Is the Fibro-fog in Fibromyalgia a Prelude to Dementia?
What a dread disease dementia is. At its worst dementia can result in the total loss of one’s personality: loved ones don’t register, reasoning is gone, even simple matters such as dressing and bathing require assistance. Even in its more moderate forms...
Three NIH Funded Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Research Centers….and (What Else?) a Controversy
And then there were three. Almost two years after Dr. Collins announced that the NIH would reinvigorate ME/CFS, the NIH has finally provided funding for three research centers and one data center. Earlier this year the ME/CFS research community surprised by submitting...
M.E., My Mold, & I… A Story of ME/CFS & Toxic Mold
(A sweetened condensed version for Health Rising) Thanks to Lissa for providing her disturbing but enlightening version of a severe mold problem in an apparently beautiful house. The deeper Lissa and her husband dug, the worse it got – a cautionary tale...
An Overlooked Issue in Fibromyalgia? Study Highlights Orthostatic Intolerance – Problems Standing
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...
Glial Cell Inhibitors: The Next Sleep Drugs for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)?
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...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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