by Cort Johnson | Apr 11, 2024 | Complement, Epstein-Barr Virus, Homepage, Inflammation, Monocytes, Pathogens
Studies suggest that a branch of the immune system called the complement system may play a key role in long COVID - and perhaps in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) as well.
by Cort Johnson | Mar 18, 2024 | Amytriptyline, Brain, Doxepin, Drugs, Flexeril, Homepage, HPA axis, Immune, Inflammation, Kaufman, Klonopin, Low Dose Naltrexone, Motor Cortex, Muscles, Neuroinflammation, Neuroinflammation, Pathogens, Propanolol, Ruhoy, Sleep, Sleep, Trazodone
Sleep Series This is the 2nd in a series of (at least) 4 blogs on sleep. Health Rising’s Sleep Series Pt. I – Dr. Bruck Interview – Bronc kicked the series off with an interview of Dr. Bruck – a retired sleep researcher whose son has ME/CFS. Pt. II...
by Cort Johnson | Jan 9, 2024 | Autoimmune, Cardiovascular, Clotting, COVID-19, Exercise, Homepage, long COVID, Metabolism, Monocytes, Muscles, Oxidative Stress, Research, T-cells
One of the dangers facing the long-COVID research field was an over-emphasis on immune functioning and an under-emphasis on metabolism and energy production. While exercise studies showed up pretty early in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), it took the field a while...
by Cort Johnson | Dec 30, 2023 | Antivirals, COVID-19, Epstein-Barr Virus, Homepage, long COVID, Pridgen, Treatment
A triple antiviral drug combination attacking both the coronaviruses and herpesviruses in long COVID score some impressive results in a very early trial.
by Cort Johnson | Dec 23, 2023 | Energy Production, Homepage, Immune, Inflammation, Metabolism, Pathogens
The Itaconate Shunt hypothesis could explain why an infection produces so much fatigue, brainfog, postexertional malaise and other symptoms in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)
by Cort Johnson | Dec 20, 2023 | Basal Ganglia, Brain, Cardiovascular, Clotting, Cognition, COVID-19, Endothelial Cells, Energy Production, Homepage, Limbic System, long COVID, Neuroinflammation
The brain and the blood vessels. So intimately intertwined but so rarely studied together. In retrospect, that’s kind of strange as blood vessels may have more to do with brain functioning than anything else. By weight, the brain is almost a non-entity –...