Several studies suggest that butyrate-producing bacteria are reduced in people with chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and possibly fibromyalgia (FM) and long COVID. The fact that three different techniques have found reduced levels of butyrate-reducing bacteria in...
It didn’t take David Systrom long to take on long COVID. Systrom – the Harvard pulmonologist whose invasive exercise tests are redefining how we think about chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) – didn’t lead this study but helped design, analyze...
The 2021 Ramsay Awards from the Solve ME Initiate feature studies seeking to understand the gut-brain connection, determine if the blood-brain barrier is impaired or if pathological autoantibodies are attacking tissues, and others.
Led by Cheng Guo (lead author) and Brent L. Williams (senior author) this big NIH-funded study from Ian Lipkin’s Columbia team at the “Center for Solutions for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CfS for ME/CFS)” set out to fix some...
I have a feeling that interesting treatment trials for long COVID may become a regular blog topic on Health Rising. That would be a nice change. Treatment trials have been chronic fatigue syndrome’s Achilles heel. Except for cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)...
Health Rising's largest coronavirus infection and vaccine effects poll asks how people with fibromyalgia and/or chronic fatigue syndrome and related diseases have done over time.
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