With advances in research and technology, our knowledge of medical disorders generally improves over time. Unfortunately, the disease known as fibromyalgia still remains poorly understood, although it produces chronic symptoms in thousands of patients every year.

In this concise, comprehensive guide to fibromyalgia, Martin Morell, MD, presents much of the academic research done on this frustrating condition as well as evidence from his own clinic, which has treated four thousand fibromyalgia patients over the last twelve years.

Although patients' experiences vary, this...