Could “Junk DNA” Be Causing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
DNA that doesn’t get translated into proteins used to be called “junk DNA” but it turns out that much of it isn’t junk at all. Much of what was formerly turned junk DNA is actually actively modifying how our genes are being expressed and our...
Are “Old” Muscles Holding People with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Down? Plus Tompkins’ Team Promises New Insights
“New data collectively supports the presence of specific critical points in the muscle that are affected by free radicals.” Fulle et. al. A group of pioneering Italian researchers have been studying the muscles of people with ME/CFS – a rather...
Autoimmune Model Proposes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Begins in the Gut
An autoimmune model proposes that a leaky gut and a genetic predisposition laid the foundation for chronic fatigue syndrome to occur when an infection hit.
Is Heart Disease in Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Patient’s Future?
Studies finding increased risk of coronary heart disease in fibromyalgia plus evidence of increased levels of harmful fats and oxidative stress and the inability to exercise suggests that people with FM and/or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) could have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
Your Brain on Fire: Big NIH Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Study To Look For Biomarker Based on Brain Glutathione Levels
Two million dollars for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) research…You don’t hear those words very often. The NIH just gave Dr. Shungu and associates a big two million dollar grant to peer into chronic fatigue syndrome patients brains. This is the kind of...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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