by Cort Johnson | Dec 26, 2019 | Cytokines, Fibromyalgia, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Genetics, Homepage, Immune
EpicGenetics – a biotech firm in Los Angeles – is attempting an FM trifecta: produce a blood and genomic test and provide a treatment. EpicGenetics is trying to make a big splash in fibromyalgia. A Los Angeles biotech firm, they focused on producing... 
by Cort Johnson | Nov 26, 2019 | Cytokines, Immune
Cytokines have been like a mirage in the desert for ME/CFS. These powerful immune factors seem like they must play a major role in this disease, but as soon as researchers have closed in on them, they’ve always seemed to slip away. A recent major review from the... 
by Cort Johnson | Nov 23, 2019 | Cytokines, Gene expression, Homepage, Immune, Klimas
A recent Klimas/Broderick study had a lot of interesting things in it: the gender divide, and the illumination of possibly key immune and metabolic factors, but the most intriguing thing about the study was its potential precision. The study possibly identified... 
by Cort Johnson | Sep 1, 2019 | Cytokines, Gulf War Illness, Herbal, Herbs and Botanicals, Homepage, Immune, Klimas, Mifepristone, Neuroinflammation, NIH
I listened miserably to the sounds of silence broken by my occasional exclamations: “really?”, “no kidding”, “fascinating!”. During my two long sessions with Dr. Klimas, the recorder app on my phone had decided to record only my... 
by Dominic Stanculescu | Jul 24, 2019 | Cytokines, Homepage, Oxidative Stress, Thyroid, Thyroid
This is the third of a series of posts on non-thyroidal illness syndrome, NTIS – a pattern of altered thyroid hormone activity often present in severe trauma and critical illness. A recent study suggests NTIS may be present in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)... 
by Amber Ella | Apr 26, 2019 | Cannabis, Cytokines, Homepage, Mast cell activation syndrome, Treatment
This is Part I of a five-part series on using marijuana or Cannabis as medicine for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and/or fibromaylgia (FM). The first two parts by Amber focus on the science behind using Cannabis and how to get started on it. Summary Cannabis...
