Microstructural Havoc: The Immune System, Fatigue and the Brain – An ME/CFS and FM Scenario
We know that hepatitis C patients receiving a strong pro-inflammatory drug (IFN-a) that helps them fight off their viral infections and ME/CFS patients have very similar problems with fatigue and identical problems with their basal ganglia. That suggests that...
A Mayo Clinic Love Story – and the Chink in Their Armor
The Mayo Clinic is where people with difficult to diagnose and treat diseases go. The Mayo Clinic’s Rochester Hospital was recently ranked the best in the world. For many ME/CFS and FM patients, though, the Mayo has been more a place to stay away from than to...
Next Gen Opioid Drugs Promise Pain Relief Without Side Effects
Opioid Painkillers Under Attack Opioid based pain drugs have dominated the pain relief marketplace for years but their dominance has more reflected a lack of other options than anything else. They’re quite effective at reducing acute pain but not so good at with...
The Long Arc of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Advocacy
As we appear to be finally turning a corner at the federal level, Prohealth’s Advocate of the Year Award gave me the opportunity to sit down and reflect on the long arc of ME/CFS advocacy. That made me realize how dependent the successes of the present have been...
CDC Slams Opioid Drug Use for Chronic Pain In New Guidelines
Citing statistics indicating that 40 people die every day in the U.S. from prescription pain killer overdose, CDC director Tom Frieden bluntly called for doctors to stop over prescribing the drugs. The CDC’s voluntary guidelines called for opioid pain killers...StudyME
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