
The 2025 Berlin International ME/CFS Research Conference is Almost Here!
For the third year in a row, Dr. Carmen Scheibenbogen and the Charité Fatigue Center (CFC) at Charité —Universitätsmedizin (a good German tongue twister :)) in Berlin are bringing us an ME/CFS and long-COVID International Conference. The conference, which is being...

Could Something in the Gut Be Causing Fibromyalgia (and ME/CFS and Long COVID)?
After gut flora from fibromyalgia patients gave mice FM, Canadian researchers found that bile drugs and fecal transplants might help relieve pain.

Young People with ME/CFS and/or Long COVID: What Do We Know?
Geoff's Narrations The GIST The Blog When we talk about ME/CFS or long COVID studies, a central fact is almost always ignored—they're almost always on adults. After reviewing the literature, I would guess that perhaps 99% of ME/CFS/long COVID studies focus on...

Stymied, Moving Forward or Both? The Long-COVID (and ME/CFS) Clinical Trials Dilemma
Big pharma is largely staying clear of long COVID trials but the many small and some quite large clinical trials are underway provide hope.

Too Much Exertion Produces Autonomic Nervous System Hit in Long COVID, ME/CFS, and Fibromyalgia
Geoff's Narrations The GIST The Blog A trip to Seattle to see Dr. Ruhoy held up the blogs a bit but they're back! Exercise physiologist Rob Wust's "Wearable heart rate variability monitoring identifies autonomic dysfunction and thresholds for post-exertional...

Crazy Times: Trump Administration Pulls Millions of Dollars From Long COVID Grants (and Then Restores Them?) Plus ME/CFS, Antiviral, Vaccine Funding Hit
The Trump administration pulled the plug on $45 million of long COVID studies and then two days later reversed itself. What the heck is going on?

My Time of Reduced Productivity: Reflections on an ME/CFS/FM Downturn
Geoff's Narration The Blog There is no Gist for this blog Someone recently asked me, "Is something up? Are you OK?" Apparently, they noticed that my blog production is down. I don’t know if many people noticed my drop in productivity over time, but I did, and I wrote...

Long COVID Invasive Exercise Study Suggests Purine Inhibitors May Help
A long COVID invasive exercise metabolomic study found reduced energy production and recommended purine inhibiting drugs.

Plasmapheresis Possibilities for ME/CFS and Long COVID Pt. 2: Immunoadsorption, BC007 and H.E.L.P.
Check out how blood cleansing techniques to remove pathogenic factors in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID may (or may not) be helping in these diseases.