by Cort Johnson | Dec 1, 2016 | Conference Reports, Cytokines, Epstein-Barr Virus, Homepage, Human Herpes Virus Six (HHV-6), Immune, Inflammation, Mast cell activation syndrome, Research
What disease does ME/CFS closely resemble? How does exercise effect the immune system? How did mast cells get implicated in ME/CFS? What kind of “storm” may be present in ME/CFS? What three viruses were implicated (once again) in this disease? Find out the...
by Cort Johnson | Aug 8, 2016 | Homepage, Lyme Disease (Borrelia), Pathogens, Research
People who have chronic Lyme disease are a mystery in the same way that people with ME/CFS who come down with an infection and never recover are. A recent study that asked why chronic Lyme patients don’t recover could have implications for ME/CFS. It also asked...
by Cort Johnson | Jun 14, 2016 | Pathogens, Research
Alzheimer’s presents one of the great dilemma’s facing our medical system. With prevalence and costs ever rising and no good treatments in sight money is pouring into studies trying to understand it. A recent study presented a shocking conclusion:...
by Cort Johnson | Apr 30, 2016 | Epstein-Barr Virus, Hormones, HPA axis, Immune, Infectious mononucleosis, Research
Six months after an adolescent comes down with infectious mononucleosis/glandular fever she’s still exhausted – and her doctor is about to tell her she’s depressed and send her to a psychiatrist. But what if a very simple blood test – one that...
by Cort Johnson | Jan 27, 2016 | Brain, Pathogens, Research
It was painful to read the NIH’s response to CFSAC’s recommendations, but the NIH next did a very interesting thing. They’re sending an internationally known researcher specializing in central nervous system infections to speak at the CDC’s...
by Cort Johnson | Dec 7, 2015 | Gut, Gut Infection, Homepage, Pathogens
Acute infections represent frequent and violent tissue perturbations from which the immune system must rapidly rebound. Fonseca et. al. Researchers have long believed that infections can kick off inflammatory diseases, but the link between an infection and a long term...