Genes May Be Causing Neuroinflammation and Pain in Fibromyalgia
It’s clear that glial cells – immune cells found in the brain and the spinal cord – play an important role in producing chronic pain and neuro-inflammation. Glial cell activation in the brain is often measured using the levels of a benzodiazepine...
A Race To Produce the First Drug for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Jarred Younger Talks
Drug companies interested in ME/CFS? A race to produce the first drug for ME/CFS? A race? Those almost sound like fantasies but that’s the message Jarred Younger brought in his recent video talk. The bottom line, he said, is that over the last three months he’s...
The Psychosocial Disease? – Has Fibromyalgia Been Captured by a Behavioral Paradigm?
The very nature of fibromyalgia, like chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), has left it prone to psychological interpretations. No injury or lesion has ever been found. No accepted blood test points to a biological problem. The disease produces lots of symptoms – a sure...
Timely MillionsMisssing Protest Demands Funding For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
“We are going to ramp this up.” Francis Collins Should you attend the MillionsMissing protest for more funding? Consider this. It’s been almost a year since NIH Director Francis Collin’s pledge to greatly expand chronic fatigue syndrome...
A Genetic Panel For Fibromyalgia? The new Proove Genetic Test
The Proove genetic test for fibromyalgia – is the first genetic test that I know of for FM. It’s not a diagnostic test – it’s focused on guiding treatment options. It identifies ten genes that can affect drug metabolism and one gene that affects...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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