New Immune Cell Findings Unite Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and U.K. ME/CFS Researchers
In decades of immune research, nobody has ever called attention to the specialized T-cells called MAIT cells in ME/CFS. Recently, though, two research efforts, working independently, have highlighted these unique cells - which form a bridge between the gut and the...
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Saving Lives: Erica Verrillo and the AMMES Financial Crisis Fund for ME/CFS
Neglect is embedded in our history. It's hard to have a conversation without someone mentioning the neglected funding, the doctors who don't get it, the lack of treatments, the unheeding friends or family; i.e. the things we as a community don't have - which so many...
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Jennifer Brea’s Amazing ME/CFS Recovering Story
I can hardly believe it myself. My ME is in remission. Jen Brea She ditched her wheelchair seven weeks ago. Her POTS disappeared in March. The sensitivities to sound, light, vibration and touch are gone. So is the muscle twitching, the air hunger, the restless legs,...
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Future Drugs for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)? A Clinical Trials Survey
Both fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) clearly need better treatments. The FDA-approved drugs for these diseases are too often ineffective, come with too many side effects (fibromyalgia) or just aren't available at all (ME/CFS). Too many people...
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TNX-102’s Rebirth Could Help With Sleep AND Pain in Fibromyalgia
It’s been a tough couple of years for drug trials in fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The rapid approval of three drugs (Lyrica, Cymbalta, Savella) in the late 2000's made FM seem like a good bet. Four years ago the future looked bright. A...
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Kissing Self-Doubt Good-Bye: How Whitney Dafoe’s ME/CFS Story Empowered One Person
Upon reading Ryan Prior's story of Ron, Janet and Whitney's battle with ME/CFS on CNN yesterday Martha penned this moving post on her Facebook site. Thanks for allowing Health Rising to share how Ron, Janet and Whitney's story provided an opening for Martha to take a...
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Fibromyalgia, Pre-Diabetes and Metformin: Could a Diabetes Drug Help with FM (and ME/CFS?)
It says right there in the title - "Is insulin resistance the cause of fibromyalgia? A preliminary report" - it's a preliminary report, but definitely an interesting one. In fact, the authors have stated that if the findings are validated, they could lead to a...
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Major CNN ME/CFS Article Highlights International Awareness Day
International Awareness day is a day for many things - to push for more awareness, to celebrate the advances we are making, and to remember and honor those fighting to bring an end to ME/CFS. Remembering Tom For me it's inevitably a day to remember Tom Hennessy. Tom...
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Threading the Needle: Nanoneedle Scores Big in First ME/CFS Test
It's not pretty! The print is abysmally small, the margins are tiny, long stretches of text are common (it abhors paragraphs), the images are jammed together, and the formatting is designed to make you work and is decades out of date, but the fact is that when you're...
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