by Cort Johnson | Jan 20, 2018 | Brain, Homepage, Research
Two Cognitive Diseases Fibromyalgia is more than a pain disease – it’s also a cognitive disease. In fact, some studies suggest the cognitive issues can present more problems than the pain. They’ve been prevalent and serious enough to spark the... 
by Cort Johnson | Nov 13, 2017 | Brain, Homepage, Research
Baraniuk believes chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia and Gulf War Illness are related. In fact, he calls the post-exertional malaise found in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) a “unique characteristic of CFS that is shared by Gulf War Illness (GWI)... 
by Cort Johnson | Jul 27, 2017 | Brain, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Homepage, Insula, Lyrica, Research
The “Global Pain” Diseases There are two kinds of “pain” in fibromyalgia. There’s a more ordinary kind of pain – the burning, stabbing, aching, etc. usually associated with some type of injury (even though no overt physical injuries... 
by Cort Johnson | May 16, 2017 | Brain, Energy Production, Homepage, Immune, Inflammation, Research, SMCI
The last of three blogs on The Solve ME/CFS Initiative focuses on the SMCI’s core mission – funding research that makes a difference in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Serendipity can play a major role in research and it may be doing so at the SMCI.... 
by Cort Johnson | May 14, 2017 | Fibromyalgia and Pain, Homepage, Inflammation, Neuroinflammation
Inflammation – Neuro and Otherwise Inflammation has become an increasingly important topic in fibromyalgia. It’s clear that “central sensitization” – an increase in pain sensitivity engineered by the central nervous system – is... 
by Cort Johnson | Feb 3, 2017 | Autonomic Nervous System, Brain, Homepage, Research
Dr. Barnden of the National Centre for NeuroImmnology and Emerging Diseases (NCNED) in Griffith University, Australia has been doing some fascinating brain imaging work in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Over the past six years Barnden has been publishing results...
