The autonomic nervous system rears its head in fibromyalgia – again. The pattern in fibromyalgia is now pretty clear; the fight/flight (sympathetic nervous system) system is activated even during rest, the heart rate response (chronotropic incompetence) to...
Sleep disturbances and severe stress as glial activators: key targets for treating central sensitization in chronic pain patients?Jo Nijs,Marco L. Loggia,Andrea Polli,Maarten Moens,Eva Huysmans,Lisa Goudman, Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets Volume 21, 2017...
“This is not a disease that can be solved by one person. It needs a community, and lots of expertise. I will work with anybody to do this.” Ron Davis The Working Group was impressive. Davis had Bob Naviaux to his left and Maureen Hanson next to him...
Writing about someone with chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) who dies is always tragic – tragic because of what might have been; tragic to see a once productive, healthy human brought down so low; tragic because of awful circumstances that inevitably occur. In...
It’s June 2017 – the Advisory Committee to the Director of the NIH is in the middle of their 114th meeting to the NIH Director. Their task is: “To make recommendations concerning program development, resource allocation, NIH administrative regulation...
Naturopath and nutritionist, Dr. David Brady’s taken a kind of media driven, rock-star approach to alternative health. He’s got the flashy website; he’s written the book with the catchy title, “The Fibro Fix: Get to the Root of Your...
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