by Cort Johnson | May 21, 2018 | Homepage, Treatment
We also hypothesize that migraine may be attributable to a reactivation of a latent HSV residing within the trigeminal ganglion. The authors She was a healthy 21-year-old white college student who woke up one morning to a “scintillating scotoma”, a visual... 
by Cort Johnson | May 19, 2018 | Fibromyalgia, Homepage, Research
“For now, they (the new drugs) look fantastic. They shake the ground under our feet. They will change the way we treat migraine.” Dr. Stewart J. Tepper, a professor of neurology at Dartmouth College In many ways, migraine is in the same basket as fibromyalgia (FM) and... 
by Cort Johnson | May 16, 2018 | Homepage, Research
The Montreal ME/CFS Conference: Pt I I thought I was in Paris, so much French was being spoken. The conversations in the cafes, on the streets, in the subways – everywhere – were in French. It turns out that with its 4,000,000 plus residents, Montreal is... 
by Cort Johnson | May 11, 2018 | Homepage, Treatment
Hormones? Certainly the nervous system plays a major role in producing pain. The immune system with its inflammatory processes and ability to create sickness behavior is certainly in the discussion, but hormones? Many women are well aware that hormonal fluctuations... 
by Cort Johnson | May 10, 2018 | Advocacy, Homepage
ME/CFS advocacy is growing and growing. We have two groups, ME Action (join it here) and the Solve ME/CFS Initiative working pretty much in lockstep to move forward on ME/CFS. Central to both groups’ efforts are a Senate Resolution sponsored by Senator Markey...
