by Cort Johnson | Oct 3, 2018 | Autoimmune, Energy Production, Homepage, Human Herpes Virus Six (HHV-6), Immune, Neuroinflammation
As we know, grant applications in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) are hard to come by. Freedom of Information Requests indicate that the NIH received the lowest number of ME/CFS grant applications in memory last year – just 15. Since the NIH spends MUCH more... 
by Cort Johnson | Sep 24, 2018 | Basal Ganglia, Brain, Energy Production, Homepage, Insula, Neuroinflammation
Neuroinflammation, Fatigue and Pain Lab Stop We were having a case of déjà vu as we drove around the surprisingly large campus. Getting into the NIH to see Avindra Nath had been a nightmare. It turned out that the NIH would only allow the big van through one access... 
by Cort Johnson | Sep 4, 2018 | Autoimmune, Energy Production, Gut, Oxidative Stress
A recent European paper proposes that chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) starts with your genes and your leaky gut but not the leaky gut you necessarily associate with the disease; the leaky gut you had before, perhaps long before, you got sick.. The authors also... 
by Cort Johnson | Aug 19, 2018 | Autonomic Nervous System, Energy Production, Homepage, POTS
Despite the current lack of consensus as to the underlying biological basis of CFS, there is considerable evidence … to highlight an abnormality of the autonomic nervous system as a unifying pathological factor. Newton et. al. 2013 A fascinating case of research... 
by Cort Johnson | Jun 30, 2018 | Energy Production, Immune, Research
We all pretty much assume that inflammation and metabolic and energy production problems come together to produce fatigue in ME/CFS. Surprisingly, though, except for in one field, very little study in the medical field has been devoted to proving that. A recent review... 
by Cort Johnson | Apr 13, 2018 | Energy Production, Homepage, Research
Many people know of Bob Naviaux’s work on chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), but long before Naviaux came to ME/CFS, he was working on autism. As you read about Naviaux’s exciting new work on autism, ask yourself whether it might be applied to ME/CFS as...
