by Cort Johnson | May 31, 2016 | Autonomic Nervous System, Brain, Homepage, Insula, Prefrontal Cortex, Research
The Japanese have long been engaged in a quest to understand severe fatigue. Severe fatigue is an issue the Japanese apparently take fairly seriously. In fact, Watanabe and Tanaka begin their overview of the causes of severe, chronic fatigue by referring to exhaustion...
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 | Oct 21, 2015 | Autonomic Nervous System, Basal Ganglia, Brain, Cannabis, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Homepage, Research
Missing that runner’s high? (Any high at all?) Your living circumstances or the losses you have endured may not be to blame. The loss of those good feelings may not be due to depression. Physiology could be behind all of them. “Highs” or good...
by Cort Johnson | Aug 17, 2015 | Autoimmune, Autonomic Nervous System, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Homepage, Immune, Migraine
Are complex regional pain syndrome and fibromyalgia related? A Australian researcher thinks central sensitization and neurogenic inflammation is present in both.
by Cort Johnson | Feb 3, 2015 | Autonomic Nervous System, Homepage, Orthostatic intolerance
Researchers eliminate orthostatic intolerance in chronic fatigue syndrome in the lab
by Cort Johnson | Aug 27, 2014 | Autonomic Nervous System, Homepage
Measuring Fatigue Finally? How to objectively measure fatigue has dogged chronic fatigue syndrome field for decades. Until researchers can tell how fatigued a person really is people with ME/CFS and FM will always have to deal with the “I’m tired,...