There was a time that the HPA axis was “it” in chronic fatigue syndrome. More studies have been done on the powerful glucocorticoid hormone cortisol than other factor in ME/CFS, and it’s not hard to understand why. Cortisol not only plays a major...
The “Global Pain” Diseases There are two kinds of “pain” in fibromyalgia. There’s a more ordinary kind of pain – the burning, stabbing, aching, etc. usually associated with some type of injury (even though no overt physical injuries...
The NIH’s Intramural study constitutes the biggest “fishing expedition” ever done in this disease. From stays in metabolic chambers, to ME/CFS patients immune systems being transplanted into mice, to their “brains” (neurons) being grown...
Subsets, Subsets, Subsets Everyone with ME/CFS who’s been around a bit must ask themselves at some point, “Do I have what she or he has?” Some people do great on treatments that others fail on. Some people get really, really sick while others...
“The most effective way to reduce spinal cord inflammation” Dr. Ginerva Liptan Dr. Liptan came to specialize in fibromyalgia after coming down with the disease in medical school. She employs an integrative approach to the disease which includes, as she...
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