Bhupesh Prusty is good at making waves. He and Bob Naviaux raised eyebrows in 2020 when their study showed that an HHV-6 infection might not only be damaging the mitochondria – putting the cell into a cell danger state – but also appeared to cause the cell...
Health Rising’s quickie summer donation drive has begun! It brings up a good question – why support us? Why support something that’s free? Here’s our commitment – to effectively communicate the possibilities present in the ME/CFS, FM, and...
Shingles Shingles – the word sends a chill through me. I was introduced to shingles through my grandfather’s wife, Ethel. With her Scottish brogue and her lively personality, she was a great addition to our family after my grandmother died. She and my...
Osteoporosis You could have blown me over with a feather. Osteoporosis and fibromyalgia? What in the world could a chronic pain condition have in common with a low bone density condition? Quite a bit, it turns out. Osteoporosis refers to reduced bone density, which...
“MAJOR ARTICLE” It was good to see a study from a major medical university exploring exercise capacity in long COVID and appearing in a prominent medical journal. The Journal of Infectious Diseases gave it the headline “MAJOR ARTICLE”. It came...