Heath Rising recently featured two large “mega” ME/CFS projects attempting to get at the heart of ME/CFS, but they’re not the end of the very ambitious attempts underway to understand this disease. Ian Lipkin and Mady Hornig at the Center For...
Did you know that you probably have a smaller heart than normal? Four studies suggest that if you have chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) you probably do. The word on the small hearts for years has been that they’re probably caused by inactivity or...
With a UK trial for Rituximab at least temporarily in doubt, let’s turn the focus to Ampligen – a drug that is potentially one trial away from being approved for ME/CFS. Ampligen is still the only drug that’s been able to move the needle on exercise...
The autonomic nervous system (ANS) appears to be the subject of the week for Health Rising. This study introduced an unusual combination – it threw autonomic nervous system and lung functioning tests together. People don’t typically tie fibromyalgia or...
It’s pretty clear that the fight/flight system is going gangbusters in ME/CFS/FM. Getting that puppy calmed down could result in less pain, better sleep, clearer thinking and less fatigue . So it might help if you could tell if something was turning your fight...
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