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.
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...
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...
“…many of these people spout nonsense and then freak out when confronted with facts or details about the research that they can’t explain away.” David Tuller David Tuller is a unique figure in the ME/CFS universe. A reporter and editor for the San...
Day two of the Conference – not all of which is covered here, started off with a physicians’ panel, then NIH Director Francis Collins showed up (covered later) just before the Intramural study presented some results, then it was onto Ian Lipkin, Dr. Oh,...
A Critical Look at the NIH’s Accelerating Research Conference This chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) conference was different. Besides the normal goal of bringing researchers together to share their latest results, it had an ulterior motive – getting NIH...
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