Although fatigue has traditionally been scorned in medical research. studies show that ME/CFS – the “chronic fatigue syndrome” – is significantly more functionally disabling than multiple sclerosis, heart failure, diabetes, depression, and...
The gut may seem distant from the main source of action in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM) but more and more studies suggest that gut problems can affect everything from the cardiovascular system to the immune system to the brain. The gut is...
A Gulf War Illness study finds a connection between dysregulated gut flora, leaky gut and neuroinflammation – and a new way to potentially resolve it. It’s nice when the government has your back. After years of neglect, the federal government finally...
Finally a (chronic fatigue syndrome) ME/CFS fecal transplant study. It’s long past due (Maybe way, way long past due – the Chinese pioneered fecal transplants 2000 years ago but used a cruder method in people dying of diarrhea – drinking them.) This...
Few studies ten years ago considered the gut and its flora in the context of chronic disease. Now microbiome studies are popping up in just about every disease. The “gut-brain” axis is a real thing. The bacteria in the gut appear to be able to affect brain...
This is the first in a series of blogs that report on the recent EMERGE conference in Australia. The different conference format – which allowed for long presentations – allowed the presenters to dig more deeply into their topics than usual. Longtime...