A Reckoning for ME/CFS – Is it Finally Here? Thoughts on Ed Yong’s Article
Ed Yong, a science writer for the Atlantic, has a talent for getting to the heart of the matter. During the coronavirus pandemic, he’s often seemed a step or two ahead of his colleagues. His trenchant reporting has landed him a bunch of awards: the Pulitzer Prize in...
Feel Like You’ve Run a Marathon? A Long COVID Study Suggests Why
People with chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) have often said that they feel like they've run a marathon despite the fact that they haven't done any exercise at all. That idea has never been put to the test in ME/CFS but it recently came close in long COVID. A recent...
Suzanne Vernon Ph.D. on the RECOVER Initiative and ME/CFS, Peroxisomes, the Gut, Viral Persistence and Upcoming Treatment Trials
Suzanne Vernon's interest in pathogens and post-infectious diseases goes back to when, as a 20-year-old, she landed a work-study job at the CDC's Division of Vector-Borne Diseases while an undergraduate at Colorado State University. Ten years later with her Ph.D. in...
Jason’s Eclectic Mix of Treatments Returns Him to Near Normal Health After 16 Years with ME/CFS
"I didn't hold back, I tried just about everything from the Keto diet to IV Ketamine, an hallucinogenic that physically repairs the brain. I truly believe that I have found the perfect combination of therapies to help relieve the majority of the fatigue issues that...
Cleaning Crisis? Defective Mitochondrial Cleanup In ME/CFS May Be Impairing Energy Production
The mitochondria are a big mystery in ME/CFS and fibromyalgia. Plenty of evidence - most of it from small studies, admittedly - suggests the mitochondria are involved. Nailing down exactly what's gone wrong has not been easy given the variety of possibilities that...
Lighting a Spark: Major New Long-COVID Initiative Promises Rapid Movement
It's nice to have a billionaire in your corner. Earlier this year, billionaire Vitalik Buterin pledged to devote $100 million to high-risk, high-reward COVID-19 efforts. He made good on at least $15 million of that when he jumpstarted The Long COVID Research...
ME/CFS and Long COVID Online Summit Begins Soon
Ed. Lorrie Rivers's story is not an unusual one - except for how it turned out. At the age of 22, she collapsed and was bedbound and housebound for the next 8 years. Like most of us, she saw everyone she could and tried everything she could - to no avail. It wasn't...
Ischemia-Reperfusion Hypothesis Opens New Treatment Options for Long COVID, Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS
Ischemia–reperfusion injury, hypoxia–reperfusion injury, or reoxygenation injury - whatever name you wish to call it - occurs when a low oxygen state in the tissues is followed by a resumption of normal oxygen flows. Oddly enough, it's during the resumption or...
Post-Exertional Malaise Busters for ME/CFS, FM and now Long COVID – Take II
This blog asks if it's possible to reduce the PEM period by doing things other than resting. It's a long blog - you may want to print it out using the print button on the bottom left of the blog. About 5 years ago, Health Rising did a post on possible...
