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Many people suffer from a mysterious disease – the unusual and sudden loss of consciousness. It is known as syncope – simply temporary loss of consciousness. According to studies, even some doctors are not aware of this syndrome, and they take it as a result of weak heartbeat and implant pacemakers. Sometimes, even thorough medical tests like - electrocardiography – Tilt test can’t detect the exact causes for syncope. However, only 10% of syncope cases have cardiac causes.

In this scenario, the invention of Insetable Loop Recorder (ILR) is a great relief for both medics and patients suffering from the mysterious disease.

The thumb-sized device is inserted through a non-invasive procedure and only local anesthesia is used. It records and stores data of the heart beat thus helping in the documentation of the heart’s behavior during sudden loss of consciousness. No longer, doctors need to rely any presumptive process as the syncope has no regular pattern of repetition, making it difficult to document

People who suffer from the chronic fatigue, muscle pain, and stiffness of fibromyalgia finally have a drug to call their own. Last year the FDA ( Federal Drug Agency) approved the antiseisure drug Lyrcia (pregabalin), made by Pfizer, as a treatment for fibromyalgia. The news was a long time coming for the 3 to 6 million Americans, most of them women, who suffer from the frustratingly elusive and complex condition; the pain of fibromyalgia is unique and, therefore, unresponsive to conventional painkillers. In studies, Lyrcia not only soothed the aches of fibromyalgia but also significantly improved patients’ quality of life. Lyrcia already had the FDA’s okay as a treatment for epilepsy, discomfort from shingles, and neuropathy or nerve pain, often caused by diabetes. Patients benefiting from Lyrcia report an 80 per cent improvement in their pain, but there are some side effects initially so you have to weigh all those factors when you speak with your doctor.