by Cort Johnson | Jan 27, 2019 | Brain, Gut, Gut, Immune, Microbiome, Neuroinflammation
Multiple sclerosis is a brain disease, right? Wrong. A recent study suggested that M.S. is actually a gut-brain disease and that drug makers trying to cure M.S. may be barking up the wrong tree. They should be looking to the gut – not the brain. It’s not... 
by Cort Johnson | Dec 20, 2018 | Fibromyalgia and Pain, Inflammation, Metabolism, Muscles, Neuroinflammation
A Molecular Revolution We are in the midst of a molecular revolution. Instead of plucking out individual factors and studying them, researchers are ploughing through immense amounts of data to try and get at the molecular roots of illness. They’re using genetic,... 
by Cort Johnson | Dec 12, 2018 | Allodynia, Autoimmune, Brain, Gut, Herpes Simplex Virus, Homepage, Ivabradine, IVIG, Migraine, Prefrontal Cortex
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... 
by Cort Johnson | Dec 4, 2018 | Brain, Cardiovascular, Energy Production, Homepage, Oxidative Stress
Could the microvascular system – the small capillaries and the red blood cells that run through them – hold the key to energy problems in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and perhaps fibromyalgia? The idea that the blood delivery system – not some... 
by Veronique Mead M.D. | Oct 29, 2018 | Autonomic Nervous System, Brain, Homepage, Metabolism
Thanks again to Veronique for providing her intriguing take on chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). This is one of a series of articles from Health Rising which feature hypotheses created by health care professionals with ME/CFS or who are associated with ME/CFS. (It is... 
by Cort Johnson | Oct 13, 2018 | Cannabis, Cymbalta, Dextromethorphan, Fibromyalgia, Homepage, Low Dose Naltrexone, Lyrica, Neuroinflammation, Supplements
“Finding an objective neurochemical change in the brains of people who are used to being told that their problems are imaginary is pretty important…” Marco Loggia Jarred Younger has believed for quite some time that the glial cells in fibromyalgia...
