by Cort Johnson | Sep 17, 2018 | Advocacy, Homepage, NIH
“I think some people are angry for good reason. This disease hasn’t gotten enough attention.” Vicky Whittemore My partner and I made our way to Vicky Whittemore’s office in a building off the NIH campus. Security was tight as always. We signed in... 
by Cort Johnson | Jun 20, 2018 | Fibromyalgia, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Homepage, NIH, Opioids, Research
The HEAL Initiative (Helping End Addiction Long Term) is one of the rare NIH initiatives that presents real possibilities for a long neglected population. It took an act of Congress – which gave the NIH $500 million and specifically directed them to use it attack... 
by Cort Johnson | Mar 10, 2016 | Advocacy, Homepage, NIH, Research
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... 
by Simon McGrath | Mar 6, 2016 | Autonomic Nervous System, Brain, Exercise, Gut, Homepage, Immune, NIH, Research
Thanks to Simon and MEAction for allowing Health Rising to post Simon’s exposition of the truly remarkable chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) study about to take place at the NIH. This blog first appeared on MEAction. Most images and captions were added by me... 
by Cort Johnson | Feb 16, 2016 | Immune, NIH, Research
Dr. Avindra Nath laid out a three pronged strategy to develop treatments for ME/CFS at the CDC’s Grand Rounds meeting today. The first step is the Clinical Center Study soon to begin. The second step will validate the biomarkers found in the first study. The...
