Catching ME/CFS in the Act: The Collaborative on Fatigue Following Infection
The post-infectious fatigue studies – those which follow healthy people as they come down with an infection and then develop ME/CFS – present the possibility of catching the disease in its tracks as it begins to wreak it’s havoc. Expensive and...
Death in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) – What has it Told Us? The Autopsy Files
It’s always hard to lose a loved one, but the deaths in ME/CFS seem particularly hard. They tend to be quite painful, they often take place in the midst of a non-supportive medical system, and they’re a complete mystery. With no seeming way out it’s...
Could Crippled Herpesviruses Be Contributing to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Other Diseases?
Given the ubiquity of herpesviruses, the common infectious trigger in ME/CFS and the fact that once you’re infected with them – you’re infected for life – it’s no surprise that researchers have been interested in herpesviruses and ME/CFS...
A Grant Generation Machine: The SMCI’s 2016 Ramsay Award Winners Score
As we know, grant applications in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) are hard to come by. Freedom of Information Requests indicate that the NIH received the lowest number of ME/CFS grant applications in memory last year – just 15. Since the NIH spends MUCH more...
Post Treatment Lyme Disease Unmasked? Immune Hole in the Illness Identified
Why some people with Lyme disease fail to recover after antibiotic treatment is a question that touches not only on them but on other commonly post-infectious illnesses like ME/CFS, FM and POTS. Further work is needed but an answer could be at hand. Not only did a...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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