Small Nerve Fiber Study Finds Different Kinds of Fibromyalgia Exist
The evidence for central nervous system dysfunction in fibromyalgia is clear: the ascending pain producing pathways are overly activated, while the
Hypometabolism Shows Up Again in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Plus Ritxumab Update
Fluge and Mella are best known for their Rituximab work, but just last week Mella reported that they’d found a hypometabolic state in ME/CFS as well. Check out that along with what’s going on with Rituximab, and another chemotherapy/autoimmune drug that...
Genes May Be Causing Neuroinflammation and Pain in Fibromyalgia
It’s clear that glial cells – immune cells found in the brain and the spinal cord – play an important role in producing chronic pain and neuro-inflammation. Glial cell activation in the brain is often measured using the levels of a benzodiazepine...
The Psychosocial Disease? – Has Fibromyalgia Been Captured by a Behavioral Paradigm?
The very nature of fibromyalgia, like chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), has left it prone to psychological interpretations. No injury or lesion has ever been found. No accepted blood test points to a biological problem. The disease produces lots of symptoms – a sure...
Simmaron’s Fifth Anniversary Event Updates ME/CFS Community on Dynamic Research Underway
The Simmaron Research Foundation is definitely connected. It showed off how connected with a recent patient event headlined by Mady Hornig, Maureen Hanson, Konstance Knox and Elizabeth Unger. Find out what they had to say about present and future ME/CFS research as...StudyME
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