Marijuana as Medicine for ME/CFS and/or Fibromyalgia Pt II: Getting Started with Cannabis
This is part two of a four- part series on Cannabis and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM). (Cort added pictures and captions.) Getting started with Cannabis Cannabis is used increasingly to manage complex chronic illnesses and inflammatory...
“Just Be Positive!” Toxic Positivity, ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia
Our culture is rampant with "positivity" messages and inspiring stories of overcoming the odds but sometimes the dark side needs to be acknowledged as well. Until we do that we can never truly be at peace. Check out some thoughts on "toxic positivity" and acknowledging the dark side of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome in a blog co-written by Lori Madeira and Cort Johnson
Bad Engine? Is a Wimpy Motor Cortex Causing the Pain in Fibromyalgia (and ME/CFS)?
Studies suggest that every aspect of movement - from the motor cortex to muscle blood flows, to energy production - may be impaired in fibromyalgia. Find out how problems with planning movement, muscle activation and pain inhibition in the motor cortex may play a role in FM and how a treatment may help.
Marijuana as Medicine for ME/CFS and/or Fibromyalgia Pt I: The Science Behind Cannabis
This is Part I of a five-part series on using marijuana or Cannabis as medicine for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and/or fibromaylgia (FM). The first two parts by Amber focus on the science behind using Cannabis and how to get started on it. Summary Cannabis...
How to Build the ME/CFS Field: The NIH Wants Your Input
The NANDS Council Working Group for ME/CFS Research is a NINDS (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) effort designed to get NINDS off its butt (so to speak) and accelerate the research done on ME/CFS. It will ask NANDS – the group which...StudyME
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