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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
