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...
Genes Highlight Inflammation and Mast Cells in Fibromyalgia
Lamenting the lack of a diagnostic biomarker for FM, U.S. researchers turned to measuring the expression of the genes in FM patients blood. Their findings suggested FM was a neuro-immune disease with a twist. Check out what they found in Genes Highlight Inflammation...
The Exercise Intolerance in POTS, ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Explained?
It’s always encouraging to see established researchers from outside the chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and fibromyalgia fields converging on them. David Systrom, a pulmonologist at Brigham and Women’s hospital in Boston, has been interested in idiopathic or...
Another Piece of the Puzzle: An ME/CFS/FM Patient Gets an Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Diagnosis
(Darden has looked high and low to find ways to understand and treat her ME/CFS/FM, and, if she’s not healthy now, she’s still been able to improve her health substantially. Recently a diagnosis of a Ehler’s Danlos Syndrome – a lesser known...StudyME
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