by Cort Johnson | Jan 13, 2019 | Energy Production, Gene expression, Homepage, Inflammation, Metabolism, Muscles, Oxidative Stress
Nothing happens in your body without some of your genes going off like skyrockets. If your body is responding to something – or acting differently in some way – it should show up in a different pattern of gene expression. If you get a virus, for instance,... 
by Cort Johnson | Dec 20, 2018 | Fibromyalgia and Pain, Inflammation, Metabolism, Muscles, Neuroinflammation
A Molecular Revolution We are in the midst of a molecular revolution. Instead of plucking out individual factors and studying them, researchers are ploughing through immense amounts of data to try and get at the molecular roots of illness. They’re using genetic,... 
by Cort Johnson | Nov 29, 2018 | Immune, Inflammation, Metabolism
Energy production problems seem to show up everywhere one looks in ME/CFS and the immune system is turning out to be no exception. A recent B-cell study suggests that problems producing energy could be leaving ME/CFS patient’s B-cells in a naive state... 
by Cort Johnson | Nov 15, 2018 | Exercise, Homepage, Metabolism
It was a typically warm July southern Florida day as we pulled out of our hotel to find one exit blocked by construction. Google Maps sent us in another direction, and when that didn’t work out, we made our own map and, once again, hurried with time running out... 
by Veronique Mead M.D. | Oct 29, 2018 | Autonomic Nervous System, Brain, Homepage, Metabolism
Thanks again to Veronique for providing her intriguing take on chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). This is one of a series of articles from Health Rising which feature hypotheses created by health care professionals with ME/CFS or who are associated with ME/CFS. (It is... 
by Cort Johnson | Oct 18, 2018 | Homepage, Metabolism
A New Approach To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome If we ask Nature a question and ask it well, Nature answers. Most of the time the answer refutes our hypothesis. This time, Nature didn’t refute the hypothesis. Robert Phair Ron Davis mentioned one of chronic fatigue...
