The Blood Volume Paradox in ME/CFS and POTS
Kunisha Miwa has published no less than five studies on the small heart findings in ME/CFS. Now he moves onto a related puzzle – why the blood volume in ME/CFS is low? Health Rising takes a look at his present study, combines his findings with some others, and...
Laggard: Is an Under-Active Brain the Problem in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
A Very Exciting Presentation Two years ago, Marcie and Mark Zinn produced what I thought were the two most exciting presentations of a very exciting Stanford Symposium. They had used a technology called qLoretta to analyze EEG findings in a way that hadn’t...
The Fatigue and Pain Hormone? Leptin Shows Up Again – in Fibromyalgia
Nobody in the chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) community had taken leptin – a hormone produced by fat cells – seriously, until Jarred Younger’s Stanford Good Day Bad Day study suggested that it might be the factor driving fatigue n ME/CFS. Younger...
Fibromyalgia Study Points to Inflammation, Damage and Low Energy Production in Muscles
Fibromyalgia/ME/CFS sure feels like it’s in the muscles. After exercise, at least for me, they’ll often feel constricted and painful and muscle stiffness is common. The central “sensitizationists: (look -a new word :)) say those pain sensations are ...
Will 2016 Finally Be Montoya’s Year? Taking Stock of the Stanford ME/CFS Initiative
Dr. Montoya’s Stanford ME/CFS Initiative opened in 2009 with a $5 million donation. Seven years later it’s published just two studies. Is the Initiative in trouble or is it on the brink of success? Find out more in Will 2016 Finally be Montoya’s...StudyME
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