The Brainstem – Is it THE Pain Conductor in Fibromyalgia?
People with fibromyalgia display an unusual activation in one of the most primordial parts of the brain - the brainstem. The activation involves giant neurons and likely increases pain sensitivity and impairs autonomic nervous system functioning.
Is ME/CFS Having A Moment? An ME/CFS Researcher and an ME/CFS Clinic Go Gangbusters
An ME/CFS researcher engaged in 5 studies and an ME/CFS clinic engaged in several ME/CFS clinical trials suggests the small chronic fatigue syndrome field is growing.
Healing Chronic Pain? An Update on the NIH’s $2 Billion HEAL Project to End Chronic Pain
The NIH' HEAL has spent $2 billion trying to figure out a way to treat chronic pain and end addiction. How's it doing and will it help fibromyalgia?
No Neuroinflammation Needed? An Epic ME/CFS Hypothesis Series Winds Up
Part 3 of an epic chronic fatigue syndrome hypothesis series attempts to explain the sleep, brain-fog, fatigue and cognitive problems found in ME/CFS.
Coronavirus Infections Found to Shrink Parts of the Brain
A Biobank study finds that simply having a coronavirus infection resulted in reduced brain volumes five months later. The limbic system was particularly hit hard.Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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