Finding Answers for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia

HEAL II: The NIH’s Big Opioid and Pain Initiative Gets More Teeth

by Cort Johnson | Jun 20, 2018 | 9 Comments

The HEAL Initiative (Helping End Addiction Long Term) is one of the rare NIH initiatives that presents real possibilities for a long neglected population. It took an act of Congress – which gave the NIH $500 million and specifically directed them to use it attack...

Dyamic Duo: Lucinda Bateman and Ron Davis Rock the Brain Science Conference

by Cort Johnson | Jun 18, 2018 | 81 Comments

Dynamic Duo It seemed like a dicey thing - a talk on chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) that seemingly had little to do with the conference. The Brain Science Conference is a small conference series which began in 1990 and has been going ever since. Its goal is...

Large NK Cell Study Points to Autoimmunity and Inflammation in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)

by Cort Johnson | Jun 14, 2018 | 4 Comments

Studies dating back decades indicate that natural killer cells aren't up to the job of killing infected cells in ME/CFS. Killing isn't the only thing these cells do, though, the're also involved in immune functioning. A large study examining the kinds of NK cells...

Fibromyalgia Researcher & Doctor Asks “Chronic Pain: Is It All in Your Head” (Hint: It’s Not Psychological)

by Cort Johnson | Jun 12, 2018 | 68 Comments

Daniel Clauw M.D. With 200 publications reaching back over twenty years Daniel Clauw is perhaps the most prolific fibromyalgia researcher of our time. He's fought for many years to validate fibromyalgia as a real and serious illness. (For...

CRISPR: Could a Breakthrough in Gene Editing Technology Help ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia?

by Stephen La Corte | Jun 8, 2018 | 8 Comments

(Thanks to Stephen for providing his stimulating blog on new advances in gene editing technology and the help they could possibly provide in ME/CFS and FM. Stephen's hypothesis on benzodiazepine use and chronic illness is due to be published in a scientific journal...

TK’s Big Adventure: an ME/CFS Cross-Country Trip

by TK Sung | Jun 2, 2018 | 36 Comments

Thanks to TK For sharing his daring adventure - an almost 6-month cross-country trip from San Francisco to New York and back with ME/CFS. Traveling is by definition an adventure. We travel to become rejuvenated, to soak up new experiences, to open our eyes newly once...

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