Many voxel based brain studies have been done in fibromyalgia. These studies, which measure brain volume, have found reductions in gray matter (the stuff that makes up the neurons) in many brain regions including the frontal, cingulate, insular and motor cortices plus...
Fluge and Mella seem to be working at almost lightning speed. Besides managing their huge Rituximab study (and all the sub- studies within it) and the cyclophosphamide trial, they’re also carrying out large research studies. For years, of course, some...
In the end it all comes down to treatment, and that generally means treatment trials. Until a drug or approach is validated in treatment trials most doctors aren’t going to know about it, and insurance companies sure aren’t going to pay for it. In this...
The day after my brother's wedding I shot down to San Diego to meet Rachel Riggs and a doctor with ME/CFS. Rachel, who has turned into a volunteer patient
The Simmaron Research Foundation's 2015 spinal fluid study did something unique: for the first time spinal fluid and blood immune studies delivered similar
Anxiety type symptoms are common in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia, Gulf War Ilness (GWI), and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). Dr. Baraniuk, an ME/CFS and GWI researcher, has long thought that researchers missed the boat by focusing...
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