ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, and Long COVID – the “Metabolic Derangement” Diseases?
This University of Colorado/ National Jewish Health Center study, "Signatures of Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Impaired Fatty Acid Metabolism in Plasma of Patients with Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC)", follows on the heels of another study published earlier...
Health Rising’s BIG (Little) End-of-the-Year 2022 Donation Drive is On!
BIG (little) Donation Drive It’s that time again. Health Rising’s BIG (little) end-of-the-year fundraising drive. We call it the BIG (little) fundraising drive because it’s our BIG drive of the year, but our needs – though real – are modest compared to the research...
The Coronavirus, Epstein-Barr Virus and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
How a coronavirus study shed light on Epstein-Barr Virus reactivation in ME/CFS. Of all the opportunities the SARS-CoV-2 virus has inadvertently opened up for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), this one might be the most creative thus far. This study highlights the...
Lucie’s Surprisingly Simple Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Recovery Story
Health Rising's recent series of recovery stories have presented some of the more unusual pathways (unusual protocol, mitochondrial drug, nebulized hydrogen peroxide) people with ME/CFS have used to recover. Up from the Ashes: James’s Severe ME/CFS...
Visible: The 1st Long-COVID and ME/CFS Activity/PEM Tracker is Here
Harry Leeming was in good shape! He was young, he exercised daily, had climbed mountains, and even cycled across continents. An engineer in the electric car field, he was making a difference as well. Then, in September 2020, Harry came down with COVID-19. No big deal,...
The Good, the Bad, and the Strange: the RECOVER Initiative Long COVID Grants
From the beginning, the RECOVER Initiative has focused on building out the massive infrastructure needed to follow and study approximately 18,000 participants. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent creating the main thrust of the Initiative. About a year...
Move Over NK, T and B-cells. Are Monocytes the Real Problem in ME/CFS?
Maureen Hanson's group at Cornel continues to pound out fascinating results. The latest one - a preprint, "Single-cell transcriptomics of the immune system in ME/CFS at baseline and following symptom provocation" - again demonstrates why the NIH-funded ME/CFS centers...
The Paxlovid Possibility: Antiviral Drug Found Protective Against Long COVID
Veteran's Administration Joins the Long-COVID Fray A new long-COVID preprint that recently came out just screams that times have changed. For one thing - the study is huge - 9,000 patients! It also shows long COVID has made it into the Veteran's Administration (VA)...
Tony Komaroff on “ME/CFS and Long COVID: Emerging Similarities and Why it Matters”
What a timely meeting. Mass ME/CFS and FM was celebrating its 40th anniversary, and so probably was Tony Komaroff MD and his long history of treating, researching, and advocating for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) - we are facing the most exciting and potentially...
