Mast cell activation syndrome is new to the medical profession – much newer than ME/CFS or FM. Diagnostic criteria were only proposed about five years ago and because most doctors don’t know about it, it’s rarely diagnosed. But it can cause all the...
Six months after an adolescent comes down with infectious mononucleosis/glandular fever she’s still exhausted – and her doctor is about to tell her she’s depressed and send her to a psychiatrist. But what if a very simple blood test – one that...
Jarred Younger’s recent series of short videos explains what neuroinflammation is, why he chose his unusual approach to it, why he believes the current treatment approach for FM is all wrong and lastly a unique GWS treatment trial that he hopes to apply to FM...
ME/CFS research is becoming something of a growth field. After a Health Rising Forums member visited the lab of the one of the newest researchers to enter the field, Dr. Robert Naviaux, and came away excited at the possibilities his work presents, it was time for a...
Most FM researchers believe FM is a central nervous system disorder, but then came the small nerve fiber problems, and Dr. Pridgen’s antiviral approach, and now there’s this darned blood test – all suggesting that the immune system is involved....
Migraine effects 12% of the population (!) or about 40 million people. Two studies suggest as many as 75% of people with chronic fatigue syndrome experience migraines and that most migraines in ME/CFS are undiagnosed. A recent large fibromyalgia study suggested...
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