Brian Walitt and the Psychosomaticism of Fibromyalgia: Another Look
Brian Walitt’s belief that ME/CFS and FM are psychosomatic disorder rests on one idea – that cognitive problems found in them don’t mean beans in the real world. Walitt’s recent paper testing that idea left one wondering, however, who’s...
CDC Slams Opioid Drug Use for Chronic Pain In New Guidelines
Citing statistics indicating that 40 people die every day in the U.S. from prescription pain killer overdose, CDC director Tom Frieden bluntly called for doctors to stop over prescribing the drugs. The CDC’s voluntary guidelines called for opioid pain killers...
Rising! The Health Rising Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and FM Forums Take Off!
It’s been quite a month on the HR Forums. My experience with Forums is that at some point they just catch on. That happened last month on the HR Forums with the number of posts zinging up 6 times their previous record and pageviews booming up 50%. If...
NIH Pledges Long Term Effort on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): Promises to “Stay the Course”
The NIH held a telebriefing with about 100 ME/CFS advocates, researchers and supporters Tuesday morning. This overview is taken from my notes of the meeting. The Big Three – Dr. Francis Collins, Dr. Koroshetz and Dr. Nath – were all there – and that...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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