by Cort Johnson | Dec 10, 2018 | Advocacy, Finances, Homepage, Treatment
Welcome to Health Rising. This page is designed to give you basic information on chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and provide opportunities for you to learn about it, share your experiences, and participate in bringing about the end of this disease. It is focused on... 
by Cort Johnson | Dec 7, 2018 | Advocacy, Coping, Homepage
Chronic fatigue syndrome is a terrible name. It’s such a terrible name that you have to give the people around you a little break. With that name, they’re almost doomed, at least at first, to think ME/CFS is a milquetoast kind of disease best suited to the... 
by Cort Johnson | Dec 4, 2018 | Brain, Cardiovascular, Energy Production, Homepage, Oxidative Stress
Could the microvascular system – the small capillaries and the red blood cells that run through them – hold the key to energy problems in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and perhaps fibromyalgia? The idea that the blood delivery system – not some... 
by Cort Johnson | Dec 1, 2018 | Exercise, Finances, Homepage, Mindfulness, Mold, Orthostatic intolerance, Pacing, Recovery Stories, Treatment
Having any disease is scary, but having chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and/or fibromyalgia (FM) often adds a hefty dose of confusion and bewilderment to that fear. Not only are people with ME/CFS and FM typically exhausted and in pain, but problems with short-term... 
by Cort Johnson | Nov 29, 2018 | Immune, Inflammation, Metabolism
Energy production problems seem to show up everywhere one looks in ME/CFS and the immune system is turning out to be no exception. A recent B-cell study suggests that problems producing energy could be leaving ME/CFS patient’s B-cells in a naive state...
