Bad B-cells, Malfunctioning Mitochondria and “Could Happiness Help?” The IACFS/ME ME/CFS Zoom Conference Pt. III
This is the third in a series of blog covering the IACFS/ME Zoom conference. Oral Rehydration Solution More Effective than Saline IV at Improving Orthostatic Intolerance Pt. I Starving for Energy? and The Immune Hole That Produced ME/CFS?- The IACFS/ME Conference...
The Present (and Future) CoQ10 for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
This blog is one of a continuing series of blogs that are attempting to peer into the future and see what treatments possibly await us. This blog provides an overview on CoQ10 - what forms work best and how to take it - and then takes a look at the next generation of...
Whoops! Did a GET Study Just Explain Why It DOESN’T Work in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)?
Question: When does a graded exercise study explain why graded exercise is not helpful for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)? Answer: when it employs an exercise test with it. Just as NICE was pulling back on graded exercise therapy (GET) a GET study was...
GET This! NICE Pulls the Plug on Graded Exercise Therapy and CBT as Treatments for ME/CFS
“There is no therapy based on physical activity or exercise that is effective as a treatment or cure for ME/CFS”. NICE Who would have thought? We knew that National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) - the executive branch in the U. responsible for...
The Sleep Issues in Fibromyalgia: an Overview – Pt. 3 of Health Rising’s Sleep Series
This is part three in a multi-part sleep series on fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) dedicated to Darden Burns. To Sleep at Last: A Good-bye to Darden Burns Health Rising’s ME/CFS and FM Sleep Series Sleep Pt. I: Why We Sleep (and What Happens When We...
New Cannabis Studies Suggest Help with Pain and Sleep in Fibromyalgia
Somewhat surprisingly, given how often Cannabis products are used for pain, relatively few studies have assessed its effectiveness in the "quintessential pain condition" - fibromyalgia (FM). Daniel Clauw - a pretty conservative researcher - who is down on opioid use -...
A COVID-19 Long Hauler Case Report Points To ME/CFS, Autoimmunity – and IVIG Treatment
One of the great questions facing chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is whether many COVID-19 long haulers will come down with an ME/CFS-like condition. Anecdotally, it appears likely that they will. A few, isolated studies are beginning to suggest the same. Recently,...
Could a Rare Autoimmune Disease Help Explain the Autonomic Issues in ME/CFS, POTS and Fibromyalgia?
Autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy is a very rare disease. So why feature it in a blog on chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia (FM), and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)? Because it could provide a preview of the future. All these diseases...
Starving for Energy? and The Immune Hole That Produced ME/CFS?- The IACFS/ME Conference Reports Pt. II
The IACFS/ME Zoom 2020 Conference may have been a short 1-day affair, but it featured some really intriguing presentations. Health Rising reported on some startling results from Marvin Meadow's oral rehydration studies earlier....
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