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The fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is characterized by wide spread pain in the body, associated with particular tender points [ 1 2 ] . It is often accompanied by unrestorative sleep patterns, fatigue, headaches, irritable bowel and bladder syndrome, morning stiffness, paresthesias, anxiety, and depression [ 2 3 ] . The prevalence rate is about 2% in the general population, 3.9% of women ages 20-40 and 5.8% of women ages 40-60 [ 4 ] , and as high as 8% in women ages 55-64 [ 5 ] . FMS is more prevalent in women than men, in about a 3:1 ratio [ 5 ] . People who suffer from FMS have a disability index comparable to that of patients with rheumatoid arthritis [ 6 ] while disease severity was worse than Sjogren's syndrome [ 7 ] . The natural course of FMS may include some symptomatic relief [ 8 ] , but many symptoms remain essentially unchanged after 7 years of follow up [ 9 ] .
During cytokinesis, global and spatial mechanical properties are likely used to deform a cell, allowing the constriction of the cell's equator (reviewed in [ 22 ] ). These spatial properties include local modulation of stiffness and the generation of contractile force.
A localized stiffness increase may define the region that is deformed during a morphological process.
A 3-week vegetarian diet improved subjective well being in FMS patients, along with significant reductions in serum peroxides, plasma fibrinogen, apolipoproteins A and B, and serum total cholesterol [ 14 ] . A "living-foods" vegan diet was used in a 3-month non-randomized controlled study of FMS subjects [ 15 ] . In the intervention group there were significant improvements in pain scores, quality of sleep, morning stiffness, health assessment questionnaire scores, and general health questionnaire.
Eventually ramrod became personified, taking on the added meaning of `one marked by rigidity, stiffness, and severity,' even though the original ramrods, which were straight, were rather flexible.
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