The Fibromyalgia Research Foundation: An Uncoming Major Study

Our Mission

Excerpts from Article Four
Articles of Incorporation
Fibromyalgia Research Foundation

Please Note:
We have now completed the study below and a replication study.
Please see our new dedicated website for the Fibromyalgia Research Foundation.

Below are excerpted statements from FRF's Articles of Organization. These statements specify the purposes of FRF.

"The corporation is organized and shall be exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes . . . . More specifically, the corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively to (a) conduct medical and scientific research as to the causes and treatment of fibromyalgia, and (b) educate the medical community and the general public about the causes and treatment of fibromyalgia."

Our Current Major Focus

Presently, one of our most important activities is planning a major study. However, our foremost objective is education. We've provided conventional medicine with ample scientific evidence justifying our views about fibromyalgia. But we've come to realize that the beliefs of conventional medicine are not changed by scientific evidence. Instead, as Dr. Lowe has pointed out:

Conventional medicine changes its beliefs only when enough health care consumers demand it and make it profitable. This is evident from 20th century history. Long before conventional medicine accepted and broadcast it, scientific evidence had made something clear—that improved health and the prevention and relief of disease were dependent on wholesome diet, nutritional supplementation, exercise and fitness, and avoidance of chemical pollutants. Conventional medicine didn't lead the public in the use of this information; rather, it followed the public. We now see the same phenomenon with alternative medicine.

I believe it is proper to criticize conventional medicine for failing to take the lead in doing what the scientific evidence indicates is best for the public health. However, I commend conventional medicine for its eventually bending to public pressure. For conventional medicine does, in contrast to some other professions, eventually bend in directions the public prefers.

At this time, we believe we can best serve the needs of fibromyalgia patients by investing most of our energy and other resources into a focused objective: the re-education of health care providers, especially conventional physicians, about (1) the nature of fibromyalgia and (2) metabolic rehabilitation as an effective treatment. And by "effective," we mean effecting marked improvement or full and lasting recovery of most patients. For this reason, we've formulated plans and are engaging in activities to achieve this goal.

For questions or information about our Foundation, write to us at info@FibromyalgiaResearch.org