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Blood, Sex and Inflammation: Did the IMPACC Study Uncover Core Issues in Long COVID and ME/CFS?

by Cort Johnson | Mar 5, 2026 | Baricitinib, Cardiovascular, Clotting, Complement, COVID-19, Endothelial Cells, Energy Production, Homepage, Hypoxia, Inflammation, Klimas, long COVID, Metabolism, Muscles, Oxidative Stress, Proteomics

The big IMPACC long COVID study findings suggest that inflammation and reduced male sex hormone levels may be playing havoc with the small blood vessels in long COVID -= and ME/CFS

An Enigma No More? Is ME/CFS an Acquired Muscle Myopathy Disease?

by Cort Johnson | Jan 5, 2026 | Energy Production, Homepage, ME/CFS, Muscles, Oxidative Stress, Research

Klaus Wirth shows how ME/CFS and long COVID may be acquired muscle diseases caused by poor blood flows and mitochondrial dysfunction

Exercise is Not Producing Muscle Damage in ME/CFS…It’s All About Muscle Repair

by Cort Johnson | Dec 21, 2025 | Clotting, Energy Production, Exercise, Homepage, Inflammation, Metabolism, Monocytes, Muscles, Neutrophils, Oxidative Stress, Research, T-cells

Exercise is not causing muscle damage in ME/CFS. Instead, inflammation, and problems with metabolism and poor muscle repair is producing postexertional malaise.

Long COVID – the Inflamed and Exhausted Disease? Plus, the JAK Drug Trial Boom

by Cort Johnson | Dec 17, 2025 | Complement, COVID-19, Cytokines, Drugs, Homepage, Immune, Inflammation, Interferons, JAK_STAT Inhibitors, Metabolism, Monocytes, Natural Killer Cells, Oxidative Stress, Pathogens, Research, T-cells, Treatment

Harvard researchers find an activated and exhausted immune system in long COVID patients - and begin a drug trial to try to fix it.

Role Reversal: Could a WEAKENED Fight/Flight Response Be Causing ME/CFS and Long COVID? The 2025 IACFS/ME Conference Pt. I

by Cort Johnson | Nov 11, 2025 | Astrocytes, Autonomic Nervous System, Brain, Brainstem, Dopamine, Energy Production, Homepage, Locus coeruleus, long COVID, Neuroinflammation, Neuroinflammation, Norepinephrine, Oxidative Stress, Research, Sleep

Low brain norepinephrine levels could explain many of the symptoms present in ME/CFS, long COVID and similar diseases.

PrecisionLife’s Bold Attempt to Break the Code on and Beat ME/CFS and Long COVID

by Cort Johnson | Oct 27, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, COVID-19, Energy Production, Genetics, GWAS (Genome-Wide Association Study), Homepage, Low Dose Naltrexone, Metabolism, Monocytes, Oxidative Stress, Pathogens, Research, T-cells

Geoff’s Narration The GIST This is the next in a series of blogs exploring ongoing projects in ME/CFS, FM and long COVID. The first featured the RECOVER project’s next set of long COVID clinical trials. RECOVER’s 2nd Round of Long COVID...

Stepping Backwards – the U.S.’s Attempt to Politicize Scientific Research: An Editorial

Blood, Sex and Inflammation: Did the IMPACC Study Uncover Core Issues in Long COVID and ME/CFS?

An Enigma No More? Is ME/CFS an Acquired Muscle Myopathy Disease?

Exercise is Not Producing Muscle Damage in ME/CFS…It’s All About Muscle Repair

Long COVID – the Inflamed and Exhausted Disease? Plus, the JAK Drug Trial Boom

Role Reversal: Could a WEAKENED Fight/Flight Response Be Causing ME/CFS and Long COVID? The 2025 IACFS/ME Conference Pt. I

PrecisionLife’s Bold Attempt to Break the Code on and Beat ME/CFS and Long COVID

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