In 2011 the CFIDS Association (now the Solve ME/CFS Initiative) engaged a “drug repositioning” company called Biovista to search through thousands of drugs to find a new approach to ME/CFS. Biovista’s algorithm identified “every known gene,...
One way to accomplish something is imagine a future in which it has already occurred and then work backwards and show how it happened. Doing that illuminates what needs to happen now in order to produce that result. This is a thought experiment that explains how...
Maija Haavisto is an author, journalist, medical writer, translator, photographer and person with ME/CFS. Maija last wrote on LDN, Nootropics, Rituximab and Fads for Health Rising. In this piece Maija looks at the interesting intersections between the HINI flu and...
The feds have been stating that ME/CFS is a very serious disease – that it’s a priority – that they’re REALLY committed to helping people with ME/CFS, for years. I’ve never heard anyone at the NIH ever state they believe ME/CFS is a minor...
We’ve recently seen how powerful gut flora manipulation can be for some people with ME/CFS/FM. Now a week-long “Healthy Gut Summit” is occurring that some people might find useful. These summits, which generally focus on alternative ways to treat...
With an enormous potential therapeutic gain and a high safety profile, further development and application of VNS is encouraging. Yuan et. Al Vagus nerve stimulation is one of the most promising chronic pain interventions under development today. An earlier blog on...
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