by Dominic Stanculescu | Sep 5, 2019 | Cortisol, Homepage, Hormones, HPA axis, Sex hormones, Thyroid
Summary Prolonged or chronic critical illness – a term applied to patients that survive severe injury or infection, but fail to start recovering after a few days – is characterized by low levels of peripheral hormones (including T3, IGF-1, cortisol and testosterone).... 
by Cort Johnson | Jul 29, 2019 | Autonomic Nervous System, Homepage, HPA axis, Recovery Stories
Who better to write this piece “This college dropout was bedridden for 11 years. Then he invented a surgery and cured himself” than Ryan Prior – who himself recovered from a debilitating mysterious disease. Doug Lindsay’s story is so powerful... 
by Cort Johnson | Mar 4, 2019 | Homepage, HPA axis, Human Herpes Virus Six (HHV-6), Thyroid
Problems with the thyroid – the “gas pedal of the body”, as Dr. Teitelbaum calls it – seem to make sense given the fatigue, exercise and other problems found in ME/CFS and FM. Assessing and treating the thyroid, though, is one area where the... 
by Cort Johnson | Oct 10, 2018 | CDC, Definition, Diagnosis, Exercise, HPA axis, Inflammation, Klimas, Mifepristone
Roundtable The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) flew in about 40 people from over two dozen organizations for the one-day CDC Roundtable on Medical Education and ME/CFS. It was a busy 24 hours. Everyone flew in the night before to a hotel near the airport, spent the... 
by Remy | Aug 9, 2018 | Autoimmune, Complement, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Genetics, Homepage, HPA axis, Mast cell activation syndrome, POTS, Research
The RCCX hypothesis blog by Remy is the third in a series of blogs by Health Rising which highlight hypotheses produced by health care professionals which attempt to shed a new light on the chronic fatigue syndrome / fibromyalgia spectrum of diseases. What if ME/CFS... 
by Cort Johnson | Feb 8, 2018 | Brain, Cortene, Homepage, HPA axis, Treatment
Research funding for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) has been poor at best but clinical trials have elicited a wholly different degree of disappointment altogether. Few clinical trials are ever done and those often involve alternative approaches. The six active...
