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“What’s Up, Doc?” Nancy Klimas on Viruses, ME/CFS’s Greatest Need, and Her ME/CFS Clinical Trial

by Cort Johnson | Jan 10, 2025 | Antivirals, B-cells, Doctors, Epstein-Barr Virus, Etanercept, Homepage, Human Herpes Virus Six (HHV-6), Immune, Inflammation, Klimas, long COVID, Monoclonal antibodies, Pathogens, T-cells, Treatment

Dr. Nancy Klimas says what's exciting her most right now in the ME/CFS field is a renewed focus on herpesvirus reactivation and what artificial intelligence will bring.

A 2024 ME/CFS Year in Review Points to Progress – and a Profound Disruption in Energy Production

by Cort Johnson | Jan 4, 2025 | B-cells, Brain, Energy Production, Homepage, Immune, Lipids, Metabolism, Monocytes, Muscles, Natural Killer Cells, Neuroinflammation, Neuroinflammation, Oxidative Stress, Pathogens, Research, T-cells

A year in review for chronic fatigue syndrome or ME/CFS findings evidence of cellular exhaustion in many levels caused by mitochondrial dysfunction.

The Mitochondria Pt. 3: Could They be Causing the Pain in Fibromyalgia?

by Cort Johnson | Dec 14, 2024 | B-cells, Energy Production, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Gene expression, Homepage, Muscles, Oxidative Stress, Pathogens, Research, T-cells

The mitochondria have been featured more in and more post-infectious disease research. Health Rising’s first two overviews of recent mitochondrial findings featured long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Now we turn to…

ME/CFS – An Immune, Autonomic Nervous System, Brain and Gut Disease: A Talk with Dr. Avindra Nath and Dr. Vicky Whittemore

by Bronc | Nov 11, 2024 | #MEAction, Autoimmune, B-cells, Basal Ganglia, Clotting, Energy Production, Epstein-Barr Virus, Genetics, Homepage, Inflammation, Mast cell activation syndrome, Monocytes, Muscles, Pathogens, Sex hormones

Two ME/CFS experts talk about what's causing it and what's next for the disease at the NIH.

From Hyper to Hypo? Tracking down the Metabolic Dysfunction in ME/CFS and long COVID

by Cort Johnson | Oct 15, 2024 | B-cells, COVID-19, Energy Production, Homepage, Immune, Metabolism, Muscles, Oxidative Stress, Pathogens, T-cells

Studies suggest something has happened to the mitochondria in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID but how and why things have gone wrong is unclear.