 Last Visited: 6/10/2008
Lan S. Chen, M.D.UCMG - Lan S. Chen, M.D.
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Lan S. Chen, M.D.
Assistant Professor of PediatricsKeck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California -
2. UCMG - Neurosciences Group
www.ucmg.org/special/neurosci_ - [Cached]Published on: 6/10/2008 Last Visited: 6/10/2008
Lan S. Chen, M.D. -
3. www.marrtc.org
www.marrtc.org/media/stories/0 - [Cached]Published on: 11/10/2007 Last Visited: 2/20/2008
Lan Chen, clinical assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and principal investigator of the study, says a significant number of the 135 people with fibromyalgia they observed also had sleep apnea.
The study participants were between the ages of 20 and 84 and were recruited from local clinics. During a sleep lab, the volunteers' physical condition and sleep patterns were monitored. The study found a third of the men with fibromyalgia had sleep apnea, in comparison to a fifth of the women.
According to Chen, the study also found that sleep apnea could worsen the symptoms of fibromyalgia. She says that previous research has found that treating people with fibromyalgia for sleep apnea did improve certain symptoms such as chronic fatigue and muscular pain.
Currently, Chen and her colleagues are still following up on the participants of their study but are already noticing similar outcomes. "At this point we cannot say all symptoms will be cured by improving sleep," states Chen. But she says so far, the participants are showing improved symptoms--particularly less fatigue.
