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The NIH on the ME/CFS Intramural Study -“Effort Preference”, Exhausted Immune Systems and the Crucial Male/Female Divide

by Cort Johnson | Jun 2, 2024 | Autonomic Nervous System, B-cells, Brain, Brainstem, Cerebral Spinal Fluid, Conference Reports, Dopamine, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Energy Production, Gut, Homepage, Immune, Inflammation, Klimas, Lipids, Metabolism, Microbiome, Motor Cortex, Muscles, T-cells

Check out Geoff’s narration The GIST The Full Blog Ah, the famous (infamous?) NIH Intramural ME/CFS study. Interrupted by the pandemic and dramatically downsized, the “Deep phenotyping of post-infectious myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue...

Connecting the Dots: Ruhoy and Kaufman Take on Connective Tissues in ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and Long COVID

by Cort Johnson | Apr 22, 2024 | Cervical Stenosis, Connective Tissues, Craniocervical Instability, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Homepage, Intracranial Hypertension, Kaufman, long COVID, Mast cell activation syndrome, Mast cell activation syndrome, Muscles, Neuroinflammation, Rapamycin, Rowe, Ruhoy, Small Fiber Neuropathy, Spine

This is the fifth in our series covering two experts as they explore different facets of complex chronic illnesses such as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia (FM), postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), and long COVID in their...

Unraveled #4: Drs. Ruhoy and Kaufman on Sleep in ME/CFS, FM, long COVID and Allied Diseases

by Cort Johnson | Mar 18, 2024 | Amytriptyline, Brain, Doxepin, Drugs, Flexeril, Homepage, HPA axis, Immune, Inflammation, Kaufman, Klonopin, Low Dose Naltrexone, Motor Cortex, Muscles, Neuroinflammation, Neuroinflammation, Pathogens, Propanolol, Ruhoy, Sleep, Sleep, Trazodone

Sleep Series This is the 2nd in a series of (at least) 4 blogs on sleep. Health Rising’s Sleep Series Pt. I – Dr. Bruck Interview – Bronc kicked the series off with an interview of Dr. Bruck – a retired sleep researcher whose son has ME/CFS. Pt. II...

Bad Motor? Are ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and Long COVID all Motor Cortex Diseases?

by Cort Johnson | Mar 14, 2024 | Brain, Fibromyalgia and Pain, long COVID, Motor Cortex, Muscles, Prefrontal Cortex, Transcranial magnetic stimulation, Treatment

THE GIST Main Takeaway – Increased excitability of a part of the brain that regulates movement, pain, and emotions, and may produce fatigue – the motor cortex – links together fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), and long COVID. In each...

The Nath Intramural ME/CFS Study Pt. II: Missed Opportunities, Misreadings and… Success (?)

by Cort Johnson | Feb 27, 2024 | Autonomic Nervous System, Brain, Cerebral Spinal Fluid, Cognition, Dopamine, Energy Production, Exercise, Homepage, Immune, Lipids, Metabolism, Motor Cortex, Muscles, Natural Killer Cells, Oxidative Stress, Research, Sleep, Small Fiber Neuropathy, T-cells, Tryptophan

The second part of a 3-part series of blogs on the “Deep phenotyping of post-infectious myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome” study looks at who was in the study and how they were selected, how severely the study was truncated by the pandemic (quite...

The Nath ME/CFS Intramural Study Pt. I: “It’s a Brain Disease…”

by Cort Johnson | Feb 22, 2024 | Autonomic Nervous System, Brain, Exercise, Homepage, Motor Cortex, Muscles, Orthostatic intolerance, Research, Small Fiber Neuropathy

“One takeaway is It’s a disease that comes from the brain” Nancy Klimas It was one of the most expensive ME/CFS studies ever done. The brainchild of former NIH Director Francis Collins, the unusual study was designed to give the NIH solid footing to...