| Article: | PHANTOM PAINS: Fibromyalgia sufferers find relief in diagnosis, approved and unproven treatments It's been called the "phantom disease" because it has defied the attempts of physicians the world over to treat it, much less cure it. The estimated 10 million Americans who suffer from the malady may also endure emotional stress because the people around them, including family and friends, may write them off as hypochondriacs. |