by Cort Johnson | Jun 17, 2023 | Epstein-Barr Virus, Exercise, Gene expression, Gut, Homepage, ME/CFS, Natural Killer Cells, Research
The great question for chronic fatigue syndrome and long COVID is: what causes post-exertional malaise (PEM)? The latest study to come out of Nancy Klimas’s Institute for Neuroimmune Medicine – led by Lubov Nathanson (senior author) and directed by Derek...
by Cort Johnson | Apr 7, 2023 | Exercise, Gut, Homepage, Microbiome, Muscles, Research
We’ve all heard about the gut-brain axis. That’s where problems in the gut can translate to inflammation in the brain and vice versa but a gut-muscle connection? That’s entirely new. One wonders much further can the gut after all reach? It turns out...
by Natalia | Feb 16, 2023 | Gut, Gut, Homepage, Microbiome, Research
Under the supervision of doctors two chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) patients begin a dramatic effort to reset their gut and return to health.
by Cort Johnson | Feb 14, 2023 | Gut, Homepage, Microbiome, Research
A large gut study suggests that early gut problems cause later metabolic problems in chronic fatigue syndrome. While gut problems improve somewhat in longer duration ME/CFS patients their metabolic problems get worse and their condition declines.
by Cort Johnson | Feb 10, 2023 | Gut, Microbiome, Research
Several studies suggest that low levels of the gut protectant and anti-inflammatory compound butyrate could be a biomarker for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)
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...