Fibromyalgia (Nov 2015) Townsend Letter, Alternative Medicine Magazine

From the Townsend Letter
November 2015

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Fibromyalgia
by Leslie Axelrod, ND, LAc

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Dr. Leslie Axelrod Dr. Leslie Axelrod has been a naturopathic physician since 1987, when she graduated from Bastyr University. She is a professor of clinical sciences at the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine. She is also a nationally certified and state licensed acupuncturist. Dr. Axelrod has been in private practice in an integrative rheumatology practice for the past 16 years. She is a published author on the topic of fibromyalgia in the Australian text Clinical Naturopathy: An Evidence-based Guide to Practice (Elsevier 2010, 2nd ed. 2014) and coauthor of "Efficacy of Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) in Osteoarthritis Pain of the Knee: A Pilot Clinical Trial" (Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2006 Mar;14(3):286–294). She has written articles on autoimmunity in Naturopathic Doctor News & Review (NDNR).

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