by Cort Johnson | Aug 27, 2017 | Research
The Intramural NIH study and the NIH Research Centers are a kind of dodge. Yes, they’re tasked with, and will provide, new insights into ME/CFS, but their real purpose is to do one thing: to get individual researchers to write more research grant proposals....
by Cort Johnson | Aug 25, 2017 | Homepage
It’s June 2017 – the Advisory Committee to the Director of the NIH is in the middle of their 114th meeting to the NIH Director. Their task is: “To make recommendations concerning program development, resource allocation, NIH administrative regulation...
by Cort Johnson | Aug 22, 2017 | Fibromyalgia, Homepage, Treatment
Naturopath and nutritionist, Dr. David Brady’s taken a kind of media driven, rock-star approach to alternative health. He’s got the flashy website; he’s written the book with the catchy title, “The Fibro Fix: Get to the Root of Your...
by Cort Johnson | Aug 20, 2017 | Advocacy
Pike was in a bind. His severe ME/CFS meant that he needed financial help, but two trips by medical examiners produced such biased reports as to bring him to tears. He was so dismayed by the inaccurate reports that he regretted trying in the first place. A month...
by Cort Johnson | Aug 16, 2017 | Autonomic Nervous System, Homepage, Research
Researchers and doctors get interested in ME/CFS in different ways. Many have a personal connection, but for David Systrom, a pulmonologist, it was all about demand. He didn’t seek chronic fatigue syndrome patients out – quite the contrary. When Systrom...
