Another ME/CFS Moment Occurs Another ME/CFS “moment” – a sign that things are changing for people with ME/CFS and related diseases – recently occurred. It’s coming right on the heels of our last ME/CFS moment – last month’s...
We know the gut is in play in some way in ME/CFS. Gut symptoms are common and studies have evidence of dysregulated gut flora and leaky gut (gut bacteria in the blood). The big question, though, is what it all means. We know that gut issues have the potential to...
All eight of Health Rising’s recent recovery stories have featured different approaches thus far and so it goes with Amber’s story. Everything is different with Amber – she is different – and her pathway to wellness is different. Amber’s...
The great question for chronic fatigue syndrome and long COVID is: what causes post-exertional malaise (PEM)? The latest study to come out of Nancy Klimas’s Institute for Neuroimmune Medicine – led by Lubov Nathanson (senior author) and directed by Derek...
Mary Anne Fletcher (1937-2023) – In Memoriam I only met Mary Anne a few times, but they were vivid. I remember – years ago – watching with a little awe as she boldly and vociferously called for NIH-funded treatment trials for ME/CFS. She...
“MAJOR ARTICLE” It was good to see a study from a major medical university exploring exercise capacity in long COVID and appearing in a prominent medical journal. The Journal of Infectious Diseases gave it the headline “MAJOR ARTICLE”. It came...