Huge “All of Us” NIH Initiative Offers Possibilities for ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia
“It will be transformative.” Francis Collins Neither chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) or fibromyalgia (FM) exactly feel welcome at the NIH. Funding for both diseases is pitiful, but a program has just opened up which welcomes everyone’s participation. A top...
Pain, Genes, Drugs and You: How Your Genetic Makeup May Be Keeping You in Pain
From Dr. Trescott’s lecture given to the Physician Partners of America: “Your Genes, Your Pain Drugs and You Or “Why Every Pain Physician Should be Testing Your Genes” When the patient says, “This doesn’t work,” or, “I’ve been too sensitive,”...
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – It’s Worse than Multiple Sclerosis – and Fibromyalgia is No Walk in the Park Either
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a dreaded disease. About ten years into having chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), I still remember being tested for it and how thankful I was that I didn’t have it. MS does things to people that ME/CFS doesn’t. For one thing, it...
Keeping Up With Bob! Bob Naviaux’s Predicting Autism Risk Study
Many people know of Bob Naviaux’s work on chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), but long before Naviaux came to ME/CFS, he was working on autism. As you read about Naviaux’s exciting new work on autism, ask yourself whether it might be applied to ME/CFS as...
The Opioid Painkiller Crackdown’s Silver Lining for Fibromyalgia: The Heal Initiative
Opioid Painkiller Crackdown The news regarding opioids has been mostly bad for fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) patients. Restrictions on opioid pain killers could put these medications at risk for FM patients battling one of the most painful...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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