At the Emerge Conference Paul Fisher provides evidence of mitochondrial dysfunction in chronic fatigue syndrome aka ME/CFS. Complex V problems cause the mitochondria to poop out under stress - resulting in widespread attempts across the other complexes to compensate - and potentially explainiing the post-exertional malaise or PEM in ME/CFS
In Part IV of Kyle McNease’s ME/CFS narrative of going from abundant health to being severely ill and then back to relative health, Kyle is rocked both physically and emotionally by an unexpected and tragic loss. Thanks to Ken Anbender, a former ME/CFS patient, for...
Tony Komaroff's wildly popular chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) unifying model paper published in JAMA - the top medical journal in the world - suggests ME/CFS is hypometabolic state brought on by neuroinflammation or is a hibernation-like state.
Few studies ten years ago considered the gut and its flora in the context of chronic disease. Now microbiome studies are popping up in just about every disease. The “gut-brain” axis is a real thing. The bacteria in the gut appear to be able to affect brain...
In Part III of Kyle McNease’s narrative of going from abundant health to a severe case of ME/CFS, and then back to relative health, a loss hits Kyle hard, he ponders the fact that life didn’t realize he had other plans, and he comes to a surprising realization...
In Part II of Kyle McNease’s narrative of going from abundant health to a severe case of ME/CFS, and then back to relative health, Kyle experiences abandonment, takes a surrealistic a trip to a psychiatrist, and reflects on the scars his illness has left on his...
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