Immune Cells May Be Killing the Small Nerve Fibers in Fibromyalgia
Study suggests natural killer cells are whacking the small nerve fibers in fibromyalgia After decades of surveying chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM) literature, the study, “Unbiased immune profiling reveals a natural killer cell-peripheral...
No Neuroinflammation Needed? An Epic ME/CFS Hypothesis Series Winds Up
Epic ME/CFS Hypothesis Series Not many people have taken their shot at completely explaining chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), but of those that have, Wirth and Scheibenbogen’s epic three-part hypothesis series takes the cake. If the goal of a hypothesis is to...
The Pain Gender Gap: Women and Men Really Are From Different Planets When It Comes to Pain
Despite the fact that some have postulated men and women come from different planets, the medical profession has long assumed that when it comes to biology men make a fine stand-in for women. That attitude has been steadily changing and a brilliant Canadian study...
Letting the Sun Shine In? Psychedelics Are Being Trialed in Fibromyalgia
Letting the Sun Shine In? “Let the sun shine, let the sun shine in, the sun shine in, Let the sun shine, let the sun shine in, the sun shine in” From “The Age of Aquarius” by the 5th Dimension. Yes – psychedelics, of all things, are now...
Study Shows That Fibromyalgia is a Post-infectious Disease Too
While some people report that their fibromyalgia (FM) occurred after an infection, the idea that FM can be triggered by a pathogen and, in some cases, may be considered a post-infectious disorder really hasn’t made its way down to the FM research community at...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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