by Cort Johnson | Aug 31, 2017 | Autonomic Nervous System, Brain, Cytokines, Herbs and Botanicals, Inflammation, Sleep, Sleep
Poor sleep is synonymous with both ME/CFS and fibromyalgia. We know it produces fatigue, pain, irritation and mood issues but recent studies suggest that may just be the beginning of the problem. In fact, they suggest that poor sleep may have profound effects on our... 
by Cort Johnson | Jul 15, 2017 | Autoimmune, Homepage, Immune, Inflammation, Pathogens, Research
Subsets, Subsets, Subsets Everyone with ME/CFS who’s been around a bit must ask themselves at some point, “Do I have what she or he has?” Some people do great on treatments that others fail on. Some people get really, really sick while others... 
by Cort Johnson | May 16, 2017 | Brain, Energy Production, Homepage, Immune, Inflammation, Research
The last of three blogs on The Solve ME/CFS Initiative focuses on the SMCI’s core mission – funding research that makes a difference in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Serendipity can play a major role in research and it may be doing so at the SMCI.... 
by Cort Johnson | May 14, 2017 | Fibromyalgia and Pain, Homepage, Inflammation, Neuroinflammation
Inflammation – Neuro and Otherwise Inflammation has become an increasingly important topic in fibromyalgia. It’s clear that “central sensitization” – an increase in pain sensitivity engineered by the central nervous system – is... 
by Cort Johnson | Feb 12, 2017 | Immune, Inflammation, Research
Many people suspect that inflammation plays a major role in both ME/CFS and fibromyalgia yet standard tests are usually negative. However, a new inflammation test being developed at Stanford by a researcher (who’s also doing work on ME/CFS) could change that.... 
by Cort Johnson | Dec 1, 2016 | Conference Reports, Cytokines, Epstein-Barr Virus, Homepage, Human Herpes Virus Six (HHV-6), Immune, Inflammation, Mast cell activation syndrome, Research
What disease does ME/CFS closely resemble? How does exercise effect the immune system? How did mast cells get implicated in ME/CFS? What kind of “storm” may be present in ME/CFS? What three viruses were implicated (once again) in this disease? Find out the...
