by Cort Johnson | Feb 7, 2023 | Autonomic Nervous System, Basal Ganglia, Gut, Homepage, Microbiome, Research
The first blog in a couple of weeks is different – it’s not on ME/CFS/FM or long COVID per se – and that may be a good note to start out on. It’s a reminder that ME/CFS is not alone – that it shares broad themes with other diseases – some...
by Cort Johnson | Jan 7, 2023 | Brain, Energy Production, Gut, Homepage, Immune, Inflammation, long COVID, Microbiome, Neuroinflammation
Find out why the tryptophan metabolism and the kynurenine pathway could be contributing or even causing chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and long COVID.
by Cort Johnson | Jan 2, 2023 | Fibromyalgia and Pain, Gut, Homepage, long COVID, Metformin, Microbiome, Stimuli-hypersensitivity
Not only did metformin reduce the risk of coming down with long COVID it also appears able to reduce pain and improve other symptoms in fibromyalgia.
by Cort Johnson | Dec 22, 2022 | Gut, Homepage, long COVID, Microbiome, RECOVER Initiative
Dr. Peluso expects an explosion in treatments for long COVID to occur in the same way they did in HIV/AIDS. Plus, many of the possible biomarkers for long COVID have also showed up in chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia.
by Cort Johnson | Sep 22, 2022 | COVID-19, Gut, Homepage, long COVID, Microbiome, NIH, Research
Suzanne Vernon’s interest in pathogens and post-infectious diseases goes back to when, as a 20-year-old, she landed a work-study job at the CDC’s Division of Vector-Borne Diseases while an undergraduate at Colorado State University. Ten years later with...
by Cort Johnson | Mar 8, 2022 | Gut, Homepage, Sleep
Poor sleep was linked to reduced levels of healthy gut bacteria and a poor lipid profile in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).