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Longevity Research: Could it Turn Back the Clock in long COVID and ME/CFS?

by Cort Johnson | Jul 5, 2024 | Autophagy, Epigenetics, Fecal Transplants, Genetics, Gut, Gut, Homepage, HPA axis, Immune, Inflammation, IVIG, long COVID, Longevity, Metabolism, Metformin, Microbiome, Neuroinflammation, Rapamycin, Research, T-cells, Treatment

Check out Geoff’s Narrations The GIST The Blog THE GIST Could people with diseases like long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) be aging more rapidly than normal? Recently, a large review paper made that case in long COVID (and referred to...

The NIH on the ME/CFS Intramural Study -“Effort Preference”, Exhausted Immune Systems and the Crucial Male/Female Divide

by Cort Johnson | Jun 2, 2024 | Autonomic Nervous System, B-cells, Brain, Brainstem, Cerebral Spinal Fluid, Conference Reports, Dopamine, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Energy Production, Gut, Homepage, Immune, Inflammation, Klimas, Lipids, Metabolism, Microbiome, Motor Cortex, Muscles, T-cells

Check out Geoff’s narration The GIST The Full Blog Ah, the famous (infamous?) NIH Intramural ME/CFS study. Interrupted by the pandemic and dramatically downsized, the “Deep phenotyping of post-infectious myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue...

Sleep Issues in People with ME – A Conversation with Professor Dorothy Bruck

by Bronc | Mar 1, 2024 | Gut, Homepage, Microbiome, Sleep

Health Rising by Cort Johnson Sleep Issues in People with ME – A Conversation with Professor Dorothy Bruck Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 21:11 Health Rising’s Sleep Series Pt. I – Dr. Bruck...

Immunosuppression Underlies Energy Deficits That Drive ME/CFS Symptoms Pt. II – The Armin Alaedini Interview

by Bronc | Nov 2, 2023 | Cytokines, Gut, Homepage, Leaky gut, Metabolism, Research

Health Rising covered this fascinating gut/immune/metabolic study in an earlier blog. Now Bronc is back with an interview with Dr. Armin Alaedini – the senior author of this study. Note that we just covered a study suggesting that the gut could play a major role...

The “Serotonin Surprise”: Massive Study Suggests Low Serotonin is Key Factor in Long COVID and Post-Infectious Diseases

by Cort Johnson | Oct 24, 2023 | Basal Ganglia, COVID-19, Gut, Homepage, Interferons, long COVID, Metabolism, Research, Serotonin, Tryptophan, vagus nerve

So many possibilities…Is it the mitochondria? Or the blood vessels? Or the liver? Or plasmalogens? Or viral reactivation? How about viral-induced inflammation? Brainstem dysfunction… It’s both exciting and overwhelming to see so many possibilities show up for...