From Hard Charging Executive to Bed Bound and (Almost) Back Again: An ME/CFS/FM Healing Story
I was a 29-year-old career woman who had been burning the candle at both ends for as long as I can remember. I had a high-powered job that required weekly travel, both nationally and internationally, consulting for executive management teams in Fortune 500 companies...
The Lie in the NIH’s “Accelerating Research on ME/CFS” Slogan
“We’re saying that ME/CFS is a program priority now…..Give us a chance to prove we’re serious – because we are.” Francis Collins “We recognize and empathize with the suffering experienced by people with ME/CFS and their frustration that so little is known...
NIH Brings in New Faces and Looks to the Future in Accelerating ME/CFS Research Conference
Conferences are exciting because they’re virtually the only place one can go to learn about breaking research. The NIH ME/CFS conference, with its bevy of new faces that’s taking place on the NIH campus itself on April 4th and 5th, certainly fulfills that...
Metabolomics Study Suggests Chronic Fatigue Syndrome May Be Oxidative Stress/Low Oxygen Disease
Disturbances in circulation and provision of oxygen to tissues could underlie many symptoms of ME/CFS. The authors Metabolomics has quickly become one of the hottest research trends in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The metabolomic work in ME/CFS started with the...
A Winter’s Tale – A Former Mountain Climber Reflects on Post Exertional Malaise and ME/CFS/FM
Fifteen years ago I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and ME (aka Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), a debilitating condition that includes continual pain and delayed fatigue as its primary symptoms. I often find myself trying to explain to other people what the delayed fatigue...StudyME
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